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.