"красивый обычай" (с)
Тут немного статистики
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f24_1289694128
Кстати, с liveleak круглые сутки могут быть "кровавыми", только знай в поиск забивай...Saudi Arabia uses public beheading as the punishment for murder, rape, drug trafficking, sodomy, armed robbery, apostasy and certain other offences. 2007 has been the record year for executions with 153 men and three women executed. Forty five men and two women were beheaded in 2002, a further 52 men and 1 woman in 2003 and 35 men and a woman in 2004. Executions rose in 2005 with 88 men and 2 women being beheaded and then reduced to 35 men and four women in 2006.