Saudi Arabia hiring executioners as beheadings rise
Published May 19, 2015


Saudi Arabia is advertising eight new openings for executioner jobs as beheadings in the country are soaring this year.

The positions, posted online Monday by Saudi Arabia’s civil service ministry, state that no special qualifications are needed. The jobs also involve performing amputations for those convicted of lesser crimes, Reuters reports.

An application form for the jobs classifies the positions as "religious functionaries" and that pay would be at the lower end of the scale.

In Saudi Arabia, drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all crimes punishable by death, while amputation is a common punishment for theft, according to the AFP.

Film at 11... 😟

Would they cover my travel costs? I'd like the job. How many do I chop up a week? Is it salaried, or per chop?

prolly salaried... if it was per chop you'd prolly become a nark... 😟

I'm pretty sure a lot of people here were excited about getting to do executions. They should apply...

8 jobs open... there could be a Beheader herf... 😟

They behead homeless?

It'd be short lived.

only if they step on puppy-dogs... 😟

I can guarantee you that the gf would step up for that job.

Who doesn't.

What would a beheader smoke? Hedley Grange?

You would be taking cutting edge technology to the bleeding edge. 🍺

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We will never have beheaders. OHSHA would require weight restriction on axes, insist on blade guards and blood splatter shields rendering the process ineffective but safe for the employee.

Surely YOUR one of them since you wanted to nearly kill the homeless guy who only kicked a dog......:-"

So you'd do nicely for the lesser crimes division and amputations....you should apply

No. I wanted to beat him a little, and did so. The intent was to create an incentive for him to stay away from our block, for his safety, the gf's safety and for the safety of any of my neighbors who may have a larger dog (what do you think would have happened to a larger dog that bites a person?).

On the other hand:


I'm surprised you haven't already applied for the job. Or is beheading a little too close and personal for you?