AFP – A young Muslim in Mauritania is facing a possible death sentence after being convicted of apostasy and jailed for having written an article criticising the Prophet Mohammed, a judicial source said Monday.
He was arrested on Thursday in Nouadhibou in the northwest of the country, an Islamic republic, and “was convicted of lack of respect for the prophet,” and jailed, the source told AFP.
The author of the article will be brought before a judge and given the chance to repent but if he refuses, “he risks the death penalty,” the source added.
