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SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR LEBANESE MAGICIAN UPHELD
(ANSAmed) - JEDDAH, MARCH 12 - Judges of the General Court of Medina in Saudi Arabia confirmed a death sentence against Lebanese magician Ali Hussein Subat, accused of witchcraft and on trial for about two years. The forty-seven year old Subat was caught in the act of committing the crime in a Medina hotel room, covered with papers with magical symbols, while he was using herbs and amulets for one of his rituals. On December 8, pointed out Arab News' website, the Saudi Arabian Court of Appeals rejected the judges' sentence of first instance from the Medina court. The effects of the sentence were suspended, to give the man - a well-known magician on satellite TV programmes who performed with the name "Scheherazade Magician" - to "show repentance" and to verify the authenticity of the accusations against him. During the two years of the trial, Subat, who was also accused of fraud, admitted to practicing black magic rituals and contributing to the break-up of marriages. According to prosecutors of the general court, Subat allegedly practiced black magic publically on television in front of millions of spectators for years and did not show any remorse. According to the General Court, the death penalty sentence must serve "as a warning and deterrent so that others - foreigners in particular - do not perform sorcery in Saudi Arabia". Now the case will be heard by the Mecca Court of Appeals. (ANSAmed).
2010-03-12 14:14