Saudi court orders man to be paralyzed as an Islamic punishment

[Dougz]

[QUOTE]A young Saudi man faces being forcibly paralyzed as a punishment under Islamic sharia law for a crime that left his victim confined to a wheelchair – a ruling condemned by a human rights group Thursday.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Ali al-Khawaher, 24, was convicted of stabbing a childhood friend in the spine during a dispute a decade ago, according to reports in Saudi Arabian media including Al Hayat and Al Watan[/QUOTE]

[url]http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/04/17601030-saudi-court-orders-man-to-be-paralyzed-as-an-islamic-punishment?lite[/url]

[The mouse]

[QUOTE]Saudi judges have in the past ordered sharia punishments that include tooth extraction, flogging, eye gouging and -- in murder cases -- death, Reuters reported.
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I feel sorry for the guy who had to carry out all those.

[Nullianac]

dude

dude

[Cowabanga]

what's the fucking point, just fine him and put him into jail, no need to make his life a miserable hell

but then again we're talking about saudi arabia

[Nullianac]

[QUOTE=Cowabanga;40158980]what's the fucking point, just fine him and put him into jail, no need to make his life a miserable hell

but then again we're talking about saudi arabia[/QUOTE]

i think they're operating on the old "eye for an eye" thing

which in this circumstance is barbaric but it would certainly invoke the fear of god into anyone thinking of committing a crime

[Cowabanga]

oh wait late thread op