Raif Badawi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Raif Badawi
Occupation	Blogger
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1984(1984-01-13)
Age	40
Country	Saudi Arabia
Birth City	Khobar
Horoscope	Capricorn

Raif Badawi Biography

Raif Badawi is one of the most popular and richest Blogger who was born on January 13, 1984 in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Raif Badawi was conceived in Khobar (Saudi Arabia) on 13 January 1984 to Najwa, an Lebanese Christian, and Muhammad Badawi a Saudi Muslim. At a young age, his Saudi grandmother told him that the Saudi society was not as strict historically and that men and women used work in the fields together.

Badawi’s blog was home to at least 2000 members who debated the ways of governing Saudi Arabia by the end 2007. Although Badawi’s writings were well tolerated by King Abdullah, they angered religious police who arrested him in the latter part of 2007. Badawi was questioned for many hours about his activities. He was finally released without any charges being brought against him. The religious police came uninvited to Badawi’s home to search for banned books, but were not satisfied with the interrogation. Badawi was repeatedly interrogated by religious police, which put his wife in fear. Badawi often assured her that everything would be fine, and that interrogations were easy and common in his home.

Following the 2012 arrest, Amnesty International designated Badawi a prisoner of conscience, “detained solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression”, and said: “Even in Saudi Arabia where state repression is rife, it is beyond the pale to seek the death penalty for an activist whose only ‘crime’ was to enable social debate online”. Calling for the government to drop the charges, Human Rights Watch stated: “The charges against him, based solely to Badawi’s involvement in setting up a website for peaceful discussion about religion and religious figures, violate his right to freedom of expression”.

First detained on apostasy charges in 2008, Badawi was released after a day of questioning. He was prevented from leaving Saudi Arabia, and both his and his wife’s bank accounts were frozen in 2009. The family of Badawi’s wife subsequently filed a court action to forcibly divorce the couple on grounds of Badawi’s alleged apostasy. On 17 June 2012, he was arrested on a charge of “insulting Islam through electronic channels”, and the following December he was also cited for apostasy, a conviction which carries an automatic death sentence. However, Badawi was confirmed to be a Muslim after reciting the Shahada in court, and also stated that people should have the right to choose their faith. Human Rights Watch stated that Badawi’s website had hosted material criticizing “senior religious figures”. Badawi had also suggested that Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University had become “a den for terrorists.”

Under a lot of influence from many sources, Badawi created an online forum called “Saudi Liberal Network” in August 2006.

Raif Badawi Net Worth

Raif Badawi is one of the richest Blogger from Saudi Arabia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Raif Badawi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Raif bin Muhammad Badawi, Arabic: ry’f bn.mHmd.bdwy, also transcribed Raef Bin Mohammed Badawi; was born 13 January 1984. He is a Saudi writer and dissident, as well the founder of the website Free Saudi Liberals.

Ensaf Haidar married Raif Badawi in 2002 in Saudi Arabia. In his absence, Haidar gave birth to their first child, Najwa Bint Raif Badawi in 2003 at the Jeddah Public Hospital. Doudi “Tirad”, bin Raif Badawi was present when Haidar gave birth in 2004 to their son. In 2007, Badawi also witnessed the birth of their second child, Miriyam bint Raif Badawi.

Charged with “setting up a website that undermines general security”, “ridiculing Islamic religious figures”, and “going beyond the realm of obedience”, Badawi appeared before a district court in Jeddah on 17 December

2012. The judge referred the charge of apostasy to a higher court, saying he “could not give a verdict in a case of apostasy.” On 22 December, the General Court in Jeddah decided to proceed with the apostasy case. The higher court refused to hear the case and referred it to the lower court. Morroccan human rights activist Kacem El Ghazzali also criticized Saudi Arabia authority.

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The Saudi Supreme Court upheld the sentence and there were fears Badawi could be flogged again after Friday prayers on 12 June 2015. The punishment was delayed again, hours before it was due to be inflicted. Badawi’s wife believes he is in poor physical and psychological health, and fears his sentence may be “a slow death”.

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In early March 2015, Ensaf Haidar petitioned Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s Minister of Economic Affairs, to use his influence to free Badawi during an upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia. Katrin Göring-Eckardt, a German parliamentary leader, also called on Gabriel to bring up the case during his visit. As Gabriel left for Saudi Arabia on 7 March, protesters at the airport urged him to support Badawi. Gabriel said he intended to broach the subject of Badawi with the royal family. In Riyadh he told reporters, “I think it’s quite normal that people the world over are interested in something like this. And that shouldn’t surprise anyone here.” He added, “The harshness of this sentence, especially the corporal punishment, is something unimaginable for us, and of course it weighs on our relations (with Saudi Arabia).” The Saudi Arabian government responded by rejecting criticism of its human rights record and asserting that “it does not accept interference in any form in its internal affairs.”