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Arabia
Saudi Authorities Behead Woman for 'Sorcery'
2011-12-13
A Saudi woman was beheaded Monday after being convicted of practicing sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the Interior Ministry said.

Amina Bint Abdulhalim Nassar was executed in the northern province of Jawf for "practicing witchcraft and sorcery," the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.

Bin Salim was arrested in April 2009 and then sentenced to death in a subsequent trial. According to a senior official from Saudi Arabia's religious police Bin Salim convinced her clients that she was able to treat any disease upon payment of around 3,000 Saudi Riyals (800 dollars) per session.

The official was reported as saying that investigations were launched following numerous complaints.

The beheading brings the number of executions in the desert kingdom to 73 this year.

In November, a 45-year old Muslim man from Australia who was in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj was sentenced to 500 lashes for blasphemy. The man's family says that even were he to be in perfect health, the sentence will almost certainly kill him.
Posted by:tipper

#7  She turned me into a newt!

/someone had to say it
Posted by: xbalanke   2011-12-13 13:52  

#6  Now if only they would implement the death penalty for fornication , the whole middle east problem will just go away Garth :p
Posted by: Rupert Panda9143   2011-12-13 12:18  

#5  Saudi law allows the death penalty for many crimes. For example (per wikipedia):

Adultery
Apostasy
Armed robbery
Blasphemy
Carjacking
Drug smuggling
Fornication
Home Invasion
Homosexuality
Idolatry
Murder
Pedophilia
Prostitution
Rape
Sedition
Sexual misconduct
Terrorism
Theft (fourth conviction)
Treason
Waging War on Allah
Witchcraft

Posted by: Lord Garth   2011-12-13 08:44  

#4  Headline should be "Saudi Authorities Denounce Science As Sorcery, Behead Magical Woman For Making Their Genitals Not Work."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-12-13 08:04  

#3  She should have been a climatologist. Same thing, only legal.
Posted by: crosspatch   2011-12-12 21:21  

#2  Cookies don't suck.
Posted by: badanov   2011-12-12 20:46  

#1  In November, a 45-year old Muslim man from Australia who was in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj was sentenced to 500 lashes for blasphemy.
The man's family says that even were he to be in perfect health, the sentence will almost certainly kill him.

sucks to be you. Religion of Peace
Posted by: Frank G   2011-12-12 19:34  

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