Outside the 'law': Supporters greet Dr. Othman al-Haj Othman on March 14 in Aleppo, Syria, after his release from the headquarters of a new authority that is trying to assert Islamic law. Othman was detained for taking down a poster bearing the Muslim declaration of faith. Left: Activist Wael Ibrahim, 30, was sentenced to 10 lashes with a small pipe last month for tossing aside an Islamic banner at a protest. | THE WASHINGTON POST