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OP - March 19, 2013, 02:25 PM

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/death-by-firing-squad-acceptable-by-sharia-says-saudi-cleric-492888.html

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A senior cleric in Saudi Arabia has given his seal of approval for execution by firing squad, as long as it is as quick or faster than the traditional method of beheading, it was reported.

Media reports last week suggested that the kingdom, which enforces a strict version of Sharia law, was mulling introducing firing squads to carry out executions, apparently due to a lack of qualified swordsmen.

Sheikh Ali Al-Hakami, member of the Senior Board of Ulema, was quoted by English language Saudi Gazette as saying that death by firing squad could be permissible according to Sharia, as long as the process is painless.

“That’s why beheading by sword is the best way to achieve the purpose of punishment in Islam because it does not cause any torture,” Al-Hakami said.

Al-Hakami added that religious scholars in the Gulf’s most populous country should also investigate the possibility of using other methods, such as electric chair, hanging and lethal injections, to find out if they also comply with Sharia.

Earlier this week, it was reported that Saudi Arabia is set to crucify a convicted armed robber in the coming days.

The man is one of seven sentenced to death by crucifixion and firing squad for their part in a 23-member ring that stole from jewellery stores in 2004 and 2005.

According to rights group Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia has executed 17 people so far this year, compared with 82 in 2011 and a similar number in 2012.

It is so nice of him being concerned, that the execution be painless, but what about the ones who are to be crucified ? That does not sound painless or are they going to shoot them first and then crucify the dead bodies ?

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Reply #1 - March 19, 2013, 02:32 PM

Shouldn't halal execution be by cutting the throat and bleeding to death? The death gurgle should of course include the sound of Allah's name.

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Reply #2 - March 19, 2013, 02:37 PM

Saudi Arabia feels sometimes as if they have travelled in a time machine from Gaul

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16. As a nation the Gauls are extremely superstitious; and so persons suffering from serious diseases, as well as those who are exposed to the perils of battle, offer, or vow to offer, human sacrifices, for the performance of which they employ Druids.

They believe that the only way of saving a man's life is to propitiate the god's wrath by rendering another life in its place, and they have regular state sacrifices of the same kind. Some tribes have colossal images made of wickerwork, the limbs of which they fill with living men; they are then set on fire, and the victims burnt to death. They think that the gods prefer the execution of men taken in the act of theft or brigandage, or guilty of some offence; but when they run short of criminals, they do not hesitate to make up with innocent men.

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Reply #3 - March 19, 2013, 02:40 PM

Does Islam see execution and punishment like cutting off hands as some form of sacrifice to Allah?

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Reply #4 - March 19, 2013, 03:31 PM

Quote from: moi on March 19, 2013, 02:37 PM
Saudi Arabia feels sometimes as if they have travelled in a time machine from Gaul
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http://www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk/Druids/DRUIDS.htm

executing and eliminating Saudi regime from the face of the earth will eliminate many problems in Islam and Muslims + non-Muslims

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Reply #5 - March 19, 2013, 09:14 PM

If the Saudis like beheadings but are having a problem finding skilled swordsmen, why not use a guillotine?

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Reply #6 - March 19, 2013, 10:26 PM

because they would be imitating the kuffar french colonialists?

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Reply #7 - March 19, 2013, 10:42 PM

Quote from: osmanthus on March 19, 2013, 09:14 PM
If the Saudis like beheadings but are having a problem finding skilled swordsmen, why not use a guillotine?

They should perhaps try placing an advert in an international recruitment site...

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