Saudi court upholds death sentence against 'sorcerer'
by Neeraj Gangal on Friday, 12 March 2010
SAUDI SORCERER: Shahrzad admitted in front of the general court in Madinah that he had presented a black magic program on the Saudi Sports Channel. (Getty Images)
General Court in Madinah upheld its verdict against 46-year-old accused Arab sorcerer Ali Hussein Subat (also called Shahrzad), according to a report.
The court said that Shahrzad deserved death for publicly practicing black magic, thus spreading corruption on the earth, the Arab News reported on Friday.
In a statement on Wednesday, the court said it was not convinced by the appeal bench’s rejection of its verdict against the sorcerer and its attempt to ask the man to repent.
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“All evidence proved that he was practicing black magic,” the court said.
The general court has now passed the case back to the Appeals Court in Makkah, Arab News said.
The court insisted that the magician deserved death in order to make him an example and deterrent for others, especially for foreigners who come to the Kingdom to practice sorcery.
The magician was arrested at a hotel in Madinah two years ago. Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice seized a talisman where he had written the name of a man, his mother and wife, the daily added.
Shahrzad admitted in front of the general court in Madinah that he had presented a black magic program on the Saudi Sports Channel. However, he claimed that he was practicing black magic during the past eight years in order to treat patients, Arab News said.
This was in Arabian Business.com on February 12th
Saudi court upholds death sentence against 'sorcerer'
by Neeraj Gangal on Friday, 12 March 2010
SAUDI SORCERER: Shahrzad admitted in front of the general court in Madinah that he had presented a black magic program on the Saudi Sports Channel. (Getty Images)
General Court in Madinah upheld its verdict against 46-year-old accused Arab sorcerer Ali Hussein Subat (also called Shahrzad), according to a report.
The court said that Shahrzad deserved death for publicly practicing black magic, thus spreading corruption on the earth, the Arab News reported on Friday.
In a statement on Wednesday, the court said it was not convinced by the appeal bench’s rejection of its verdict against the sorcerer and its attempt to ask the man to repent.
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Story continues below ↓
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“All evidence proved that he was practicing black magic,” the court said.
The general court has now passed the case back to the Appeals Court in Makkah, Arab News said.
The court insisted that the magician deserved death in order to make him an example and deterrent for others, especially for foreigners who come to the Kingdom to practice sorcery.
The magician was arrested at a hotel in Madinah two years ago. Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice seized a talisman where he had written the name of a man, his mother and wife, the daily added.
Shahrzad admitted in front of the general court in Madinah that he had presented a black magic program on the Saudi Sports Channel. However, he claimed that he was practicing black magic during the past eight years in order to treat patients, Arab News said.