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Saudi ‘sorcerer’ gets temporary reprieve - report
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SAUDI SORCERER: The magician was arrested at a hotel in Madinah two years ago. (Getty Images)A Lebanese man sentenced last month to death in Saudi Arabia for sorcery has been given a temporary reprieve, according to a report.
Ali Hussein Subat's execution was scheduled for Friday but his lawyer, May El Khansa, told the BBC that she had been assured by a Lebanese minister it would not happen.
In March, the General Court in Madinah had upheld its verdict against the 46-year-old accused. The court had said that Subat (also called Shahrzad) deserved death for publicly practicing black magic, thus spreading corruption on the earth, the Arab News daily had reported last month.
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In a statement last month, 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.
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, Arab News 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.
But Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri had been urged to intervene on his behalf, according to the BBC.
"The minister of justice for Lebanon called me and told me that nothing would happen [on Friday]," Shahrzad’s lawyer told the BBC.
"But after that I don't have an answer as to if he will be alive or not.
"Time is passing and if they don't kill him this Friday maybe next Friday," Khansa told BBC’s World Today programme.
The following report was in Arabian Business.com dated 3rd April and the Url is given below. I trust this would bring more clarity to all who have commented
Saudi ‘sorcerer’ gets temporary reprieve - report
by Neeraj GangalThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Friday, 02 April 2010
SAUDI SORCERER: The magician was arrested at a hotel in Madinah two years ago. (Getty Images)A Lebanese man sentenced last month to death in Saudi Arabia for sorcery has been given a temporary reprieve, according to a report.
Ali Hussein Subat's execution was scheduled for Friday but his lawyer, May El Khansa, told the BBC that she had been assured by a Lebanese minister it would not happen.
In March, the General Court in Madinah had upheld its verdict against the 46-year-old accused. The court had said that Subat (also called Shahrzad) deserved death for publicly practicing black magic, thus spreading corruption on the earth, the Arab News daily had reported last month.
Related: Saudi court upholds death sentence against 'sorcerer'
Story continues below ↓
advertisement
In a statement last month, 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.
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, Arab News 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.
But Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri had been urged to intervene on his behalf, according to the BBC.
"The minister of justice for Lebanon called me and told me that nothing would happen [on Friday]," Shahrzad’s lawyer told the BBC.
"But after that I don't have an answer as to if he will be alive or not.
"Time is passing and if they don't kill him this Friday maybe next Friday," Khansa told BBC’s World Today programme.
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