Saudi court upholds death sentence against 'sorcerer'

Posted by: James Tuesday, 16 March 2010 4:58 AM[UAE] - U.A.E

David Blane, he was a sorcerer. Oh also david copperfield, he's rubbish too. Send them to KSA in a organised round up of rubbish entertainers, then televise it. We can all think of a name for the show...? I've got it. Lets call it, "No get out of that!" Ya Beauty!! lol

Posted by: Greer Monday, 15 March 2010 1:53 PM[UAE] - Thailand

Haha...no I still prefer the much more accurate term "CON MAN"... but he does not deserve to die for pulling the wool over the eyes of the poorly educated superstitious fools - he just took advantage of their childish fears - like kids being admonished to be good by parents threatening the "boogy man will get them" - he KNOWS there is no such thing.....

Posted by: DaNgErBoY Monday, 15 March 2010 12:13 PM[UAE] - UAE

it all sounds so mystical doesn't it being referred to as a 'sorcerer' - almost like something from a fairytale. why wasn't the person called a 'soothsayer' as that's my personal preference for magical and mystical terminologies. in reality maybe the term 'witch-doctor' should have been used here - just some food for thought!

Posted by: Ritta Monday, 15 March 2010 10:51 AM[UAE]

Its not because some people do not believe in Magic or black magic it doen?t mean that it doesn?t exist. There are many different cultures and religions in the world! in Saudi Arabia it is Islam, the Quraan mentions the magicians and the effect than happens on the society! There are some other countries that live with magic, magic in some countries doesn?t mean that people can fly or tends to disappear objects, magic can mean that it causes problems within marriage that can lead to divorce and this is a very simple example! So I think we can?t judge about a concept unless we know the basis of the country and its culture. However, there are some so-called magicians who pretend and act as if they are capable of practicing magic but they actually don?t, they only seek money and con people. I still don?t agree that someone can be sentenced to death for being a ?sorcerer? at the end it is a life of a human being that we are talking about, he should be punished differently.

Posted by: Greer Monday, 15 March 2010 6:09 AM[UAE] - Thailand

I posted here earlier and mentioned that the reason the death penalty was inappropriate was because there is no such thing as sorcery - as there is no such thing as magic, or any other of the so-called occult powers - but AB refused to print it - maybe they are afraid of the evil eye! Then I mentioned that a stage magician in the USA has offered One Million Dollars to anyone who can prove that they can perform true magic or use any of the other paranormal powers. The offer has been standing for many years, and is totally genuine, but not one person has been able to show true magical power - as a stage magician, James Randi knows all the illusions and the sleight of hand used to trick people. My point in saying that is this - as there is no such thing as magic - as it has never ever been proven to exist, even with such a huge fortune at stake - how can sorcery be a crime as such? Definitely he could be charged as a con-man, taking peoples money under false pretences, etc, but sorcery CANT exist, as magic DOESNT exist - so how can anyone be charged with performing an activity that does not exist in the real world? He could be charged with some other crime, and I doubt it would have the death penalty, but "sorcery" is truly a medieval term for superstitions that simply have not one shred of evidence nor basis in fact - its not real.