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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 30 (UPI) -- Taking God's name in vain is a familiar profanity but could lead to the beheading of a Turkish barber in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, court records show.
Currently awaiting appeal on his sentence, Sabri Bogday allegedly cursed during an argument with a neighbor who later complained to police, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Bogday has been in jail for 13 months and Turkish President Abdullah Gul has asked Saudi King Abdullah to spare him. But, the Arab News Daily said it all may rest on arcane interpretations of Islamic religious law by fundamentalist Muslim judges.
In a nation ruled by a strict Wahhabi brand of Islamic justice, public beheadings can be handed out for crimes including murder, rape and heresy.
A lawyer says some judges consider it heresy and infidelity to take God's name in vain, and rule that the accused cannot repent. Others see it as disbelief, allowing the accused to retract what he has said and repent.
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SEOUL, May 28 (UPI) --
An official report on North Korean prisons has been published in what the South Korean government says is its first attempt to document the atrocities.
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LONDON, May 28 (UPI) --
Emily Watson and Dominic West took home top acting awards at the British Academy Television Awards for their roles in ITV's drama "Appropriate Adult."
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To avoid a meltdown in 2006, Ford Motor Co. mortgaged the farm putting up its assets – including its Blue Oval logo, and F-150 pickup and iconic Mustang trademarks – to secure $23.5 billion in credit.
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TOLEDO, Ohio, May 28 (UPI) --
Authorities in Ohio said a man clad in a Darth Vader mask and black clothes robbed a bank with a semi-automatic pistol instead of a light saber and the Force.
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