It was a good year for those long 'beheadings'. After a solid 79 head-removals in 2013, 2014 surged 10% higher with a recent record 87 beheadings overall (following a surge since August for crimes such as "drug smuggling, witchcraft, or sorcery"). The 'State' responsible for all these executions... not ISIS, but US ally, Saudi Arabia...
As BNO News reports,
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling a large amount of heroin has been decapitated by sword in Saudi Arabia, the government reported on Wednesday, disregarding concerns raised by human rights activists and raising the number of people executed there this year to 87.
“The Interior Ministry reminds the public that the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud) – may Allah protect him – continues the fight against drugs of all kinds as it inflicts serious harm on the individual and society,” the ministry said in its statement. “The most severe penalties on the perpetrators are derived from the righteous approach of Sharia law.”
Wednesday’s beheading adds to a surge in executions that began in August, angering human rights organizations because many of those killed were convicted of non-lethal crimes. “Any execution is appalling, but executions for crimes such as drug smuggling or sorcery that result in no loss of life are particularly egregious,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, of Human Rights Watch, earlier this year.
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Witchcraft and sorcery belief are certainly indications that the Saudis are a people who have a very loose grip on reality.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the un should ban bladed weapons.
ReplyDeletethats what we need behead a few of the criminals we have and watch the crime rate drop.
ReplyDelete16 of the 17 wtc terrorists where from Saudi arabia we should boycott them
ReplyDeleteOil oil oil..
The Saudi's have the right idea in this one instance regarding illegal drug use...
ReplyDeleteAlask needs to increase supply to reap profits, ans so do all other American supplier. Let's just cut them off. I'm tired of paying ISIS and Al Quaida for my oil.
ReplyDeleteLet them stave and let us prosper.
But wait, we have a Democrat in office.