Overkill
Which comes first, the beheading or the crucifying?
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities beheaded and crucified a man convicted of brutally slaying an 11-year-old boy and his father, the Interior Ministry announced.
According to the statement issued by the ministry Friday, shop owner Ahmed al-Anzi molested the boy and then strangled him with a length of rope. He then stabbed the boy’s father to death when the man came looking for his son.
He hid both the bodies in his shop, the statement said, adding that al-Anzi threatened police with a knife when they came to arrest him.
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Crucifying the headless body in a public place is a way to set an example, according to the kingdom’s strict interpretation of Islam. Normally those convicted of rape, murder and drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia are just beheaded.
London-based rights group Amnesty International criticized al-Anzi’s execution and crucifixion.
“It is horrific that beheading and crucifixions still happen,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty International in a statement Friday.
Beheading comes first.
- Aggie
Martino said,
May 30, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
I’d say he got better than what he deserved. I kind of like those kooky Saudis sometimes.
Carol said,
May 30, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
But what’s with the crucifixion? Isn’t that kind of kufry of them? They’re not supposed to imitate unbelievers, you know.