( CNN ) -- A Lebanese man charged with sorcery and sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is scheduled to be beheaded on Friday , the man 's lawyer said Wednesday . May El Khansa , the attorney for Ali Hussain Sibat , told CNN that she and Sibat 's family were informed about the upcoming execution . She said she heard from a source in Saudi Arabia with knowledge of the case and the proceedings that Saudi authorities `` will carry out the execution . '' The Saudi Ministry of Justice could not immediately be reached for comment on the matter . El Khansa said she has appealed to Lebanon 's prime minister , Saad Hariri , and president , Michel Suleiman , to stop the execution . Amnesty International , the human rights group , has called on Saudi Arabia 's King Abdullah to block it as well . TV presenter gets death sentence for 'sorcery ' Sibat is the former host of a popular call-in show that aired on Beirut-based satellite TV channel `` Sheherazade . '' According to his lawyer , Sibat would predict the future on his show and give out advice to his audience . El Khansa told CNN her client was arrested by Saudi Arabia 's religious police ( known as the Mutawa'een ) and charged with sorcery while visiting the country in May 2008 . Sibat was in Saudi Arabia to perform the Islamic religious pilgrimage known as Umra . Sibat was then put on trial , and in November 2009 , a court in the Saudi city of Medina found him guilty and sentenced him to death . According to El Khansa , Sibat appealed the verdict . The case was taken up by the Court of Appeal in the Saudi city of Mecca on the grounds that the initial verdict was `` premature . '' El Khansa tells CNN that the Mecca appeals court then sent the case back to the original court for reconsideration , stipulating that all charges made against Sibat needed to be verified and that he should be given a chance to repent . On March 10 , judges in Medina upheld their initial verdict , meaning Sibat is once again sentenced to be executed . `` The Medina court refused the sentence of the appeals court , '' said El Khansa , adding her client will appeal the verdict once more .
Ali Hussain Sibat faces execution by beheading on Friday . Convicted of 'sorcery ' after claiming to predict future on TV show . Score: 6 Sibat expected to lodge another appeal against the ruling .