SAUDI ARABIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST SORCERER

the Medina General Court in Saudi Arabia upheld its verdict against Arab sorcerer Ali Hussein Subat (aka Shahrzad), 46, for publicly practicing black magic and spreading corruption on the earth. The judges said they called for the execution of the man for his continuous practice of black magic and that he had been doing it publicly for several years. The case now passes back to the Appeals Court in Makkah, which rejected the general court’s first verdict of December 8, 2009.