Saudi men executed for robbery

[Jimbuna]

Seven men have been executed in Saudi Arabia, officials say, despite appeals by UN experts and human rights groups.
Witnesses said they were shot by a firing squad in the southern city of Abha - not beheaded as is customary.


Ah, that's okay then :o

[Sailor Steve]

Either way it's a bit extreme. I thought they were just supposed to cut their hands off.

[Catfish]

It's ok, they are friends of the West and they have a drone base there.
So all they do is of course ok :-?

[Jimbuna]

I'd rather be shot than having both my hands cut off :yep:

[TLAM Strike]

I'd rather be shot than having both my hands cut off :yep:

That's only if you steal twice.

Normally once gets your right hand and left foot chopped off. Twice gets the left hand and right foot chopped off.

This punishment is also doled out for other crimes.

Koran 5:33 - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the HereafterThe recent actions in Mali has shown quite a bit of that. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9835765/Mali-locals-tell-of-brutal-floggings-and-amputations-by-Islamists.html) (NSFW)


In more advanced countries like Iran it has been industrialized... (http://news.naij.com/21555.html) (NSFW)