SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TERRORIST

A special court in Riyadh has sentenced a man to death for his involvement in terror activities including issuing a fatwa (religious edict) calling for the killing of police officers.
Abu Jandal Al-Azdi, defendant No. 12, and one of 26 terrorists sought by the Ministry of Interior, was arrested in August 2004.
The court convicted the man, believed to be the second most important operative on the legal committee of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, for his involvement in terror acts, and issue of fatwas legalizing the killing of security officers.
After reading out the verdict, the judge informed the man that he had the right to appeal within a month.
Saudi police arrested the man on Aug. 5, 2004 at a mountainous location close to the Abu Khayal tourist center in the Asir province.
He had been staying at an apartment in Abha for two weeks before the police saw him pass a tourism spot and arrested him.
Al-Azdi was notorious for his online debates with scholars opposed to terrorism.
He also prepared several studies calling for the legalization of jihad and Al-Qaeda operations.
Abu Jandal Al-Azdi is his adopted name. He left his family in October 2001.