Slog - Comments on They Behead Witches, Don't They? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they Why yes, Virginia, they do--in Saudi Arabia, our ally in the war on terror. Here's the CNN report... And here's a bit more from the Register... Fawza Falih Muhammad Ali is currently languishing in Quraiyat Prison having "exhausted her appeals" against the sentence. The illiterate defendant was arrested back in 2005, and allegedly beaten and obliged to fingerprint a confession that she couldn't read. The conviction was based on the testimony of several witnesses who said she'd bewitched them, including one who claimed she'd made him impotent. Fawza Falih retracted her confession in court, but Human Rights Watch notes: "The... Copyright 2008 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:00:14 -0800 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:49:02 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Yeah, you've really gotta watch out for those limp-dicked Saudis. He was probably just worn out from fucking all those camels and goats.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946825 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:28:34 -0800 Comment by muggims The story mentions 15 teen girls left to die in a fire because they weren't wearing the proper attire to be rescued by the male fire fighters. Fuck. I just...it's like...fuck.

]]> muggims http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946847 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:50:41 -0800 Comment by Tiktok Thank goodness they're helping us fight the "bad guys".

]]> Tiktok http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946848 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946848 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:53:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle They also set free mass murderers who can memorize the Koran, like they just did one of the al-Qaeda top operatives in Yemen.

Wahhabists are really sick - and they do hate America.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946882 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c946882 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:20:05 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 She turned me into a newt!

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947079 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:28:43 -0800 Comment by Greg Saudi Arabia is a shithole, film at 11.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947162 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:09:21 -0800 Comment by RainMan Saudi Arabia is about where we were in 1692 when witches were hunted in Salem. Only eight more years until they step into the eighteenth century!

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947403 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:36:52 -0800 Comment by collie Did you hear the one about the bigoted anthropologist who walked into the bar?

]]> collie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/they_behead_witches_dont_they#c947534 Religion Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:49:02 -0800