Bernard-Henri Lévy: The World Must Stand Up to Saudi Arabia

By Published on January 6, 2016

Iran is no paragon of democracy.

And when its leaders denounce the “criminal workings” of the “vile” Saudi regime and its links to terrorism, the pot is calling the kettle black.

Yet what occurred this past weekend in Saudi Arabia is worrisome for several reasons.

Executing 47 people in a single day, first of all, is a strange way to begin the year. Except if the goal is to beat the kingdom’s record of 153 in 2015 (and 87 the year before), in which case they have made a good start.

And when those put to death by sword or automatic weapons are added to the list of decapitated apostates, bloggers who have been tortured or who wait on death row, and the thief of an ATM card who was crucified in the north of the country, it is appropriate to accord to King Salman, as to his predecessor and those aspiring to succeed him (none of whom has yet shown the slightest sign of protest or regret), the macabre but fitting title of world champions in the category of state crime.

 

Read the article “Bernard-Henri Lévy: The World Must Stand Up to Saudi Arabia” on algemeiner.com.

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