Last October, #SaudiArabia’s Special Criminal Court sentenced - TopicsExpress



          

Last October, #SaudiArabia’s Special Criminal Court sentenced Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, a popular Shiite cleric and outspoken political dissident, to death. This was not an ordinary criminal trial, even considering Saudi Arabia’s liberal use of capital punishment. Among other charges, the prosecutor sought to convict al-Nimr of “waging war on God” and “aiding terrorists,” even calling for the cleric to be publicly executed by “crucifixion.” In Saudi Arabia, this rare method of execution entails beheading the individual before publicly displaying his decapitated body. #Sunni #Shiite #Sectarianism #Iraq #Syria #Yemen
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:00:01 +0000

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