Sadeq Mallallah
Born in Qateef in 1970, Sadeq Abdul Kareem Malallah (Arabic: صادق عبد کریم مالالله) was a Saudi Arabian, who was charged with blasphemy and apostasy while in prison, and executed for the latter crimes in 1992.[1] He was of a Shia Muslim background.[2][3]
The Washington Post reported the execution, in an article by Carlyle Murphy on 1 October 1992. It was reported that he had been executed in Qateef on 3 September 1992, after having been convicted of throwing stones at a police car in 1988 and imprisoned for five years in Mababeth prison. During his imprisonment, he faced further charges that he had "insulted God, the Holy Quran and Prophet Muhammad."
He is alleged to have said that Muhammad was "a liar and swindler" who practised witchcraft and consorted with demons.
Before his execution, he had appealed to two appeal courts, which upheld his conviction, as did King Fahd.
Because a Qateef judge alleged that he had smuggled a Bible into the country, his case is often misrepresented in the blogosphere as having been "executed for owning a Bible".[4][5][6]
External links
- ↑ "DOCUMENT - SAUDI ARABIA: AN UPSURGE IN PUBLIC EXECUTIONS", Amnesty International
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- ↑ Clive Davis: A lesson in tolerance
- ↑ Cripe's Corner: May 2005
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal Online - Featured Article
- Articles containing Arabic-language text
- 1970 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century executions by Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabian people executed by decapitation
- People executed for apostasy from Islam
- People executed for blasphemy
- People executed by Saudi Arabia by decapitation
- Bible smuggling
- Converts from Shia Islam
- Saudi Arabian former Shia Muslims
- Saudi Arabian Shia Muslims