Saudi Savagery

Vincent J. Curtis

9 Feb 15

From the UK newspaper, The Independent, written by Ben Tufft and published on 16 Jan 2015:

"Laila Bint Abdul Muttalib Basim, a Burmese woman who resided in Saudi Arabia, was executed by sword on Monday after being dragged through the street and held down by four police officers.

She was convicted of the sexual abuse and murder of the seven-year-old step-daughter.

A video showed how it took three blows to complete the exectuion, while the woman screamed 'I did not kill.  I did not kill.'...

There are two ways to behead people according to Mohammed al-Saeedi, a human rights activist: 'One way is to inject the prisoner with painkillers to numb the pain, and the other is without the painkiller,... this woman was beheaded without painkillers - they wanted to make the pain more powerful for her.'"

Saudi Arabia is considered to be a key ally in the fight against ISIS.  Yet, as the home of Wahhabism, it is one of the leading sources of ideology that leads to violent Jihad.  Saudi Arabia contains the territory most significant to Islam: the cities of Medina and Mecca, and it's regime of law is strictly sharia.  It is by and under Sharia law that Saudi Arabia beheads and lashes people.

From Andrew McCarthy one learns from authorized English versions of the Koran, and Allah commands Muslims in Chapter 47 to "Therefore, when ye meet Unbelievers (in fight) smite their necks."

Explaining, "When one the fight (Jihad) is entered upon, carry it out with the utmost vigor, and strike home your blows at the most vital points (smite at their necks), both literally and figuratively.  You cannot wage war with kid gloves.

In Sura (or Chapter) 8, Allah exhorts, "I am with you: give firmness to the believers: I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: Smite ye above their necks and smite ye all their fingertips off them."

In the authoritative English translation of Reliance of the Traveler the sharia manual endorsed by scholars in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, "Jihad means to war against non-Muslims."
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The authorities for the English translation of the Koran are the "King Fahd Holy Qur-an Printing Complex" and "Ministry of Hajj and Endowments."
The authorities for the English translation of Reliance of the Traveler are al-Azhar University and the Islamic Fiqh Academy.