Here is the latest news from the Classified Section in Saudi Arabia: Eight executioners, known as “religious functionaries,” are wanted to behead drug smugglers and murderers and slice the hands off of thieves.
The kingdom’s official website advertised the job description:
Carrying out the death sentence according to Islamic Sharia after it is ordered by a legal ruling.
Beheadings in Saudi Arabia are carried out in public, making the job perfect for anyone who always wanted to appear on stage,
The latest beheading of a criminal was only three days ago, the 85th this year and only three shy of the total of all of 2014.
That comes out to a bit more than beheading one every two days, meaning an executioner enjoys about three days off a week, assuming he is paid a salary and is not paid according to how many people he beheads. However, The New York Times reported that local officials in one province in Saudi Arabia said that the area swordsman also is a full-time guard and pockets $1,000 for each head he cuts off.
Those who want to execute people but are not attracted by using a sword in Saudi Arabia can try China and Iran, two countries that are ahead of Saudi Arabia when it comes to putting criminals to death. Knowledge of ropes would help anyone applying to Iran.
Obviously, Jews need not apply.
Executions also are popular in Iraq, which ranks fourth in the world for the number of people killed after being convicted.
And guess which country is in fifth place, according to Amnesty International
Give up?
The United States of America.