Beheadings and Middle East culture

"Some analysts have argued that beheading can be linked to Middle Eastern culture. "The religious and cultural symbolism that the sword carries with it in the eyes of the Muslims, particularly in the Middle East, is an important factor in determining the terrorists’ choice to behead hostages," Pete Lentini and Muhammad Bakashmar of Monash University's Global Terrorism Research Center explained in a 2007 academic paper. Lentini and Bakashmar also cited examples of beheadings in modern Islamic states – last year Amnesty International criticized a ‘disturbing’ rise in executions in Saudi Arabia, including beheadings." 1) The Guillotine was invented by a French doctor and not by Ibn Sina. 2) Saudi regime and its system of injustice is not "Middle East culture".  This is a Western entity, and I regard it as an extension of Western rule in the region.   3) All "cultures" had examples of beheadings.  In the Middle East, they only are still allowed in Saudi Arabia--your best loyal ally.