Thank you Shi'ite Cleric Among 47 Executed In Saudi Arabia, Stirring Anger In Region

[Coss]

So I guess, thanks are in order...

 

Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday, signaling that it would not tolerate attacks, whether by Sunni jihadists or minority Shi'ites, and stirring sectarian anger across the region.

 

Hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims marched through Qatif district in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province in protest at the execution of cleric Nimr al-Nimr, an eyewitness said. They chanted "Down with the Al Saud!", the name of the ruling Saudi royal family.

 

Nimr, the most vocal critic of the dynasty among the Shi'ite minority, had come to be seen as a leader of the sect's younger activists, who rejected the quiet approach of older community leaders for failing to achieve equality with Sunnis.

 

Most of the 47 killed in the kingdom's biggest mass execution for decades were Sunnis convicted of al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia a decade ago. Four, including Nimr, were Shi'ites accused of involvement in shooting policemen.

 

The executions took place in 12 cities, four prisons using firing squads and the others beheading. In December, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula threatened to retaliate against Saudi Arabia for any execution of its members.

 

The move further soured relations between Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and its Shi'ite regional rival, Iran, which had hailed Nimr as the champion of a marginalized Shi'ite minority.

 

... continues at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security-idUSKBN0UG03B20160102

[BelgianBoy]

meanwhile the saudi embassy was burned down in iran

karma.....

[bust]

So once someone is executed it is too late to later find they were innocent ?

[BelgianBoy]

more on Saudi Arabia

 

https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/the-total-collapse-of-saudi-arabia-is-inevitable/

[Coss]

more on Saudi Arabia

 

https://themuslimiss...-is-inevitable/

 

That's a good one, I've always wondered why they've got all our money and I can barely afford to fill my car with petrol.

[Guest]

" So once someone is executed it is too late to later find they were innocent ? "

 

Are you being serious ? .... Perhaps you might get another like, as you did before when I posted. Although the name calling is missing at the end which might make a difference .... Have to wait and see if BelgianBoy gives you another like ... I gave you one anyway ..

 

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Or how about some board members do not support the death penalty in any circumstances and will be outraged at this news ...

[My Penis is hungry]

Humans constantly lie, hence i see no reason for death penalty.

 

Also, for the revenge minded, surely incarcetation until death by old miserable age is better than a release from their mortal binds?

[Coss]

Except for cost to the rest of society. Incarceration is expensive.

 

I can see a reason for a death sentence where the criminal is incontrovertibly guilty, i.e video footage of man killing children, 100 witnesses and a confession.

 

Chop him up make him into fertiliser.

[Coss]

Meanwhile the Daesh have no qualms -

 

Young boy with UK accent warns of attacks in Isis execution video.

 

A young boy with a British accent has threatened the UK with new atrocities in a depraved Isis execution video in which five spies are killed.

 

Dressed in military fatigues and a black bandanna bearing the white mark of Isis, he pointed to the distance and declared: "We will kill kuffar [non believers] over there."

 

In the ten-minute-long propaganda video, five shackled men dressed in orange jumpsuits "confessed" to spying for British security services.

 

more at - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11568943

[Coss]

And:

 

Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic relations with Iran

 

Foreign ministry's decision follows storming of the kingdom's embassy in Tehran during protests on Saturday.

 

Saudi Arabia has announced that it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday's attack of its embassy in Tehran during protests.

 

Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi foreign minister, made the announcement on Sunday as the foreign ministry announced that it would ask the Iranian diplomatic mission to leave the kingdom within 48 hours.

 

The Saudi foreign ministry has also announced that the staff of its diplomatic mission have been evacuated.

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/saudi-arabia-severs-diplomatic-relations-iran-160103202137679.html