Saudi Arabia, an American ally, sentenced a poet to death for renouncing Islam, although it may have been retribution for posting online a video of police lashing a man in the street. Poets around the world criticized the execution. One Twitter user even compared Saudi Arabia to ISIS. Now the kingdom plans to sue that user. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s Western allies are finally now feeling pressure from their constituencies to investigate financial links between the oil-rich nation and ISIS.
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