Saudi men executed for robbery

Jimbuna · 03-13-13, 08:59 AM

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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

Sailor Steve · 03-13-13, 09:40 AM

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

Catfish · 03-13-13, 02:04 PM

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 · 03-13-13, 04:02 PM

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

TLAM Strike · 03-13-13, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

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

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.

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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 Hereafter

The recent actions in Mali has shown quite a bit of that. (NSFW)

In more advanced countries like Iran it has been industrialized... (NSFW)

03-13-13, 09:40 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Either way it's a bit extreme. I thought they were just supposed to cut their hands off. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'd rather be shot than having both my hands cut off __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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03-13-13, 02:04 PM	#3
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	It's ok, they are friends of the West and they have a drone base there. So all they do is of course ok