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Shock: 7 Saudis Set to Be Executed by Crucifixion and Firing Squad for Juvenile Jewelry Heist

Mar. 4, 2013 5:45pm
Shock: 7 Saudis Set to Be Crucified Tomorrow for Stealing Jewelry as Juveniles

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz looks on during an extraordinary summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Mecca on August 14, 2012. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

(TheBlaze/AP) — Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be put to death Tuesday by crucifixion and firing squad for armed robbery appealed for help to stop the executions.

Nasser al-Qahtani told The Associated Press from Abha General prison Monday that he was arrested as part of 23-member ring that stole from jewelry stores in 2004 and 2005. He said they were tortured to confess and had no access to lawyers.

“I killed no one. I didn’t have weapons while robbing the store, but the police tortured me, beat me up and threatened to assault my mother to extract confessions that I had a weapon with me while I was only 15,” he said. “We don’t deserve death.”

A leading human rights group added its appeal to Saudi authorities to stop the executions.

Al-Qahtani, now 24, said he and the most of the ring were juveniles at the time of the thefts. They were arrested in 2006. The seven received death sentences in 2009, the Saudi newspaper Okaz reported then.

Last Saturday, he said, Saudi King Abdullah ratified the death sentences and sent them to Abha. Authorities set Tuesday for the executions. They also determined the methods.

The main defendant, Sarhan al-Mashayeh, is to be crucified for three days. The others are to face firing squads.

Shock: 7 Saudis Set to Be Crucified Tomorrow for Stealing Jewelry as Juveniles

In this photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, left, and Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, third right, pray with other royal family princes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (Photo: AP) 

Al-Qahtani faced a judge three times during eight years in detention. He said that the judge didn’t assign a lawyer to defend them and didn’t listen to complains of torture.

“We showed him the marks of torture and beating, but he didn’t listen,” he said. “I am talking to you now and my relatives are telling me that the soil is prepared for our executions tomorrow,” he said, referring to the place where he will be standing to be fired at.

Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islamic Shariah law under which people convicted of murder, rape or armed robbery can be executed, usually by sword.

Several people were reported crucified in Saudi Arabia last year. Human rights groups have condemned crucifixions in the past, including cases in which people are beheaded and then crucified. In 2009, Amnesty International condemned such an execution as “the ultimate form of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment.”

The punishment is so severe in part because, experts speculate, the offenders came from the country’s poorer south, which is generally looked down upon.

“If one person belonged to political heavyweight regions, the verdict wouldn’t have been harsh,” Political analyst Mohammed al-Qahtani said.

Ali Al-Ahmed, the head of the Washington-based Institute of Gulf Affairs, elaborated: “The south is very poor, and that is why rebellion comes from there…and this is why sentences are harsh, because Saudi authorities want to scare them.”

Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, concluded: “It will be outrageous if the Saudi authorities go ahead with these executions…It is high time for the Saudis to stop executing child offenders and start observing their obligations under international human rights law.”

​This post may be updated.

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Comments (95)

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  • freedom_gurl35
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:52pm

    Yet another reason why America must stop buying Saudi oil and drill here. I can’t believe we support this evil Islamic regime.

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    • Ben__Franklin
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:21pm

      I find it odd, he speaks perfect English. Did they say if he finished the phone call with Allahu Akbar, Death to the Infidels?

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    • dublinthewagons
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:53pm

      Their country. Their rules. Stay out of it.
      If you can’t pay the consequences don’t. do the crime.

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    • redfish52
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:15pm

      No I’m sorry..this is true justice…you take something that does not belong to you the punishment is death….I have no problems with this just as I’ve never stolen something that was not mine…in this case I say the Muslims have it right.

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:17pm

      Not only drill, let’s approve the Keystone Pipeline, shall we?

      Buying Canadian oil would transport the stuff in a steel pipeline. Without the pipeline, the oil has to move south to Texas in rail tank cars. Any risk of a train derailing?

      Let’s see, we can import from Saudi in tankers that must transit through the Straits of Hormuz and travel as close as you can get to Iran without actually pulling into port or buy from dictators who crucify folks. Gee, I don’t know….

      In 2011, imports from Saudi Arabia went up by 20%. There can’t be any quid pro quo going on here for all those campaign contributions funneled through the MB front groups like CAIR, ISNA and NAIT, is there? Oops! Did I mention that those folks are all “unindicted co-conspirators” in the Holy Land Foundation trial? Does transport by water increase the risk of pollution? Take a guess.

      Oh, one last thingee. The railroad that transports the oil until the Keystone Pipeline is built is none other than Burlington Northern. That RR is owned by Warren Buffet. Now, who could have guessed that? Another BFF of the Ayatollah Obama.

      “Remember Benghazi and ALL the Traitors!”

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    • redfish52
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:18pm

      Its another sovereign nations business…I don’t care and don’t want to hear about it…not my business.

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    • redfish52
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:22pm

      No it is the way it is…what did you do when you knew what was going on in the Sudan or further back in Cambodia…..death is part of Democracy and we will soon feel it here in North America…you just need to decide on what edge of the sword you wish to stand.

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on March 5, 2013 at 9:59am

      Relax…our congressmen and judges are starting to use world law and SHARIALAW…and IT’s COMING HERE..MuzzieBrudderhoodie!!

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    • Disabledvet
      Posted on March 5, 2013 at 12:47pm

      I think if we had some of these laws in the states, we could keep some of the moochers, leeches and parasites from robbing so many hard working people to support their habit. We need a couple of public execusions right in the middle of town so everyone can watch.

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    • 123456beatriz
      Posted on March 6, 2013 at 10:46am

      Allah At Bar go to HELL

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  • KingArthur
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:41pm

    We just need to be more tolerant of their culture.. Right? Relativism teaches us these these people aren’t like us, and that a 3 day crucifixion by Saudis is like 3 weeks on a road crew pretty picking up trash here. I say this facetiously of course to highlight the absurdity of the kind of “tolerance” we’re expected to give in the name of relativism. We do however need to keep in modern mind that this is graphic example of how these are a peoples not at all like us. America needs to act with the values of her people. America should enact a complete and total trade embargo with Saudi Arabia, and China, until they acknowledge their human rights issues and take meaningful steps in a more humane direction. We need to make them more tolerant of our value system by hitting them in the wallet. When they refuse to comply, extend the trade embargo to every nation that trades with them. And don’t even tell me America needs Saudis oil; 3 Midwestern states have more oil than Saudi Arabia, and we can survive without eco-bulbs, rubberdogshit, and fingernail clippers from china.

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    • maximusgringo
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:45pm

      Why would you even care if these thugs get the dirt nap they deserve?

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    • KingArthur
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:08pm

      Maxipadgringo – They were kids with no weapons, they don’t deserve this. That being said, I wasn’t talking about America acting with the values of her people for US… not them…

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:21pm

      we could stop by not propping up their government and giving them weapons

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:11pm

      Saudi Arabia propped America up thru the 1980s by helping us defeat the Soviet Union.

      The Saudi Arabian is not propped up. It is a quid pro quo. This for that.

      We give them money they give us oil
      They give us money we give the weapons.

      Would you rather they buy from Russia, China. France or Brasil?

      Personally, I would rather we develop our own oil via fracking and also for us to transition to fusion.
      It would uncomplicate things.

      But the Saudis would still be selling oil & still be buying some weapons.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:12pm

      *start*

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    • KingArthur
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:38pm

      Was… Not wasn’t.

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  • icarenough
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:40pm

    just think if we punished our criminals in the same manner, how much money we would save not having to house these prisoners for life. That would save us at least $85 billion and then some. Well, it’s a start!

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    • KingArthur
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:54pm

      I would like to say that the government couldn’t get away with that here… but what they are getting away with on a macro level is actually worse, just not as easily quantified as the micro level of hanging on a cross…

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:18pm

      I hate it when liberals & other people complain about the execution rate or the incarceration rate.

      The execution & incarceration rates do not exist in a vacuum.

      They should be always be compared to the crime rate. Also the types & severity of the crimes need to be noted.

      The logic is mind boggling stupid. Progressives could literally argue that we should not prosecute or incarcerate someone because it would make our rate greater than say China’s rate or Saudi Arabia’s rate. So we are going to have to let your rapist go.

      I am sure that out resident trolls could. We know who they are.

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  • Larry E
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:35pm

    Okay I’d like some liberal, progresso-commie fool to tell me how wonderful, peaceful, and compassionate Islam is about now. Better be good because it’s gonna be a job Ahmed!

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  • john vincent
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:31pm

    Apparently these desert kin never heard the word:

    g. r. a. c. e.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:05pm

      As much as some people bash Catholics, they have this concept that if you don;t carry out the sentence for a capital crime in a short period of time, the you should not carry it out, because that person is now different and has grown.

      Some of grown more canny (they are unrepentant but will be harder to catch next time) but others have grown wiser & regret their actions. The latter is the one they mean.

      I don’t know the name for the concept, so if you do please speak up. Also explain it better (I am sure your will).

      I don’t have much sympathy for an armed robber of any age, but if they were going to carry out the sentence I think nearly a decade later is too late. It would not be just.

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    • john vincent
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:41pm

      -walk

      I do appreciate the opportunity for dialog; but I’m sorry, I don’t understand exactly how I can add value to your comments;

      only to say: your part about ‘justice not being executed speedily,’ was a biblical reason WHY miscreants get away with murder so to speak…..

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:30pm

    In other news…..

    The DHS has just ordered 4.5M 10 foot tall wooden crosses.

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  • gyro
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:24pm

    coming to a obama controled USA after he takes over
    enjoy watching your future americans

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:22pm

    It is their nation and their way, such extremist views are what they hold to; no amount of protests will ever change that.

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  • Michael
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:21pm

    That’s really a lovely religion they have there.

    As a side-note, has anyone ever seen Discovery Channel’s special on crucifixion and its history? Wow, is it gruesome — a truly torturous, horrible way to die.

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  • SaturdaysWarrior76
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:20pm

    Soooo let me see… it’s a crime, punishable by death to rob a jewlery store, but it’s perfectly ok to beat your wives and daughters to death, marry and molest little girls, chop off the heads of anyone who disagrees with you religiously, and fly stolen airplanes into buildings filled with innocent people. These animals are freaking insane.

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  • momrules
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:16pm

    It is Islam. Death is their way of life, the more horrendous the death the better.

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  • Old Truckers
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:14pm

    In ancient Israel, the Mosaic Law mandated the thief to repay what was stolen or to become the slave to the victim until his theft was fully re-paid with interest. That was pure justice.

    What we have today is the victim remains the victim and the thief is coddled.

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    • Bearfoot
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:30pm

      Old Truckers,

      You are correct. See Exodus 22:1-4

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:35pm

      Hi Old Truckers,

      And the State collects and keeps the fine….

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:58pm

      Well the left would not like it. Especially the servitude option.

      But it would leave them alive and the time it would take to repay the debt would give them time to think.

      I would not recommend it, but slaves in Rome at times ended up inheriting when their master died. My point here is if this were implemented and if the sentence was more than a few weeks, the victim & thief would come to know one another & it could turn into an apprenticeship. That is if there was trust and the owner didn’t figure he would be stolen from again and if the thief worked hard, I could see the thief learning a trade. At the very least if the thief worked hard & was honest from the point of conviction on, the owner should give him a good recommendation.

      Oft times it takes a job to get a job.

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on March 5, 2013 at 2:21am

      I Kinda doubt anyone would just sit back while it is daylight and watch someone rob them blind.

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  • Marsh626
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:13pm

    Go take a look at murder rates around the world. Typically only high-IQ Whites and Northeast Asians have low violent crime rates. Low IQ brown countries tend to have much higher violent crime rates. One of the exceptions to that trend are Middle Eastern muslime countries. I loathe pisslam with every cell in my body. But their barbaric sharia law penalties for crime are indeed apparently effective. Who in their right mind would lead a life of crime if you knew you’d be freaking tortured, crucified and have your head cut off with a sword in public? I bet such harsh punishments would cause violent crime to plummet amongst brown “hispanics” and blacks in America. The Left has been trying to convince us to be soft-on-crime. But muslime societies have proven that (very) tough-on-crime policies do in fact work. Pisslam’s tough-on-crime policies are one of the few things from their religion that I support. I have no sympathy for criminals like this.

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  • 4xeverything
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:12pm

    The Saudi’s don’t care about the world’s view of them or about international human rights. No nation will ever do anything about it until they become oil independent from the middle east. Funny how we keep going round and round and round. Let them kill themselves and be done with it. Until the people want real freedom they will never have it.

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  • stains
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:08pm

    Do you mind? This story is distracting me from my next crude oil purchase.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:07pm

    They should do it while Kerry is there and make him attend.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:07pm

    SHOCK? Uh, no – sadly, this is not the least bit shocking – it’s just another day, like every other day …

    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

    http://www.barenakedislam.com/

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:05pm

    BHO’s best friends!! One day he should receive just rewards!

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  • BigDaddyTex
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:58pm

    Disgusting…..
    Drill here. Drill NOW!!!!!

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  • akaireyt
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:58pm

    Don’t you jus love SHARIA LAW? In Dearborn, Michigan and coming to a town near you!

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:14pm

      Shariah also calls for the killing of apostates fm islam. The article fails to note that since we have no equivalent in our society…yet…

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  • UNALIEN
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:58pm

    STOP buying unethical fascist Tyrannical Middle East Oil and these clowns have NO power.

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:11pm

      Most of US oil imports come fm Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela not the Middle East. Middle East oil goes to Europe, Japan, and China.

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    • UNALIEN
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:53pm

      I know but any is too much

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:19pm

      Yes, any is too much.

      Also if we could help the Europeans ween themselves often foreign energy, they might vote their conscience more often.

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      Walkabout  
  • Advection
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:56pm

    Dennis Rodman’s reaction, after hearing about this story: “ROAAAD TRIIIP!!!”

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  • MrKnowItAll
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:55pm

    Coming Soon!

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  • Fubared
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:51pm

    Lalalalalalalalalalala.

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    Fubared  
  • GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
    Posted on March 4, 2013 at 5:51pm

    Saudis: Barry’s real owners….

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