We have found a witch. May we burn her?

siddharth

Human Rights Watch has appealed to Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a woman convicted of witchcraft.

In a letter to King Abdullah, the rights group described the trial and conviction of Fawza Falih as a miscarriage of justice.

The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.

Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7244579.stm

Really sad that some parts of the world still live in the dark ages.

Especially shocking is this bit.

When an appeal court decided she should not be executed, the law courts imposed the death sentence again, arguing that it would be in the public interest.

Public interest!?

FredGarvin

Does she weigh as much as a duck? If so, she's made of wood.

tribdog

Heck yes, if you make me impotent I'm going to burn you too. Maybe burning is too kind of a punishment.

*moe darklight*

Whose side are you on! Siddharth is a witch!

Witch!

WITCH!!

Ms Music

This same woman turned ME into a NEWT!

Okay, totally serious now, I agree it is too bad that some societies will still do this to someone...... But it does make for some fun, now, doesn't it?

BTW, I got better.......

Danger

Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.

I rather suspect that he began that way.
Shouldn't she get some sort of reward for saving a goat?

Moridin

Why am I not surprised that this event is motivated by religion?

Danger

It's not religion. Same as the Jesus freaks in the USA. It's politics trying to disguise itself as religion. No established religion on the planet condones the kind of **** that people try to pull off under its umbrella.

Hurkyl

Quote by Moridin

Why am I not surprised that this event is motivated by religion?

Religion turned you into a newt, did it?

Moonbear

Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made him impotent.

Well, darn, just because she's ugly is no reason to burn her at the stake!

(I'm actually rather glad that someone who would accuse a woman of being a witch and want to execute her for it is impotent...we don't need any more of his prodigy running around.)

Danger

Damned straight! Evolution in action.

Art

Quote by tribdog

Heck yes, if you make me impotent I'm going to burn you too. Maybe burning is too kind of a punishment.

Really ugly women can have that effect, can we burn them too??

Danger

Art, have you never heard of double-bagging? That's when she's so ugly that you put a paper bag over your own head in case hers falls off.

Moonbear

Quote by Danger

Art, have you never heard of double-bagging? That's when she's so ugly that you put a paper bag over your own head in case hers falls off.

Not QUITE what came to mind when I read double-bagging, but that should work too.

Art

Quote by Danger

Art, have you never heard of double-bagging? That's when she's so ugly that you put a paper bag over your own head in case hers falls off.

So that's where I went wrong! I thought it was a paper bag for you and a plastic bag for her. Oops!!

Danger

Well, if you're a necrophile, that would work out for you quite nicely.

siddharth

Seems like there's legal precedent for this case.

On November 2, Saudi Arabia executed Mustafa Ibrahim for sorcery in Riyadh. Ibrahim, an Egyptian working as a pharmacist in the northern town of `Ar’ar, was found guilty of having tried “through sorcery” to separate a married couple, according to a Ministry of Interior statement.

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/14/saudia18051.htm

Quote by Danger

It's not religion. Same as the Jesus freaks in the USA. It's politics trying to disguise itself as religion.

In a way, it is partly religion too. This is what can happen when you base a judicial system on an interpretation of a religious text.

Quote by moe darklight

Whose side are you on!

Oh, just to make it clear, I'm obviously not suggesting that she be burnt. If you've seen Monty Python, you'd recognize the title.

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