Wanted: Head-Severers.
The good news, according to a report on Yahoo, is that applicants will be exempt from the usual entrance exams for government-employed beheaders.
Yes, Saudi Arabia is looking for a few good executioners so they won't fall behind on beheadings -- as well as "amputations" (hand-severing of thieves, for example). From AFP:
Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi Arabia advertised vacancies for eight executioners Tuesday after beheading nearly as many people since the start of the year as it did in the whole of 2014.The civil service ministry said that no qualifications were necessary and that applicants would be exempted from the usual entrance exams.
It said that as well as beheadings, the successful candidates would be expected to carry out amputations ordered by the courts under the kingdom's strict version of Islamic sharia law.
Amputation of one or both hands is a routine penalty for theft. Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death.
Most executions are carried out by beheading, but a few are carried out by firing squad, stoning or crucifixion.
All are carried out in public and video footage sometimes appears on the Internet despite a ban on filming.
via @walterolson
And this is our big ALLY in the mid-east, great friends of the Bushies.
zapf at May 20, 2015 3:40 AM
@ zapf
A history lesson about Presidents and the ME assuming you think beyond short-term thoughts.
Carter’s Arab financiers
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/dec/20/20061220-092736-3365r/?page=all
Bob in Texas at May 20, 2015 5:13 AM
On the positive side, the fact that no one wants the job is a good sign.
NicoleK at May 20, 2015 5:21 AM
So...what's the pay scale?
Asking for a friend!
I R A Darth Aggie at May 20, 2015 6:44 AM
Welcome to the religion of pieces (severed body parts).
Amy Alkon at May 20, 2015 6:57 AM
So, is it a salaried position? Hourly, maybe? Or (ahem) piecework?
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at May 20, 2015 7:38 AM
Old RPM, that is terrible, and I'm envious that I didn't think of it.
Amy Alkon at May 20, 2015 9:59 AM
Meanwhile, the UN human rights council, which recently welcomed Saudi Arabia as a member, took time out of its busy schedule of condemning Israel to condemn the human rights abuses of the United States of America.
Beth Cartwright at May 20, 2015 10:18 AM
While there may be no entrance exam, I bet they're looking for someone who is a cut above the rest.
Matt at May 20, 2015 10:32 AM
You guys are killing me here.
Bob in Texas at May 20, 2015 10:42 AM
It's a great opportunity for getting a head, or two or three.
I'm wondering what the entrance exam would have been like.
Abdul is guilty of xyz please put a dashed line on where you should chop.
Joe j at May 20, 2015 1:34 PM
Do they offer severance pay?
Matt at May 20, 2015 2:45 PM
Is this de-capital punishment?
Gus at May 20, 2015 7:53 PM
"The civil service ministry said that no qualifications were necessary"
So, does that mean they are doing on-the-job training?
Ouch, who is going to be the newbie's first case? What if he swings and only partially hits? Does that mean he gets a second chance? Is it keeping swinging the axe until you do the job right?
Or is it "well, you messed up that one, let's start fresh with a new one, shall we?"
charles at May 21, 2015 6:05 PM
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