‘Offers hope’: Clerics make last ditch effort to save Nimisha Priya

Last-ditch efforts are underway to prevent the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, scheduled for July 16. Religious leaders from India and Yemen, led by Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, are intervening. A crucial meeting is planned with the victim’s family to discuss *diya* (blood money).