the Jewish community in Amran issued a statement...

the Jewish community in Amran issued a statement rejecting the blood money of YR 5.5 million as compensation for the death of Masha Al-Nahari, a Yemeni Jew, demanding the death penalty instead. The amount of compensation money came as a ruling issued by Judge Abdul Bari Aqaba at the Amran Criminal Court. The lawyers of the Yemeni Jews appealed the sentence. The family of the accused issued numerous threats during the trial, stating that they will kill the Jews and their families if their relative is sentenced to death. In December 2008, Al-Abdi shot and killed Masha al-Nahari after he sent a threatening letter to the whole Jewish community stating that they have two options: either convert to Islam or leave the country, otherwise, he will kill them. The defence lawyers provided the forensic report to prove that Al-Abdi suffers from paranoia with hallucinations. Therefore, the report recommends that he should be kept locked up in a mental institution. During the court sessions, Al-Abdi repeatedly objected that he is insane and he said that he preferred death rather being placed in a mental institution. “I am not crazy, and I want to be executed according to Allah’s Sharia law,” said Al-Abdi.
Khaled Al-Anesi, the lawyer of the Yemeni Jews, said that the demand to seek the death penalty is within the legal rights of Masha’s family.
The Yemen Observatory for Human Rights considered the verdict to abolish the equality between Yemenis and to increase the hate against them. I will not accept any money, even if they gave me enough money to fill the entirety of Sana’a,” said the father, Ya’ish, crying.
Al-Abdi laughed Ya’ish mentioned the Prophet Mohammed demanding death penalty in accordance to Islamic Sharia law. “Shave your plaits, and say ‘There is no God but Allah, ’” said Al-Abdi.