The religion of peace once again proves it hasn't moved beyond the 12th Century

[teapartysamurai]

Saudi Woman Beheaded for 'Witchcraft'

A Saudi woman was beheaded after being convicted of practicing "witchcraft and sorcery," according to the Saudi Interior Ministry, at least the second such execution for sorcery this year.

The woman, Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar, was executed in the northern Saudi province of al-Jawf on Monday.

A source close to the Saudi religious police told Arab newspaper al Hayat that authorities who searched Nassar's home found a book about witchcraft, 35 veils and glass bottles full of "an unknown liquid used for sorcery" among her possessions. According to reports, authorities said Nassar claimed to be a healer and would sell a veil and three bottles for 1500 riyals, or about $400.

According to the ministry, Nassar's death sentence was upheld by an appeals court and the Saudi Supreme Judicial Council.
Philip Luther, the interim direct of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa program, condemned Nassar's killing, calling it "deeply shocking."

"The charges of 'witchcraft and sorcery' are not defined as crimes in Saudi Arabia and to use them to subject someone to the cruel and extreme penalty of execution is truly appalling," Luther said.
Luther said that a charge of sorcery is often used by the Saudi government as a smokescreen under which they punish people for exercising freedom of speech.

Saudi Woman Beheaded for 'Witchcraft' - Yahoo! News

Sorcery?????

Christian haters still rant about the Salem Witch Trials which happened three/four hundred years ago.

The same people will turn a blind eye to Islam TODAY. Which proves it isn't about what happens to people beheaded for a bogus charge. It's about whatever it takes to intimidate and shut up Christians, (because Christians can vote in this country whereas Saudi women still can't vote, drive, speak, etc etc etc)

 

[Dr.Drock]

Keep in my next time you vote that both status quo parties support the Saudi gov't.

 

[Dragon]

Christian haters still rant about the Salem Witch Trials which happened three/four hundred years ago.

I'll acknowledge that the majority of Christians today would not be in favor of bringing back witch trials. However, I suspect very strongly that a majority of Evangelical Christians would favor it, and that means that if the First Amendment did not prohibit the practice it might become law in certain deep-south states.

But rather more to the point, consider this:

How modern day witch trials are destroying rural Africa - NYPOST.com

The last executions for witchcraft IN AMERICA happened 400 years ago. But witchcraft executions BY CHRISTIANS are occurring today in much less advanced areas of the world.

The same people will turn a blind eye to Islam TODAY.

This is not a difference between Islam and Christianity. It's a difference between poor, backward, superstitious cultures and advanced ones. Or perhaps you would like to show an instance of AMERICAN Muslims -- preferably Muslims actually BORN in this country -- trying and executing someone for witchcraft?