{"id":2838,"date":"2026-10-17T14:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T09:03:49","slug":"bangladeshi-pair-executed-over-indecent-act-inside-makkah-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2838","title":{"rendered":"Bangladeshi pair executed over indecent act inside Makkah mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Saudi Arabia has executed two Bangladeshi nationals for committing an act of indecency inside a mosque in Makkah, the kingdom\u2019s Ministry of Interior said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ministry identified the two as Nazrul Islam Abdul Basir and Siti Akhtar, saying security authorities arrested them following the incident, <em>Khaleej Times<\/em> said in a report.<\/p>\n<p>After investigations, charges were brought against the pair and their case was referred to a competent court, which found them guilty and sentenced them to death under <em>ta\u2019zir<\/em>, a form of discretionary punishment under Islamic law.<\/p>\n<p>The court cited the gravity of the offence and the violation of the sanctity of the place and time in which it was committed, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The judgment was upheld by the competent authority and became final before a royal order was issued for the executions in accordance with Sharia, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The sentences were carried out in the Makkah region on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to maintaining security, upholding justice and enforcing Islamic law, warning that those who violate the sanctity of mosques or commit offences against the honour of others would face the penalties prescribed under Sharia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia has executed two Bangladeshi nationals for committing an act of indecency inside a mosque in Makkah, the kingdom\u2019s Ministry of Interior said. The ministry identified the two as Nazrul Islam Abdul Basir and Siti Akhtar, saying security authorities arrested them following the incident, Khaleej Times said in a report. After investigations, charges were brought against the pair and their case was referred to a competent court, which found them guilty and sentenced them to death under ta\u2019zir, a form of discretionary punishment under Islamic law. The court cited&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}