Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A Lebanese man who had been condemned by a court in Saudi Arabia to die last week for "sorcery" has not been executed, his lawyer said Monday. May El Khansa told CNN that she got confirmation from Ibrahim Najjar, Lebanon's justice minister, that her client, Ali Hussain Sibat, was still alive. She added that she had heard Saturday from sources in Saudi Arabia with knowledge of the case that the beheading had not been carried out Friday, as originally planned. Also Saturday, she said, she sent an official letter to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah asking him to pardon her client.
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Lawyer said Lebanon's justice minister confirmed Ali Hussain Sibat was still alive
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Sibat's lawyer has also sent an official letter to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah asking for pardon
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Sibat used to offer predictions and advice to callers on a Lebanese television network
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Sibat arrested, tried and sentenced during pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia
Justice Minister @placeholder said last week that he had urged the Saudi government not to carry out the execution, and Sibat's wife made an emotional plea for mercy from the kingdom's rulers during a CNN interview Thursday.
"All I ask is for the @placeholder king and the Saudi government to show him mercy -- let him come back to his country and his family," Samira Rahmoon said.
@placeholder's government said it had no confirmation that his execution had been set, but Najjar called the sentence "disproportionate."