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We left our killing of witches back in the late 1600s, with the Salem Witch Trials the most infamous of all. But there are certain countries in the Middle East which continue to execute those who are claimed to be witches to this day. It's hard to believe that this still happens in the modern world, but then again Iran, which was once a country full of rich cultural and historic traditions, hangs homosexuals and stones to death those they claim have committed adultery. Often without evidence or a trial. These are things people did centuries ago, not in a modern civilization.
And 'witchcraft' or anything resembling sorcery including astrology or fortune telling is still punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. You might remember Ali Hussain Sibat, the Lebanese man who was arrested in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimage. They had the audacity to condemn him to death because of a show he hosted in Lebabanon where he made predictions. And for this he was to lose his head. If Lebanon had no problem with his profession, who the hell gave the Saudis the right to condemn a man who isn't even a citizen and was there on a visit? As far as I know he is still alive, after world outrage, but who knows what will happen to him, and he's obviously still languishing in jail.
It's also obviously a no-no in Palestine as well, after a 62-year-old Gazan woman, Jabriyeh Abu Kanas, was shot dead by an unknown gunman in her garden as her husband witnessed her murder. In this case, the accusations of witchcraft were never proven, and yet she was mercilessly gunned down.
The accusations against her were reported to Hamas authorities, but were never proven. However, someone apparently decided to take the law into their own hands, gunning Kanas down at home in front of her husband.The Palestinian Center for Human Rights condemned the murder in an interview with Palestinian Authority media. The Center blamed the attack on “security chaos”.
Neither of these people deserved a death sentence, whether by government decree as in the case of Sibat or by the hands of some, Islamic extremist vigilante. At least Sibat is still alive, sadly Abu Kanas is not.
Other sources, Maan News.
