Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded two Pakistani men convicted of armed robbery, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
The execution in the western city of Jeddah came after the two men admitted to having set up a gang to rob bank customers at gunpoint, the report said.
A total of 54 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia since the start of the year, according to an AFP count.
In 2012, the Gulf country put 76 people to death, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Human Rights Watch has put the number at 69.
Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia’s strict version of sharia, or Islamic law.
I don't agree with the death penalty at all, but for Saudi to kill some one for leaving Islam is sheer intolerance and arrogance especially when the Saudis and other Arabs try to push their religion on others.
I don't agree with the death penalty at all, but for Saudi to kill some one for leaving Islam is sheer intolerance and arrogance especially when the Saudis and other Arabs try to push their religion on others.
they have no right to carry out any sort of islamic punishment because they're hypocrites themselves!
One must respect the laws of the country regardless of how hypocritical they are...
...At the end of the day they would probably face the death penalty in Pakistan for committing armed robbery... Being Pakistani and committing an armed robbery in KSA didn't exactly help as Pakistani people are seen as nothing more than slaves in Saudi.
One must respect the laws of the country regardless of how hypocritical they are...
...At the end of the day they would probably face the death penalty in Pakistan for committing armed robbery... Being Pakistani and committing an armed robbery in KSA didn't exactly help as Pakistani people are seen as nothing more than slaves in Saudi.
We should try to follow all laws within reason.
We cant however, nor should we 'respect' every law in every country. Some laws are genuinely bad laws and deserve nothing but disdain and revulsion. Saudi proclivity for such barbaric forms of punishment is not worthy of our respect. There are many laws in Pakistan that are openly discriminatory and are not worthy of being respected.
We should openly criticize such laws... We should respect the authority of a nation and her leaders, but that does not mean we blindly support every law that those leaders pass.
im against death penatly in fact amnesty international has found that states in th us which hold the death penalty have just as high a crime rate as those who don't rehabilitation programmes have been proven many times to have the lowest reconviction rates for a punishment especially for petty crime. Which is why areas like sweden and denmark have relatively low recidvism
We cant however, nor should we 'respect' every law in every country. Some laws are genuinely bad laws and deserve nothing but disdain and revulsion. Saudi proclivity for such barbaric forms of punishment is not worthy of our respect. There are many laws in Pakistan that are openly discriminatory and are not worthy of being respected.
We should openly criticize such laws... We should respect the authority of a nation and her leaders, but that does not mean we blindly support every law that those leaders pass.
There is nothing wrong with criticising laws as long as it is done in a legal manner. However, I think you're mistaking respect for accepting them for what they are....
We have much better laws in Pakistan. We send the murderers, robbers and drug traffickers to parliament.
Because
Pakis does not have world highest oil reserves
Pakis does not have world largest gold mines
Pakis does not have one category of people
Pakis does not have kingdom
Pakis are not covered by benefits normally covered by people of SA by the kingdom
Pakis are one of the poorest nation on earth
Pakis population is zillions times larger than arabs of Arbustan
Pakis are not as arrogant as arabs of SA
Pakis are dying due to hunger, diseases and malneutrition but SA prince spent 15 million euros ($19.5 million) for three days of fun at Disneyland near Paris to celebrate his degree but there is no law for princes' play boy activities in foreign land
Saudis are doing what islam has asked us to do....so what is the problem?
where does Islam or Holy Qur'an says that you should display your wealth and waste like below? This kind of hypocrisy has been vehemently condemned in Holy Qur'an. Beheading of Pakis for robbing bank, but fornication or adultery by princes are allowed in foreign countries.
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SA prince spent 15 million euros ($19.5 million) for three days of fun at Disneyland near Paris to celebrate his degree
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