"A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two men to lashes and prison terms for converting a woman to Christianity and helping her flee the conservative Islamic kingdom, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday. A Lebanese man was sentenced to six years in prison and 300 lashes for converting the woman, while a Saudi man was sentenced to two years and 200 lashes for aiding her escape abroad, the English-language daily said. It added that the pair had challenged the verdict and would appeal. A spokesman at the justice ministry could not immediately be reached for comment. In Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, it is against the law for Muslims to abandon their faith, a practice known as apostasy. Proselytising for other religions or practicing them openly is also illegal." Yahoo News
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These are our allies in Syria. pl
http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-punish-men-over-christian-woman-convert-081856796.html
Maybe some Saudi will convert to Judaism and get lashes and a prison term.
I'd love to see how the media and the White House would handle that one! (My guess: bury it.)
Posted by: JohnH | 13 May 2013 at 06:59 PM
Yes, Col these are our allies. These guys are cannibals eating human flesh to the chant of takfir,takfir : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4gB7nTKE9w
Posted by: Augustin L | 13 May 2013 at 09:30 PM
The heart-eating abomination - which has been ignored for several days by the MSM - is now Number One on the BBC World website and Number Two on the domestic.
I think decisions have been made somewhere.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22519770
Posted by: johnf | 14 May 2013 at 04:05 AM
"A man, said to be a well-known rebel fighter, carves into the body of a government soldier and cuts out his heart and liver.
"I swear to God we will eat your hearts out, you soldiers of Bashar. You dogs. God is greater!" the man says. "Heroes of Baba Amr ... we will take out their hearts to eat them.""
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/meast/syria-eaten-heart/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Posted by: no one | 14 May 2013 at 07:40 AM
Such a mystery why Assad and his allies are putting up such a fight. Such a mystery.
Posted by: Medicine Man | 14 May 2013 at 12:59 PM
An interesting background on Chechens, from Dimitry Orlov's site.
http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2013/04/meet-chechens.html
The historian in me note the similarity between the Chechens and the vikings: only eldest son inherits, the propensity for violence, and the importance of a good reputation.
Who knows, perhaps part of a vestigial cultural package: the Norse gods, the Aesir, reputedly came from Asia, from roughly that region.
One of the first reforms upon Christening of Scandinavia was to change the inheritance so a farm was divided among all sons: thus the supply of young men seeking fortune dried up.
Posted by: D | 14 May 2013 at 01:38 PM
To eat the heart is to take your enemies strength
To eat the brain is to take his wisdom
It is a revival of very old school motivational techniques.
Posted by: CK | 14 May 2013 at 01:40 PM
"To eat the heart is to take your enemies strength
To eat the brain is to take his wisdom
It is a revival of very old school motivational techniques."
No, it's a barbarian, attempting to 'top' his and others' recent acts of barbarism and depravity. Nothing more.
mfi
Posted by: markfromireland | 14 May 2013 at 06:31 PM