:thumbsup::yay: I wish we could do this to child molesters as well, but anyways.... I always think of crucification with christianity. Has it been used in Muslim history as well? 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. Al-Anzi had previously been convicted of sodomy and owning pornographic films, a crime in conservative Saudi Arabia. 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. According to an Associated Press count, Friday's execution brought the number to 35 beheading this year in the kingdom. In 2008, 102 people were beheaded.
I assume it was also, but it seems silly to me.... To say you beheaded someone and then crucified him is like saying you blew someone's brains out and then you stabbed him to death
Oddly enough the term "crucify" was probably not the correct term in English. From what I read, the Saudi's generally try to avoid any undue pain in executions (which is not to say that pain isn't implemented in extracting confessions). Apparently, the Saudi's heavily drug the convict and then drain most of their blood to the point of thoroughly sedating (if not actually killing them) just before the beheading (some accounts actually state that death usually occurs, though it is not pronounced, while the convict is in the staging area, the beheading being just a show of warning for would be wrongdoers). Several reasons are given for the "prep work" before the beheading: it's more humane (in case of a botched beheading), to reduce movement, and because it's just a heck of a lot less messy after the head is severed. Once in the public viewing area, an appropriately sharp sword is swung by a well trained and burly man. The head is then sewn back on and the dead man is strapped to a tall pole or tree. While, it appears, physical pain and suffering is generally avoided, post mortem humiliation is not! As a person who doesn't have a problem with capital punishment, I would imagine that I'd prefer the heavy drugging and insanguination [if that's a real word] to being shocked to death in an electric chair. ~String
to being shocked to death in an electric chair. there was a classic Twilight Zone.. this guy made a deal with the devil... couldn't be killed... hopped in front of a subway.. jumped off a building.. decided he want to give the electric chair a whirl..kills his bitch wife.....he was all excitied... then his lawyer came and and told him ..Great news !!! I it got it reduced to life....lol
Ugh, Sorry John. You say crucifixion, I say crucification. Its probably not right, but its what I call it. Feel free to start a thread about it in Linguistics. ANYWAYS! They sewed the head back on??
what's wrong with it? He raped a child, strangled him and then killed the child's father who tried to save him. I know I support it.
Um... because she won't. AFAIK she's not a supporter of such things, especially anything that comes from the government of Saudi Arabia. Just the same, neither will she speak out against it. ~String
I'm all for it--there are a lot of people this country who do with a dose of beheading and crucifixion, however you spell it...kudos to the Saudis, I reckon :bravo:
well since you guys are getting all excited about this i though i'd share some pics i recieved on email..we can always use some drama.. although....um..how do i say this..they usually say something like: if you have heart problems or are pregnent then don't continue..well, uh..it's some thing similar here.. spitting it out..i'm going to post pics of the event..so you're warned..if you don't want to see..don't scroll down..(lol, i see this live)..
Just goes to show, even watching beheaded corpses crucified doesn't stop people from committing crimes.
Thanks for removing the pictures, I've seen beheaded corpses being brought in to be stitched back in the hospital in Saudi Arabia. Its not a pretty sight.
