Sahih International
"Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides..." (5-33)Sahih International
"[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah . And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise." (5-38)
Amnesty International is pleading with Saudi King Abdullah to stop the punishment and spare the men from having both right hand and left foot amputated. International pressure may work again, if not we will see six more victims of the religion of toleration.
From SKY News December 17
Saudis urged to stop amputation sentence
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Saudi King Abdullah to commute amputation sentences handed down against six men convicted of highway robbery in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
The sentences to chop off the right hands and left feet of the six Saudis is currently before the Supreme Court for approval and could be carried out within days if ratified by the king, the London-based group said on Friday.
It said they were forced to confess.
''Cross amputation' is a strikingly cruel form of punishment that amounts to torture and should have no place in a criminal justice system,' said the watchdog's Middle East and North Africa interim director, Philip Luther.
'We are urging the king to use his authority to urgently commute these sentences and spare these men this horrific punishment,' he added.
Amnesty said the men are Barzan bin Raheel al-Shammari, 29; Amer bin Eid al-Jarbaa, 26; Mohammad bin Ali al-Shammari, 25; Mohammad bin Dhiyab Maddhi, 27; Abdullah bin Dhiyab Maddhi, 30; and Bandar bin Abbas al-Asadi, 22.
The bedouin men were arrested in October 2010 in Riyadh, accused of 'highway robbery' and taken to Malaz prison in the capital. All were allegedly beaten and forced to confess to the charges against them, Amnesty said.
Jarbaa was reportedly beaten for eight days and told that if he did not confess, his three brothers would be arrested.
'It appears that he signed a confession without knowing its contents and was later held in solitary confinement for 33 days,' it charged.
The men were tried before the General Court in Riyadh with no legal representation and were sentenced in March 2011 to 'cross amputation', it said, adding that an appeal court upheld the sentences in October.
Saudi Arabia enforces amputation of the right hand as a punishment for theft, while cross amputation is imposed in cases of highway robbery, Amnesty said.
Armed robbery can be punishable by execution in the desert kingdom. Rape, murder, apostasy and drug trafficking also carry the death penalty under Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.
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It always amazes me that in the US, there are numerous groups who will hold protests and candle light vigils for serial killers who are about to be executed. These people maintain that the drugs used in lethal injection, constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".
These drugs are far from inhumane, unless one can classify "falling into a deep sleep/coma" as cruel and unusual punishment.
The point is, WHERE are these oh so very compassionate groups when men, women, adolescents and children are sentenced to flogging, amputation, hanging, crucifixion, beheading, or being thrown off of cliffs?
Where are these bleeding hearts when male family members murder their female relatives for becoming too Westernized?
The truth is that these groups NEVER speak out against genuine atrocity and human rights violations. These groups never advocate for the victims.
They hide behind a cloak of faux compassion, political correctness and multi-cultural sensitivity and tolerance.
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