How do rogue states get off the ‘terror list’? With cold, hard cash – just like the US and UK
The most interesting aspect of the money to be paid out by Sudan – blood money, in Arab eyes – is that the nation still does not regard itself as […]
Saudis hailed for anonymously paying diya for expat driver
ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 18 November 2015 JEDDAH: Expatriates are all praises for two Saudi men with golden hearts who donated SR225,000 to pay the diya (blood money) for a Filipino driver convicted of running over an Indian man on a motorway accident in the Kingdom. The kind gesture […]
Slain Saudi’s family to sign blood money agreement to free Filipino (A unique feature of Islamic law!)
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 July 2013 The family of a Saudi national slain by a Filipino worker now on death row is expected to sign a settlement agreement to accept blood money that will free the condemned man. Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza, who was sentenced to death in 2001 for […]
King Abdullah pays blood money for Indian convict
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Monday 18 February 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has paid blood money on behalf of an Indian driver convicted of killing nine people […]
Part blood money paid by KSA spares Filipino from death (and further imprisonment)
RODOLFO ESTIMO JR. | Arab News Friday 1 February 2013 RIYADH: Filipino expats in the Kingdom expressed gratitude late yesterday following a Saudi government decision to shoulder the unpaid balance […]