Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Saudi Arabia: Turkish barber returns home after death penalty pardon

Sabri Bogday, a Turkish barber who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for swearing at God and his Prophet but was later pardoned, returned to Turkey on Tuesday morning.

Bogday, 30, was welcomed at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport by his wife, Muazzez, two year old son, Suleyman, and mother, Hadra.

Bogday's sentence was overturned after he repented and asked God for forgiveness.

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Source: hurriyet.com, January 28, 2009

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