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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 5 (AFP)-Saudi Arabia's King Fahd warned Monday against any attempts to harm Islam and reiterated that Islamic law is the best guarantor of human rights. "We warn [Saudis] of attempts to force societies to abandon their own belief and culture, especially if Islam is among their beliefs," King Fahd told the opening session of the consultative council in the western city of Jeddah. King Fahd was reacting to a string of reports by Amnesty International that have alleged defects in the criminal justice system and attacked Saudi Arabia's implementation of Sharia law. The kingdom, while rejecting the charges from the London-based human rights organization, has said it is ready for a special reporter to visit and check on the independence of its judicial system. Saudi Arabia regularly imposes the death penalty on murderers, drug traffickers, rapists, armed robbers and those convicted of apostasy, and amputates the hands - or sometimes feet - of convicted thieves. |
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