Saudi social network users are racing against time to save a local man who will be executed on Monday after he was convicted of killing another Saudi a few years ago.
Facebook and other networks were flooded with appeals on Sunday for the victim’s relatives to accept diya (blood money) and pardon Dhafir Aba Al Taheen, who killed a young Saudi man during a fight in the southern Saudi province of Najran six years ago.
“Facebook, What’s App and other networks went viral yesterday and more today. The people of Najran and other areas are appealing for the victim’s relatives to pardon Taheen so they will be rewarded by God the Almighty,” Sabq daily said.
Under Islamic law, which is strictly enforced in conservative Moslem Saudi Arabia, a convicted killer can be saved from the gallows if pardoned by the victim’s family in return for blood money.
Source: Emirates 24/7, November 3, 2013
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