A blogger from Saudi Arabia will be tried for insulting Islam and facing the death penalty.

Raif Badawi, who made the site free Saudi liberals that it is the discussion related to the role of religion in the country, was arrested last June.

Initially, Raif charged with insulting Islam through electronic channels. However, in the last trial of a judge transferred the case to a more senior judge.


There, the judge gave dakwaaan more serious. Raif charged will leave religion and if the charge is proven then Raif could be sentenced to death.

The results of the trial that was held December 17 and had just emerged through the release of the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW).

HRW added artificial site Raif been closed, including a number of articles highlighting the country's senior religious leaders.

So far, a spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Justice could not be reached for comment.

Saudi Arabia is known as a country that applies strict Islamic Sharia. However, later King Abdullah tried to reform the country's legal system include improving the training of judges to make the court more transparent.

However, some lawyers said that the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Justice and the conservatives on the court refused to apply the changes initiated King Abdullah since 2007.