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| Arabia |
| Mideast surrealities |
| 2008-02-17 |
| But it is apparently not just women who can be sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft in Saudi Arabia: as the same report notes, a pharmacist from Egypt was beheaded by the sword last November for the "sorcery" which he allegedly employed in order to separate a married couple. I have no idea if they use computers in Saudi courts, but still, this is the 21st century - so imagine this, if you can: a court clerk at the keyboard, typing away that the accused was found guilty of practicing witchcraft and sentenced to death "on a discretionary basis, for the benefit of public interest and to protect the creed, souls and property of this country" (click, save as Folder: Witchcraft trials, File: Another witch sentenced to die). And imagine this, if you can: "this country" is the very same country that the West regards as its moderate ally in the fight against terrorism; it is the very same country that has no problem to go shopping for the most sophisticated weaponry the West has for sale. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |