An eye for an eye: Saudi knifeman to have spine cut as punishment

[Karachi]

A SAUDI Arabian court has ordered a man to be paralysed by having his spine severed as punishment for stabbing his childhood pal in his back.

Ali al-Khawahir left his victim paralysed a decade ago and is now facing the same fate from the waist down if he fails to pay compensation of one million riyals (£176,000).
Khawahir, 24, who has already served ten years in jail, was only 14 at the time of the stabbing but this is not taken into account under Islamic Sharia law.
The ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom is known for its severe punishments – including flogging, amputation and beheading.
Al-Khawahir’s mum has been begging wealthy philanthropists to come forward to contribute to the fund.
She said: “Ten years have passed with hundreds of sleepless nights. My hair has become grey at a young age because of my son's problem.
"I have been frightened to death whenever I think about my son's fate and that he will have to be paralysed.”
The compensation was initially twice the amount now needed.
Amnesty International, the human rights group, said the sentence "should on no account be carried out".
Ann Harrison, a boss at Amnesty, said: "Paralysing someone as punishment for a crime would be torture.
"That such a punishment might be implemented is utterly shocking, even in a context where flogging is frequently imposed as a punishment for some offenses, as happens in Saudi Arabia.
"It is time the authorities in Saudi Arabia start respecting their international legal obligations and remove these terrible punishments from the law."
Amnesty said a similar sentence of paralysis was imposed in 2010 but that it was unknown if it had been carried out.
The Saudi Ministry of Justice denied that paralysis had been considered as a punishment in that case.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2PnuJVR2R

[Karachi]

The justice system in those countries is just appalling, is this really Islam?

[DaZahroJaam.]

i hope someone steps in to help him. he was only fourteen. what type of a sane human being justifies purposely paralyzing someone for life as a punishment??

[Al Hanif]

Ann Harrison, a boss at Amnesty, said: "Paralysing someone as punishment for a crime would be torture.

I bet if someone stabbed her son and he becomes paralyzed for the rest of his life she wouldn't say the same thing after.

[Al Hanif]

i hope someone steps in to help him. he was only fourteen. what type of a sane human being justifies purposely paralyzing someone for life as a punishment??

if you stab my son and he becomes paralyzed for the rest of his life, I would slice your cornea with a razor blade

[DaZahroJaam.]

you would be lucky if i acknowledge your existence let alone, stab your offspring..furthermore, i am not an eyrab.

[Al Hanif]

If I had the chance, I would rather be an Arab than a Tajik.

[DaZahroJaam.]

meh, you have the right to make as many stupid mistakes as you please.

[abassinafghan]

Highly doubt that the victim will walk again if the offender who spent 10 years in jail end up in a wheel chair too.

Instead of letting him work the rest of his life to pay compensation to the victim ,they want to break his back , so he end up also begging .

Dumb saudi ayrabs .

And to al hanif , why are you here ? I mean mind your own business go troll some saudi forums or arab forums or morrocon forums .

[Al Hanif]

People who are not happy with this justice system should stay in their libturd hellhole.

This thread is as retarded as muslims who want to implemant sharia law in Europe.


Abassinafghan I'm here to teach you to speak English.


lema, how comes you're offended by my answer ?

what type of a sane human being justifies purposely answering in a negative way as a punishment??

[Al Hanif]

canadian liberal logic : what type of a sane human being justifies purposely killing someone as a punishment??

[Al Hanif]

canadian liberal logic : hurr durr if you stab someone and he becomes paralyzed, can't walk, wipe his ass, has no intimacy for the rest of his life and can't have children, then give him chocolates and say "we friendz now ?"

[Karachi]

People who are not happy with this justice system should stay in their libturd hellhole.

This thread is as retarded as muslims who want to implemant sharia law in Europe.


Abassinafghan I'm here to teach you to speak English.


lema, how comes you're offended by my answer ?

what type of a sane human being justifies purposely answering in a negative way as a punishment??

the question is, is this really sharia law? are saudis following sharia law? is the saudi constitution sharia based? these are the questions that need to be answer before we make any sort of assumptions. The fact that the kid was only 14 when he committed crime surely has some kind of input, and not too mention he has already spent 10 years in jail

[Al Hanif]

the question is, is this really sharia law? are saudis following sharia law? is the saudi constitution sharia based? these are the questions that need to be answer before we make any sort of assumptions. The fact that the kid was only 14 when he committed crime surely has some kind of input, and not too mention he has already spent 10 years in jail

I agree fully that Saudi Arabia is not ruled by Sharia law.

For example the man who raped his daughter and killed her should have been beheaded.

But an eye for an eye is an islamic punishment in certain circumstances, it also exists in Iran.

It's not cruelty, it's meant as a way to prevent crimes from happening.

The criminal knew he would be punished so it's him who choose to be punished.

If I warn you not to put your fingers in an electric outlet and you actually do it, it's you who choose to be electrocuted.

[tor_khan]

A SAUDI Arabian court has ordered a man to be paralysed by having his spine severed as punishment for stabbing his childhood pal in his back.

Ali al-Khawahir left his victim paralysed a decade ago and is now facing the same fate from the waist down if he fails to pay compensation of one million riyals (£176,000).
Khawahir, 24, who has already served ten years in jail, was only 14 at the time of the stabbing but this is not taken into account under Islamic Sharia law.
The ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom is known for its severe punishments – including flogging, amputation and beheading.
Al-Khawahir’s mum has been begging wealthy philanthropists to come forward to contribute to the fund.
She said: “Ten years have passed with hundreds of sleepless nights. My hair has become grey at a young age because of my son's problem.
"I have been frightened to death whenever I think about my son's fate and that he will have to be paralysed.”
The compensation was initially twice the amount now needed.
Amnesty International, the human rights group, said the sentence "should on no account be carried out".
Ann Harrison, a boss at Amnesty, said: "Paralysing someone as punishment for a crime would be torture.
"That such a punishment might be implemented is utterly shocking, even in a context where flogging is frequently imposed as a punishment for some offenses, as happens in Saudi Arabia.
"It is time the authorities in Saudi Arabia start respecting their international legal obligations and remove these terrible punishments from the law."
Amnesty said a similar sentence of paralysis was imposed in 2010 but that it was unknown if it had been carried out.
The Saudi Ministry of Justice denied that paralysis had been considered as a punishment in that case.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2PnuJVR2R

Karachi; poor choice of share in my opinion. The Sun is trashy British tabloid that is known more for its photographs of nude women than journalist merit. No self respecting Muslim should be seen reading this or quoting from it. It targets white English blue collar prejudice with a word complexity giving it a reading age of less than 8.

On the point of this sentence:

Khawahir, 24, who has already served ten years in jail, was only 14 at the time of the stabbing but this is not taken into account under Islamic Sharia law.

The adjective only is not necessary and as far as I know most males aged 14+ are considered baligh.

In another thread, elsewhere, you questioned Pakistan's interpretation/commitment to Islam. Setting aside any personal love/hate for Saudi Arabia, here you appear to raise doubts about an important precept, such as being baligh under the Shariah.

Muslims, for all their problems, have their own legal system. My guess is that the people bothered by this particular issue, are those who are willing to ignore that the victims of crime, might well have entitlements too. Crime and punishment often go hand in hand. Dealing with both is not for the faint-hearted and difficult choices must be made. That is not the 'fault' of Shariah. Note: that victims are also given the choice to lessen some punishments too.

On a personal note, I would argue that before we jump blindly to Shariah or jump blindly away from it, we think with a very cool head. Quoting from the Sun 'newspaper' is, however, grabbing at straws to prove a point.