Saudi Sharia Law In the News Again, Man Sentenced To Be Paralyzed
Posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
by Joel Hendon
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Saudi Arabia as most know, espouses a strict form of Sharia Law which allows some punishment which the average people find far too harsh and inhumane. Such things as caning in addition to jail time, for women as well as men.
Another portion of their law gives the victim of a severe injury from some one, the right to request the same type punishment for his attacker. An eye for an eye.
Saoud bin Suleiman al-Youssef, judge of the northwestern Tabuk province has contacted several hospitals in the area to see if they could perform a surgical procedure on the attacker which would paralyze him. So far only one, the King Khaled hospital in Tabuk province, has responded and sent this message: "Inflicting such harm is not possible". It is not known if they meant they were unable to perform such, or if they simply would not for ethical reasons. Under the law, the victim can accept "blood money' to settle the case if the accused is able to raise it.
Some countries who follow Sharia Law, sentence some to die by stoning. In this, it is customary to bury a woman up to her neck and then stone her to death. A man is buried only up to his waste, with his arms free. If by some rare reason, the person survives the stoning, they are then free. But most often, in Saudi Arabia, the death penalty is performed by beheading the convicted. Often, they are not told of the sentence until the morning they are taken out and beheaded.
After one is beheaded, sometimes the body is then taken out and crucified. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has been attempting to revise some of the old and harsh measures. He has commuted some sentences and reduced others. He has also attempted to influence some of the more avid judges of Sharia Law, to reduce the harshness.
Their extreme and inhumane modes of punishment has caused a tremendous amount of world opinion to complain of their lack of human rights.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)How about hanging, shooting, and gassing people. (America).Which law do you prefer? Stoning?, beheading? Besides, I don't know of any of the ones you mention still in practice, except for one who requested it, fireing squad. Or maybe you shoud move to Saudi?Think I'll remain here and point out hypocracies.Good choice, I appreciate your comments
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