Man was publicly beheaded in a Saudi Arabian car park for being a 'sorcerer'

The moment man was publicly beheaded in a Saudi Arabian car park for being a 'sorcerer'

44 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia this year
Alarming rise in killings since end of Ramadan
Seven killed since Sept 5, when executions restarted
140 prisoners facing the death penalty

Shocking footage has surfaced of a Sudanese man being publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for being a 'sorcerer'.

Crouched on his knees and blindfolded, Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki was executed in a car park Medina, in the west of the country, as dozens looked on last month.

The grainy footage - which MailOnline believes is too graphic to publish - shows the executioner lining his sword up on the back of Abdul Hamid's neck, before one swift stroke decapitates him.




The Sudanese man, who was killed on September 20, is believed to have been the 44th person executed in Saudi Arabia this year - and the 11th foreign national.

The total for 2011 is 17 more than for the whole of 2010.

Lebanese TV host Ali Hussain Sibat, who was sentenced to death over making predictions of the future on his show, had been scheduled to be beheaded on Friday.

His attorney May El Khansa said the execution did not take place on that day - but that did not mean Sibat has been given a reprieve.



The alarming rise in the number of executions in the country has led to criticism from a number of human rights charities.

Saudis are understood to prefer beheading by a sharp sword, as they think it more humane and quicker than electrocution and lethal injection.
Amnesty International pleaded with King Abdullah but the Saudi monarch still allowed the killing of Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki for sorcery

Amnesty International pleaded with King Abdullah but the Saudi monarch still allowed the killing of Abdul Hamid Bin Hussain Bin Moustafa al-Fakki for sorcery

And while the crime of 'sorcery' is undefined in Saudi Arabian law, it has been used to punish people for the legitimate exercise of their human rights.

Abdul Hamid is understood to have been arrested in 2005 after he was entrapped by a man working for the Mutawa'een (religious police).

He was asked to concoct a spell that would cause the officer's father to leave his second wife.

According to the officer's account Abdul Hamid agreed to carry out the curse in exchange for 6,000 Saudi Arabian riyals (approximately £1,000).

He was beaten after his arrest and thought to have been forced to admit to acts of sorcery.

In a secret trial, where he was not allowed legal representation, he was sentenced to death by the General Court in Medina in March 2007.

Few details are available about his trial but he is reported to have been tried behind closed doors and without legal representation.

At the time of his arrest, English language Saudi daily The Saudi Gazette ran an article entitled Magic Maids which said that 'we must face up to the threats from some maids and servants and their satanic games of witchcraft and sorcery, their robbery, murder, entrapment of husbands, corruption of children and other countless stories of crime that have been highlighted by both experts and victims of these crimes'.
Sentenced to death: Lebanese TV host Ali Hussain Sibat still faces execution for 'predicting the future'

Sentenced to death: Lebanese TV host Ali Hussain Sibat still faces execution for 'predicting the future'

Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International's Director for the Middle East and North Africa, heavily criticised the killing.

He said: 'Abdul Hamid's execution is appalling as is Saudi Arabia's continuing use of this most cruel and extreme penalty.

'That he should have been executed without having committed anything that would appear to constitute a crime is yet another deeply upsetting example of why the Saudi Arabian government should immediately cease executions and take steps to abolish the death penalty.'

The charity had campaigned on Abdul Hamid's behalf following his arrest and had urged Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to prevent his execution.

But it has been to no avail, and since the end of the holy month of Ramadan a few weeks ago, the Saudi Arabian authorities have resumed executions at an alarming pace.

According to Amnesty International seven people have been executed since the killings resumed on September 5.

Some 140 prisoners are believed to be facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia.

And last December, Saudi Arabia was one of a minority of states that voted against a UN general assembly resolution calling for the worldwide moratorium on executions.

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This seems a bit out of place in the 21st century. I'm sure the apologists will explain the context needed to understand this.


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I think this is the video:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b97_1319927921

Good thing we have freedom of religion.

 

Yet the west look at Saudi Arabia as allies!

 

Along with the US and most of the middle and far east

 

The video looks bogus, to me. Well, not the video itself, but the beheading looks staged.

 

It's real. Still shots from this video have been used in articles about the story.
There are several of these beheading videos out of Saudi Arabia, floating around on the web. They always seem unreal to me, guess it's just odd to see someone's head removed like that.

 

Thanks.

I've seen a few of them. Only thing I questioned about this one is, there appears to be no blood on the ground (when the police person closes the car door).

Oh well, not much I can do either way.

 

Don't make predictions or "spells" in SA!
C'mon, I mean if you like tarot or anything remotely connected, you get your head chopped off. Why do it then?

 

These clowns make the Spanish inquisitors look positively level headed.

 

Yes definitely. Serves him right! That`ll learn him!

 

No more cooking up soups, to be on the safe side....

 

good one Liebe

 

Ever heard of O-I-L ?

Where would we be without it. ?


btw - its not all that long again when we use to burn witches and heretics , iizzit ?

Of course we dont do that anymore, too bad for the poor sods we've already burnt.
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Sorcerers are consider swindlers...

 

Sure, but religion is the biggest scam that exists and you don't see people getting beheaded for that in SA.

 

In South Africa?

What is SA?

The law is very clear.. socerers are swindlers.. They cheat people out of their money via lies and superstition.

I can only say... stay out of Arabia is swindling is your bag.. Madoff wouldn't have gotten off so easily.

 

Can you think of any politicians/ $h1t - mongers , you'd like to see keep an appointment with "Madame Guillotine" ?


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Wow... your defenses of Saudi Arabia have gotten pathetic now.

 

There is NO question that Saudi Arabia is hard on pedophiles, home invaders, rapists, swindlers, murderers and repeat drug traffickers..

The law is NOT secret..

 

ROFLMAO

 

Well, if you can't abide the law.. you should live in a country that doesn't punish rape , pedophelia, etc so severely.

 

True. Nothing beats pointing out the hyprocisy of the west though

 

Sure, if you've got a one track mind.

 

Lowest crime rate in the world.

 

Yep.. While their penalties are harsh.. We in America hand out sentences of 5 to 20 years for pedophelia...

I think if you KNOW the law, you abide by it.

In my years of experience, you have to be real stupid to get into trouble with the law in Arabia.