Saudi Aradia Amputates Hand of Thief

Source: Reuters via Globe and Mail

Reuters

November 5, 2007 at 6:40 AM EST

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia amputated the hand of a thief on Monday, carrying out a rarely implemented Islamic punishment amid warnings in the media of a rise in crime in the conservative kingdom.

The right hand of Amr Nasr, an Egyptian man, was removed in Mecca after he was found guilty of pick-pocketing inside the Grand Mosque compound, the official Saudi Press Agency.

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"ow you fucking pricks that really hurt!!!"

but in arabic.

When it comes to cutting off the offending part, methinks that punishment would hurt a little...

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not every subject is fair game for sexual innuendo.

There are other ways to communicate.

Mega a-sexual w/ extreme prejudice by the religious police, given the power to arrest and imprison by petro-dollars.
If someone's trying to masturbate and the religious police kick in the door and drag you outside in front of your neighbors and chop-off all your naughty bits, well, that's a pretty strong statement about that type of Government.

Drop the "methinks" and save it for the Renaissance Faire. Subject should be aware that it's usage can be used against him/her as evidence in the court of public opinion in support of the contention that subject is an overweight techie with socialization/maturity issues.

amputate there running gear and we would probably have allot less problems with these sick individuals.

In sex crimes, sex is just the weapon used. THey did a study a few years back on offenders who were "chemically castrated" -- chemically altered so that there could be no hormonal drive to molest -- and it turned out they had the same urges and same recidivism.

Plus, castration is like the death penalty: if we make a mistake, we can't take it back.

No wonder Bush loves the idea of water boarding.

Eccch.

Needless to say, Saudi Arabia has a brutal regime in power. Islamic law is harsh...they've executed gay people in Saudi Arabia. I guess some people would think that's hilarious, also.

I hate when my stuff is stolen as much as anyone, but I would NEVER EVER want someone's hand chopped off for it. It is sick and inhumane.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

in whose image Smirk wants to make the Middle East

We forget that 75% of the attackers on 9/11 came from Saudi Arabia. The Saudis: Bush's pals and business partners.

"Terrorism" has replaced "communism" as the bogeyman under our beds.

how about an accurate adjective? brutal? archaic? illegitimate? repressive?

Combatting our sworn enemies with torture, repression, and mutilation. Boy, our Saudi friends, they're just like America! FREEDOM!!!!

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwujRNiby1JA5eW_lvtEAIA0klrw

How can we honestly still have diplomatic realtions with SA with this shit still going on? Now we're all entitled to our tribal and hereditary superstitions and/or religions, but that entitlement ought to end at the end of another's nose.

I have read that it is illegal to possess a copy of the Wilhelm Tell score or a recording thereof in Saudi Arabia. I reckon the Swiss peasants rising up against the Austrian nobles is a bit too close to home for them. Probably have a hissy fit when the French national anthem is played on state visits from the French to S.A. The French ought to sing it in Arabic every morning when they raise their flag at the embassy!

The dictatorships of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan!

I can't believe these people are that family's friends.

(I'm speaking of the Bushes, of course.)

I'm not going to cheerlead for dechiritation (which I guess is what cutting of a hand is called), but what we do to criminals in the US really isn't any better.

....usually right after prayers.

If you compare the media coverage of our mass media about these two countries, you could easily be convinced of that.

Or am I not correct?

It seems this LBN posting only exists to prove my point :rofl:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3055409

:-)

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SOCMLG0&show_article=1
;)
What he did today in Rome you can count on not being covered the way it is in the west

which is locking up somebody in a ghastly hellhole for a couple of decades where they are given no dignity, no education, nothing but exposure to violence and intimidation.

Would you rather lose your hand or spend 10 years in an American prison?

Are you telling me that you didn't know that this went on there?

about life behind Saudi closed doors.

I learned about this back in Jr. High School in the late 70's. It is truly astounding how ignorant people are. Shocking actually because let me tell you something, I'm not the sharpest tool in shed and even I know this!

from the article:

"Last week an Egyptian man was beheaded for “sorcery,” adultery and “desecrating” the Koran by placing it in a bathroom."

What a dumbass.

If a nation has a high tech industry, it doesn't mean that it has evolved spiritually.
Sometimes the opposite is true. It was true in Nazi-Germany and nowadays it is
obviously true in Saudi Arabia and other states with advanced technical abilities:

http://www.thecityreview.com/sky3.html

The regime in Saudi Arabia is one of the most murderous on this planet. And, of course,
it is a major partner of the so so-called global business elite, which in itself is
heartless and inhuman.

the death penalty (killing prisoners) is ok, but that this is "cruel and unusual"."

(Both are cruel and unusual, IMHO, and should be gotten rid of everywhere.)

killing only hurts a short while.
And being ridiculed lasts a lifetime ?
Well, that is what I think "some people protest.....being reminded constantly of your crimes is creul and unusual.

Hell,
I'd rather have em lob off my hand then my head.
I can still eat pizza with one hand..... ;)