22 March 2010

His Actions Made Him an Infidel

Ali Hussain Sibat was a Lebanese TV presenter who would give advice and make predictions about the future on his show. Then he made the foolish mistake of visiting Saudi Arabia:

Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a Lebanese national, whose death sentence for charges relating to "sorcery" was upheld by a court last week....

'Ali Hussain Sibat was arrested by the Mutawa'een (religious police) on charges of "sorcery" in May 2008 while he was in Saudi Arabia to perform a form of Muslim pilgrimage, the 'umra. [Mick Hartley] Read more