Posted on 05/09/2014 4:12:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
At one time these people were nomads. Every item they owned was needed to survive the harsh desert climate where they lived. Stealing from someone, even something simple like a blanket, quite literally condemned that person to death as he was no longer able to survive.
As such, they took stealing very seriously.
Which is why, back in the day,horse theft was a capital offense in Texas.
Nothing new, knew a welder that stole something there 40 years ago and they cut off his right hand, out the bloody stump in a plastic bag and put him on an airplane to LONDON.
The title of the article indicated the amputation is to be done in Sausia. Mthe video link indicates Mogadishu.
Mogadishu is not in Saudia. I seriously doubt that this would be done in Saudia. Unless their laws have changed in the last 9 months. It has been illegal for quite a number of years to take off hands in the kingdom.
So my question for you, are you talking of Saudia, and if you are, have tha laws changed in tha last 9 months?
no pun intended
I new an American 18 year kid, who, about 3 years or so ago who was convicted of stealing gold from a neighbor and selling it in the Gold Souk. They kicked him out of the kingdom.
He left the kingdom with all body parts he had entered it with.
Unless they have changed the laws recently, removing hands (which I was done surgically, not by sword as has been implied). Has been illegal in Saudia for at least 10 years.
I know that the Muttawa have been trying to get this changed, but I haven’t yet heard that they had been successful.
Of course, if this sentence was indeed handed down as written, it wouldn’t be the first time that a Sharia court abused their status in the kingdom.
Saudis have the right, however, to appeal directly to the king, so odds are that this will be overturned and the imams making such ha decision chastised for embarrassing the king.
Not a good thing to embarrass the king in Saudia
LOL, beat me to the pun.
Good idea to avoid shopping in Riyadh on punishment day, as they (used to) round up foreigners in the souk to witness the punishments in "Chop-Chop" Square.
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