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Death sentence passed in Saudi Arabia on witchcraft charge
Amsterdam News.Net
Friday 27th November, 2009
Internationally recognised Human Rights Watch has complained to Saudi authorities about a death sentence imposed on a Lebanese national convicted of practicing witchcraft.
Ali Sibat, a Lebanese psychic who made predictions about the future on a satellite TV program from Beirut, was charged when he entered Saudi Arabia for a pilgrimage in May 2008.
He was then sentenced to death by decapitation on 9th November this year.
Human Rights Watch has asked that the charge of witchcraft be overturned and Ali Sibat returned to Lebanon.
According to the court ruling, he will be returned if he confesses to witchcraft.
The crime of witchcraft is vaguely defined in the justice system of Saudi Arabia, where Islamic law gives individual judges leeway to effect draconian sentences.
Dozens of people are arrested each year on charges such as witchcraft, black magic and fortune telling.
The practices are severely punished according to Sharia rules.  Email this story to a friend
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davros of scaro
11-27-09, 06:09 AM |
Saudi Arabian courts order decapitation for witchcraft
madness, they still believe in witches in this day an age.So backward .
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Tsar of Russia
11-27-09, 06:30 AM |
Hypocrits
The Saudis use Demonics as much as anyone else
Such as Bouhaira
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Anonymous
11-27-09, 07:30 AM |
I cannot believe my ears about this stupid court
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Anonymous
11-27-09, 08:59 AM |
Thats nothing compared to taliban gang.
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faisalh
11-27-09, 09:40 AM |
100% in support of ruling
living in the uk i read about all manner of bizaar murders and crimes attributed to the witchcraft that leaves local communities and authorities baffled. we all know witchcraft is prohibited in Islam but that does not sufficiently protect the guillable and weak from succumbing to the suggestions of the con artists. If you want to eliminate a problem you need to take it out from the root.
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Will Rogers
11-27-09, 11:16 AM |
Easy, Neo-Cons
You like the Saudis. They’re
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Will Rogers
11-27-09, 11:17 AM |
Easy, Neo-Cons
You like the Saudis. They’re
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HinduThrust
11-27-09, 02:13 PM |
WitchCraft????????????????
Isn’t islam worst than a witch?????
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secret slave
11-27-09, 05:25 PM |
A youth caught between two rulers
salaam,
One teacher teaching unwise accounts,
and the other teacher teaching wise accounts.
that the youth cried to the sage saying hurry,
for it was the unwise teacher whom beat the youth for being late in accounts,
so the sage advised the youth saying how many lashings in one days accountable rule,
for the two kinds of teachers did argue often,
so upon advice to the youth informed the other teacher that when lashes be due it was upon one golden day ruling,
for the two kinds of teachers one invited and the other rejected to meet the wisdom challenge.
feeamanellaah
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secret slave
11-27-09, 05:37 PM |
Fortune telling to misfortune telling not to skip any steps of wisdom
salaam,
If the foot not raised high enough,
toe stumping does occur in future accounts,
in careful predictions.
feeamanellaah
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Mick Dee
11-28-09, 07:26 AM |
Fortune telling to misfortune telling not to skip any steps of wisdom
Stick your wisdom mate, the modern wourld is not in need of a bunsh of smart asses!
Wisdom challenge? Conceitedness and arrogance, that is what will kill your culture because this is were you are the best!
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