{"id":861,"date":"2018-10-19T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T23:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=861"},"modified":"2018-10-20T06:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:27:40","slug":"saudi-arabia-must-be-held-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/19\/saudi-arabia-must-be-held-accountable\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia must be held accountable &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"862\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/19\/saudi-arabia-must-be-held-accountable\/jamal-khashoggi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jamal-khashoggi.jpg?fit=1024%2C678\" data-orig-size=\"1024,678\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"jamal khashoggi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jamal-khashoggi.jpg?fit=1024%2C678\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-862\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jamal-khashoggi.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jamal-khashoggi.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jamal-khashoggi.jpg?resize=768%2C509 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/jamal-khashoggi.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8230; if there is enough evidence linking them to be behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<p>The death was shocking.\u00a0 Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US-resident, Washington Post reporter and frequent critic of Saudi Arabia, apparently attacked, tortured, dismembered and then killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.\u00a0 He was killed under a deceitful ruse to lure him in to pick up &#8220;supposed&#8221; divorce papers.\u00a0 Instead he was attacked by 15 men, some members of Mohamed Bin Salman&#8217;s (MBS) Royal Guard where they cut off his fingers (I guess because he was a journalist) and then killed him.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot be silent about this atrocity!\u00a0 As Christians and as Americans who cherish our First Amendment we must protest loudly here that the Saudi government, if they did indeed do this, cannot do such things with impunity.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says for us to &#8220;speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.&#8221; (Prov 31)<\/p>\n<p>Will you join me in speaking up to President Trump and urging him to send a strong message and, if proven, strong consequences to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; if there is enough evidence linking them to be behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 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