Diplomatic and spiritual last-minute efforts to stop the scheduled execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen are in process, and a ray of hope is on the horizon following the intervention of Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar, a widely visited Sunni Muslim leader and Grand Mufti of India.
A Kerala nurse, Priya, who belongs to Palakkad district, will be put to death on July 16, following the killing in the year 2017 of her Yemeni business partner, Talal Abdo Mahdi. Being condemned to death in 2020 and losing all hope on legal methods to defend herself by 2023, she now has a spot of light after back-channel negotiations and religious diplomacy procedures.
It was to be learnt the high level negotiations have begun in Yemen and at the instance of the 94-year-old Kanthapuram Musliyar at the instance of the Kanthapuram Musliyar negotiations have begun with the revered Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz. His representatives are to meet the family of Talal Mahdi on Tuesday in Dhamar, the hometown of the deceased. This is the initial successful start of dialogue with the family of the victim, which is important based on the fact that the case created an emotionally charged situation in the Dhamar region.
The fact that the family is willing to meet will be regarded as a major development point. One of the interested negotiating parties is a close relative of the deceased and the current Chief Justice of the Hodeidah State Court, as well as a member of the Yemeni Shura Council. It is worth mentioning that he is a disciple of Sheikh Habib Umar and the child of another powerful Sufi head, which gives more significance to the current mediation.
The ongoing imperative of the talks is to consider accepting money, blood money, Yemeni law allows it, to defer or annul the execution. Kanthapuram has also asked the Yemeni authorities to temporarily halt the execution till a solution is considered and a decision is taken.
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