Omakase

Amazon Search

Cooler Heads

They have finally prevailed, in the Kingdom:

A Lebanese man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for sorcery has been given a temporary reprieve, his lawyer says.

Ali Sabat’s execution was scheduled for Friday but his lawyer, May el-Khansa, told the BBC she had been assured by a Lebanese minister it would not happen.

Mr Sabat, who is in his 40s, was the host of a satellite TV programme in which he predicted the future.

He was arrested by religious police while on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and convicted of sorcery.

Progress: You takes it where you finds it.

Share

3 comments to Cooler Heads

  • Liz

    Do you know anyone who was ever imprisoned in Saudi?

    I do. That guy was probably hoping they’d carry out the sentence and execute him rather than continuing to wait. It’s pretty much like a medieval dungeon, from the description I heard.

  • Quartermaster

    For a non-Wahabi the whole country is a prison.

  • I hope Miss Cleo isn’t planning on any Mid-East excursions any time soon…

eXTReMe Tracker

View My Stats