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'''Amputation''', is the removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin.<ref>[http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12537 Definition of Amputation] - Medicine Net</ref> Within the context of [[Islam]], it refers to the removal of the hands or feet. This, along with beheading, flogging, [[stoning]], and [[crucifixion]], is a prescribed punishment in [[Islamic law]]. | '''Amputation''', is the removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin.<ref>[http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=12537 Definition of Amputation] - Medicine Net</ref> Within the context of [[Islam]], it refers to the removal of the hands or feet. This, along with beheading, flogging, [[stoning]], and [[crucifixion]], is a prescribed punishment in [[Islamic law]]. | ||
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Today in Saudi Arabia, for example, amputation for criminal punishment is not performed by a medical professional but rather by the designated professional executioner who also earns his living beheading people.<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=1&article=27038&d=5&m=6&y=2003 Kingdom’s Leading Executioner Says: ‘I Lead a Normal Life’ - Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News - June 5, 2003]</ref> Muhammad Saad Al-Beshi, Saudi Arabia's leading executioner, describes amputation: | Today in Saudi Arabia, for example, amputation for criminal punishment is not performed by a medical professional but rather by the designated professional executioner who also earns his living beheading people.<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=1&article=27038&d=5&m=6&y=2003 Kingdom’s Leading Executioner Says: ‘I Lead a Normal Life’ - Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News - June 5, 2003]</ref> Muhammad Saad Al-Beshi, Saudi Arabia's leading executioner, describes amputation: | ||