“Witch” Beheaded in Saudi Arabia

Amina bint Abdulhalim Nassar, a Saudi woman, was beheaded this week for practicing witchcraft and sorcery.

The evidence against her was a book on the subject, a number of veils, and bottle filled with a liquid “used for sorcery.” She also worked as a healer.

And according to Amnesty International, these aren’t even official crimes in Saudi Arabia, but rather “smokescreens” used when people exercise free speech.

This is disgraceful. If she was a healer she was helping people. If she was a witch then she was practicing her religion. And if she was saying something the government didn’t like then she had a right to her opinion.

Whichever way you look at it, the execution of Nassar was completely uncalled for.

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