The e#ecution last week of a Saudi prince who sh@t another man de@d in the street brawl caused some surprise across the Western world.The dramatic punishment-carried out on the direct orders of King Salman-challenged a lazy assumption sometimes made that Saudi Arabia is often a corrupt country where the rich, well-connected and the powerful get to do whatever they like. However the beheading execution of Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir has shown that Saudi Arabia’s brand of Sharia justice applies to the wealthy and titled, excessively.According to reports, the prince admitted to sh@@ting Adel al-Mohaimeed in 2012. However, there are conservatively estimated to be some 6,000 members with the extended Saudi royal family, it is definitively incorrect that Prince Turki the particularly minor or expendable royal. Indeed, as the prince’s name made clear, he was a direct descendant of the legendary Saud Al-Kabeer (which means “Saud the Great” or “Saud the Elder
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