Nope. I stand in agreement with you on that. What OTHER group/system in the entire world practices beheading as a form of punishment?
I used to have a spreadsheet of beheadings by month. The worst I found was 36, by one of Saddam’s sons, who WATCHED. I had to quit. It was nauseating.
I do remember the Saudi princess who was executed along with the man she ran away with. The beheading of the man was public, as was hers, but the executioner made certain to use a dull scimitar.
If we Christians remain after the Rapture, we are going to die badly.
Oh. And the princess was shot. The dull blade was saved for the man on his kness and bowed over, back to the executioner. People were in a public place, oh, some feet away, in a circle, around the guy being executed.
After this FR article, I found this article from the NY Times saying “White House Quietly Courts Muslims in U.S.”.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/us/politics/19muslim.html?ref=us