November 27, 2009
Good News: Saudis to Behead "Witch"
I know what you're going to say, that Christians used to kill "witches" too. If that's your position then you should really learn the difference between past and present tenses.
A second objection to pointing this out might be that in areas of Africa and Southeast Asia people are sometimes killed for similar reasons -- accused of sorcery. True enough, but the last time I checked in Saudi Arabia they could mostly read, write, and had a basic understanding that if your well dried up it wasn't the fault of the one eyed guy in the next village over who probably hexed it.
In fact, when and if the Saudis get around to killing this poor man it won't be because he summoned a dark demon to lower oil prices -- that is, his crime isn't in the result of the alleged psychic ability -- his crime is one of claiming magical powers that only God possesses and thus elevating himself to deity.
And Allah is a jealous God, who's infinite forgiving mercy is only overshadowed by his blood lust.
Ali Sibat, a Lebanese psychic who made predictions on a satellite TV channel from his home in Beirut, was arrested by religious police in the holy city of Madinah during a pilgrimage in May 2008 and then sentenced to death by decapitation on 9 November this year. ...It's like a bad Monty Python skit, but where the angry villagers all drive Bentleys and King Arthur's knights of the round table have F-16s.Sibat’s case is not unique. Dozens of people are arrested each year on charges like witchcraft, recourse to supernatural beings, black magic and fortune telling. These practices are considered polytheistic and severely punished according to Sharia rules.
Consider that your transitory sentence to the inevitable video. You deal with the infinite sadness of it your way, and I'll take two pills and pop in The Holy Grail.
Hat tip: The Religion of Peace
By Rusty at November 27, 2009 12:20 PM | | l digg this
