Guess which of the following was an actual headline in today’s Wall Street Journal:
A) Islamic State Sentences a Shiite Cleric to Death
B) Iran Sentences a Sunni Cleric to Death
C) Saudi Arabia Sentences a Shiite Cleric to Death
D) Taliban Sentences a Sunni Cleric to Death
Kudos if you guessed C. That’s right, our coalition partner and BFF in the Middle East sentenced the cleric to death for “his sermons criticizing the kingdom’s government and for his support of political protests in the country’s oil-rich Eastern province.” The article did not mention how the cleric would be executed, but beheading is a popular option. Don’t feel bad if you guessed wrong. It’s difficult to tell one repressive, minority-persecuting, terrorism-fomenting, Islamic fundamentalist regime from another over there, but one of them is our ally and the other three are not.
