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A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television.

Ali Sibat is not even a Saudi national. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year.

A court in the city condemned him as a witch on Nov. 9.

The only evidence presented in court was reportedly the claim he appeared regularly on Lebanese satellite issuing general advice on life and making predictions about the future.

The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners but has made little news elsewhere despite the ludicrous nature of the charges and the extraordinary severity of Sibat's sentence.

"Saudi courts are sanctioning a literal witch hunt by the religious police," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch.

"The crime of witchcraft is being used against all sorts of behavior, with the cruel threat of state sanctioned executions."

Ali Sibat's supporters say he was denied a lawyer at his trial and was tricked into making a confession.

He is not the only victim of Saudi Arabia's literal witch hunt. Human Rights Watch says two other people have been arrested on similar charges in the last month alone.

It claims a lower court in Jeddah started the trial of a Saudi this month who was arrested by the religious police and said to have smuggled a book of witchcraft into the kingdom.

In another case the religious police are said to have arrested for "sorcery" and "charlatanry" an Asian man accusing him of using supernatural powers to solve marital disputes and induce others to fall in love.

In 2006 a Jeddah court convicted an Eritrean national Muhammad Burhan for "charlatanry" because he possessed a phone book that contained writings in the Tigrinya alphabet used in Eritrea.

Author:	Uncle Fester [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:39 am ]
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576 ... latestnews Quote: A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. Ali Sibat is not even a Saudi national. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year. A court in the city condemned him as a witch on Nov. 9. The only evidence presented in court was reportedly the claim he appeared regularly on Lebanese satellite issuing general advice on life and making predictions about the future. The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners but has made little news elsewhere despite the ludicrous nature of the charges and the extraordinary severity of Sibat's sentence. "Saudi courts are sanctioning a literal witch hunt by the religious police," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "The crime of witchcraft is being used against all sorts of behavior, with the cruel threat of state sanctioned executions." Ali Sibat's supporters say he was denied a lawyer at his trial and was tricked into making a confession. He is not the only victim of Saudi Arabia's literal witch hunt. Human Rights Watch says two other people have been arrested on similar charges in the last month alone. It claims a lower court in Jeddah started the trial of a Saudi this month who was arrested by the religious police and said to have smuggled a book of witchcraft into the kingdom. In another case the religious police are said to have arrested for "sorcery" and "charlatanry" an Asian man accusing him of using supernatural powers to solve marital disputes and induce others to fall in love. In 2006 a Jeddah court convicted an Eritrean national Muhammad Burhan for "charlatanry" because he possessed a phone book that contained writings in the Tigrinya alphabet used in Eritrea. I should not make fun of this, this poor guy is facing the death penalty, but cries of witchcraft...cmon can we mail a few copies of the crucible to these **** in S.arabia

Author:	Kaffis Mark V [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:07 am ]
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I reject your imperialistic overtones, Fester.

Author:	Stathol [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:03 pm ]
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Quote: A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. BURN HER! BURN HER!

Author:	Talya [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:09 pm ]
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Stathol wrote: I suspect the primary reasons she was chosen as a TV weather-person were not her meteorological prognosticative talents.

Author:	DFK! [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:14 pm ]
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Further evidence of my contention that the Arab states are merely 400-600 years behind the western world, based upon the age of their religion.

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Author:	Hopwin [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:43 pm ]
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Stathol wrote: Quote: A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. BURN HER! BURN HER! What about the carbon emissions from her... structural enhancements?

Author:	Hannibal [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:00 pm ]
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She bought carbon credits from Al Gore.

Author:	shuyung [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:18 pm ]
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Talya wrote: I suspect the primary reasons she was chosen as a TV weather-person were not her meteorological prognosticative talents. I bet she's the best they could find at detecting cold fronts, though.

Author:	Ulfynn [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:02 pm ]
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I like weather balloons. As for the original story, I hope the international community puts pressure on the Saudis to get their **** together. This is rediculous.

Author:	darksiege [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:27 pm ]
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If only I had the money to do it... I would so send a million copies of 'The Book of Law' by Crowley to that region...

Author:	Noggel [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:47 pm ]
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She would definitely float...

Author:	Stathol [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:10 pm ]
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I have totally derailed this topic. I am the champion!

Author:	Raell [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:29 pm ]
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It could just be the picture. Those are sitting kinda low to be bought and paid for. I could be wrong though.

Author:	Rynar [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:29 pm ]
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Talya wrote: Stathol wrote: I suspect the primary reasons she was chosen as a TV weather-person were not her meteorological prognosticative talents. You tellin' me her nipples don't tell me when she's cold?

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Author:	Aethien [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:56 pm ]
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Raber wrote: I like weather balloons. As for the original story, I hope the international community puts pressure on the Saudis to get their **** together. This is rediculous. You like cheap oil? If yes, then don't bug them.

Author:	Diamondeye [ Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:17 am ]
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Aethien wrote: Raber wrote: I like weather balloons. As for the original story, I hope the international community puts pressure on the Saudis to get their **** together. This is rediculous. You like cheap oil? If yes, then don't bug them. It's a lot more complex than that.