In accord with Qur'an 5:38: "As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power."
Sharia Alert from the Kingdom of Woman Drivers: "Uganda: Pilgrim Arrested in Mecca," by Madinah Tebajjukira for New Vision of Kampala via AllAfrica.com (thanks to Morgaan Sinclair):
A UGANDAN pilgrim to Mecca is being detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged theft, the Uganda Hajj Mission has revealed. Under the Islamic law, or Sharia, he faces amputation of the left hand.Hajji Suudi Nsereko was arrested on December 19 during the climax of the Hajj rites, according to the mission's chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Kirya.
The Uganda Hajj Mission is one of the organisations that facilitate Muslims to travel to Mecca for the pilgrimage.
Nsereko was among over 1,000 Ugandans who left for Mecca last month to perform the annual pilgrimage. Kirya said it took them two days to discover that Nsereko was missing.
"We managed to trace him after four days at Mecca police station and we helped him record a statement because he could neither speak English nor Arabic."
...upon his arrest he insisted: "I read in the Qur'an that it is permissible to steal"...
...no honor among thieves...
Ban Muslim Immigration..
ISLAM: a handy faith to have.
You know that there are Muslim apologists who will claim that these sorts of punishments were used by Christians in the Dark Ages..............of course, we don't use them anymore. But Islamic Republics do. Why?
It's in the Qur'an! Unless the basis of Islam is changed or subjected to true scholarship, the 7th century will continue to exist in Islam countries ruled by Sharia.
Beware whenever any Muslim asks, "Can you give me a hand?"!
Well that's a souvenir of the Haj that he *didn't* expect isn't it ..
Being a non-arabic speaker, the man probably thought that he was robbing non-Muslims in a non-Muslim country - aka fair game.
...his love life just suffered a setback...
If he had taken if from a kuffir, no punishment!
Poor fool!
Two hands,one wife, good news
two wives, one hand, bad bad news
"I went to the hajj, and all I got was this lousy amputation"
"He'll be alright. He probably stole that stuff with his right hand anyway"
I don't care what they do in arabia. I'm more concerned about what they do here - the U.S.A. What scares me is what will happen when/if they establish sharia law here.
Islam: a cut above the rest.
"Andrew Sullivan equates born-again Christians with Al-Qaeda"
OMG !
All the hands!
Viewer discretion advised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oPS6Qytkw&feature=related
That clip is not so much about hands as it is about the agony of da feet.
BTW, Robert, why is this item in DW, rather than in JW? Are you overworked? Could you use an extra pair of hands?
With all the clamor among Muslims for "justice," readers should be reminded that cutting off the hand of a thief has nothing to do with justice at all. A close reading of sharia law will show that the punishment applies only to property removed in a clandestine or secretive way. Therefore, embezzlement (e.g., by government officials) is exempt, as is armed robbery, as is kidnapping, as is confiscation by superior force. So, this cruel punishment is applied only to theft (sarika) by a weak person, such as the poor Ugandan.
The Hajj is celebrated as a time when Muslims from all over the world can fulfill their religious duty in racial, economic, and social equality. Yes, that's going to play real well back in Uganda!