Posted on 07/06/2006 2:17:05 PM PDT by Esther Ruth
Somali Muslims warned of death 06/07/2006 11:36 - (SA)
Mogadishu - Somali Muslims who fail to perform daily prayers will be killed in accordance with Qur'anic law under a new edict issued by a leading cleric in the Islamic courts union that controlled the capital.
The requirement for Muslims to observe the five-times daily ritual under penalty of death was announced late on Wednesday and appeared to confirm the hardline nature of the increasingly powerful Sharia courts in Mogadishu.
Sheikh Abdalla Ali, a founder and high-ranking official in the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia, said: "He who does not perform prayers will be considered as infidel and Sharia law orders that that person be killed."
Peace and prosperity
Ali said: "Sharia law orders the killing of any Muslim person when he fails to perform prayers."
Ali added that it was the duty of every Somali to implement the provisions of Sharia law, which after fully accepted would allow "everybody to enjoy life based on peace and prosperity".
It was not immediately clear who would enforce the regulation or how, but the courts had well-armed militias that routed a United States-backed alliance of warlords in June after four months of bloody battles for control of Mogadishu.
Members of such militia shot and killed two people in central Somalia late on Tuesday while quelling a protest against a ban on watching the World Cup at a local cinema and had in the past been tasked with carrying out court rules.
US 'supports vanquished warlords'
Muslim militiamen had also presided at several public executions ordered by the Islamic courts in recent months and other Mogadishu residents had complained of harassment at their hands for not dressing properly.
The US supported the vanquished warlords in a bid to stem what American officials described as the "creeping Talibanisation" of Somalia by the courts that Washington accused of harbouring extremists, including al-Qaeda members.
The Islamists flatly rejected the charges, but had vowed to impose strict Sharia law across the overwhelmingly moderate Muslim country in what many saw as a direct challenge to Somalia's largely powerless transitional government.
The Islamic courts had signed a mutual recognition pact with the government and were due to meet with senior officials next week in Sudan, but remained at deep odds with the administration on several key issues.
Among them was the deployment of foreign peacekeepers to help the fledgling government restore a functioning central authority to Somalia, which had been in the throes of chaos for the past 16 years.
Just another day, just another killing for the Religion of peace to accomplish.
Pray or DIE!!
bttt
Think the "peacekeepers" will intervene to save the lives of any of those who don't pray?
Thinning of the herd. Sit back and enjoy. Allah Fubar.
Blessed are the Auri!
Just a daily murder of somebody anybody to make Islam happy
SOMEBODY isn't praying... < /sarc >
"Somali Muslims warned of death (for not praying)"
Meanwhile, Democrats fear the coming Christian Theocracy that Republicans
will force upon America!!!
Looks like the Somali's are gonna get what they deserve.
Islam is peace. We come in peace.
We leave you in pieces.
It's really interesting how liberal/leftist types decry Dubya and the GOP as leading the way to a theocracy, yet can't seem to identify a bone fide theocracy when one comes along.
They are a strange bunch.
Who is going to be doing the counting?
Nothing...I repeat...NOTHING about this is written on either website for Human Rights Watch (hrw.org) or Amnesty International (amnesty.org). Pleanty of stuff about Iraq and Afghanistan and how horrible the U.S. policies are, but not a peep about Sharia Law or those who uphold it.
Come unto me, all that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Jesus)
'She was buns-up kneelin
I was wheelin' an dealin'
She surrender to the feelin'
An' she started in to squealin'
F. Zappa
I'm sure the UN Human Rights Commission or whatever the heck they are called is convening right now to put together something to get rid of Sheikh Abdalla Ali and his new evil law.
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Oh, of course, they will. But we all know that it is really that evil George Bush who is to blame.
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