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Executioner a respected profession in Arab World

Published: 30 March, 2009, 12:34


In the Arab world, 'Executioner' is a particularly respected occupation, bequeathed from father to son. Representatives of the profession say their goal is to make beheadings as painless as possible for the condemned.

 
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