Somali jihadists forcibly remove gold teeth, say they're against Islamic law

"I never thought al Shabaab would see my denture as a sin." Or maybe they just need the money.

"Somali islamists forcibly remove teeth," from Reuters, August 11 (thanks to all who sent this in):

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is forcibly removing gold and silver teeth from residents in southern Somalia because it says they contravene strict religious law, locals from a coastal town said on Monday.

Residents in Marka say al Shabaab has been rounding up anyone seen with a silver or gold tooth and taking them to a masked man who then rips them out using basic tools.

"I never thought al Shabaab would see my denture as a sin. They took me to their station and removed my silver tooth," resident Bashir told Reuters.

"I met several men and women whose dentures were being pulled out by a masked man they called a doctor. The doctor used a pincer or his gloved hand depending on the strength of the tooth," Bashir said.

"As you smile your silver tooth accuses you. I was at a counter with my friend when three armed al Shabaab ordered me to follow them," he added. "I am afraid they want to make money from taking all this precious metal."

Al Shabaab officials declined to comment.

The Islamist group says the gold and silver teeth are used for fashion and beauty, which is against strict interpretations of Islam, residents told Reuters....

Ah. Fashion and beauty. Well, remember: as the Ayatollah Khomeini said, There is no fun in Islam.

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When first posted, during the IntenseDebate era, this generated quite a bit of comment.

Here are those comments that I, dumbledoresarmy, kept, and which I now re-post for the benefit of later readers.

DUMBLEDORESARMY said - And of course, all that gold won't go to waste...I'm sure that al-shabaab will use it to buy more weapons to wage jihad with. Or else the money will go into some fat cat jihadi Big Man's personal stash.

SANCTUM said - "There is no fun in islam" Khomeini. A bit of an understatement I believe. There is no life, no joy, no hope, no peace, no beauty, no reason, and no future. And there are so many ignorant ( those who ignore truth ) people who do not understand this.

ALKIDYA said - Well it sounds, to me, as though they are mimicking one of the tactics that the Nazis used on the Jews at the death camps.
HESPERADO said - Nah -- as usual, the Muslims invented cruelties long before Hitler was in diapers.

EHCANADIAN said - if beauty is against Islam than I would hate to inform all the muslims that the virgins in paradise are probaly virgins for a reason lol.

JOEBLOUGH said - (quoting) "... al Shabaab is forcibly removing gold and silver teeth ..."

Yeah, the German Nazis used to do that kind of stuff too.

CHAMP said - (quoting) "...anyone seen with a silver or gold tooth and taking them to a masked man who then rips them out using basic tools."

Jeez -- and I thought that going to the dentist was scary. What barbarians.
- IPSOFACTO said - I thought the Nazi dentist Dr Zell was scary. Now I understand he was one of the moderate Nazis. ;-)

Is it safe:

IBNSANA said - You all are forgetting that when the shariah was implied in somalia, the pirates stopped whom are causing so much trouble for you.
It was you white folk that caused both world wars remember

-IPSOFACTO replied (quoting IBNSANA) - "It was you white folk that caused both world wars remmember"

I thought it was the Jews! ;-)

-KAFFIRKANUCK told IPSOFACTO - Dude. You’re on a sarc-roll.

Oh, and ID is sooooo great. NOT.

-JOCKAIRA told IBNSANA - Actually the two World Wars were caused by expansion of imperialist supremacist ideologies like Fascism, Nazism, and Islamism

-HESPERADO told IBNSANA - Piracy is Islamic. Muslims have been doing piracy for centuries. They attacked the USA in the18th century and into the 19th century, until we bombed the shit out of you. Then Muslims finally stopped. That's the only way Muslims will stop. The sooner we learn that, the better.

-EBONYSTONE (quoting IBNSANA) - "It was you white folk that caused both world wars remmember."

Sure, us whites like Hirohito and Tojo.

IPSOFACTO said - "Somali jihadists forcibly remove gold teeth, say they're against Islamic law"

Social justice and free dental care all in one stroke? - No wonder the liberals just love Islam. ;-)

PULSAR said - The Masked Dentist...might have attended the Dr Butt's UK School of Dentistry..

HESPERADO said - I'm waiting for muzzamil to tell us that forcing people to not wear gold and silver is not Islamic, and then when pressed to prove it with a source, to adduce some obscure book written by some non-representative Muslim guy who lives in the Comoros Islands.

UNDHIMMI said - Not so 'un-Islamic' when they're all melted down though, are they? The Religion of Organised Crime runs yet another scam.

Human trafficking, heroin, sex-abuse rings? It's all in the book for non-Muslims. But now it appears that in the absence of many of those (well, would you go to Somalia?) they're turning on their own, too.

Edited to say: 'Arrrrrrrhghhhhh!!! to Intensive Debate.{IntDeb was royally screwing up, at the time this discussion was happening...dda}.

KAFFIRKANUCK said - Here we go again with the screwed up comment stream by ID. JW Dudes, you really need to address this on your site and explain why this keep re-occuring.

And on the Somalia poison tooth debacle… (quoting) “…Somalis, who are traditionally moderate Muslims. Some residents, however, give the insurgents credit for restoring order to the regions under their control.”

Well, that’s what you get for dickin’ around. You still think your new Sharia masters are the best thing since sliced bread (or any food at all) when they come and f**k with your life and your body in the name of religion? The one eyed man is king in the land of the blind, but not when they start poking out your eyes for just looking at the next sight crime.

Another story that won’t make the MSMs.

ICESTAR said - How sad for those Muslims being victimized by Islam once again. I thought charity was one of the pillars of Islam.

-GRAVENIMAGE said - IceStar, I presume you are referring to "Zakat", which is usually translated here in the West as "charity".

More and more, I have come to believe that this is incorrect. You hear a lot of stories about Islamic charities serving as "fronts" for Jihad funding, but I believe it is worse than this.

One of the primary purposes--perhaps *the primary purpose* of Zakat is funding the spread of Islam, which can include things such as Da'wa and madrasses--bad enough--but can also involve *funding hard-core Jihad*.

Funding what Westerners--or, indeed, most people--would consider "charity" is much less a priority in the Muslim world.

That is one of the major reasons that most genuine charities serving the Muslim world--providing medical care, and running schools and orphanages--are run by Westerners, despite the great Muslim oil wealth.

MRSJ said - Must be one of the few times women are glad of a face covering.

ALASKAN INFIDEL said - Some jihadis were sittin' around a Hookah, gettin' toasted when one of em' said, " Dude! I know how we can raise some cash for some hash! Gold teeth!". And his buddy said, "And silver ones to!"
Then, with a mission in mind, they consulted the koran, to find some religious justification for their plan. Kinda like inventing an insult to the koran to kill Christians.
The koran will always provide some words of wisdom that will allow whatever violence/mayhem that the slave of islam has planned.
Then, fortified by allah and mo (piss be upon him.) off they go to rob, steal and in the timeless islamic fashion, enrich themselves at the expense and suffering of others.

IMNODHIMMI said - (quoing) "The Islamist group says the gold and silver teeth are used for fashion and beauty, which is against strict interpretations of Islam, residents told Reuters......."

Yep, there's nothing quite as beautiful, as a big old shiny gold tooth in the mouth of a gorgeous model.

GRAVENIMAGE said - (quoting) "The Islamist group says the gold and silver teeth are used for fashion and beauty, which is against strict interpretations of Islam, residents told Reuters......."
.....................

Yeah, some people do indeed use gold teeth for "fashion and beauty"--its an inner city gangsta thing here--but in most places outside the West and a few other places such as Japan and South Korea, where they have porcelain veneers--it is just dentistry.

In many cases, you have the choice of gold--or missing teeth. I myself have a few silver fillings from when I was a child. What could be less "Islamic" than decent dental health?

-IMNODHIMMI said - And what could be more islamic than a mouthful of horrible, crooked, scummy, rotten teeth?

MMEDEFARGE said - I went to E Germany in 1989 and saw loads of golden smiles flashing in the candle lit bars. Went back a few years later - all gone. Replaced by Western white fillings. Will the muslims start wrenching these white fillings out of mouths next, or won't they know the difference between filled and not filled, which is the point of white fillings, ie. more aesthetically pleasing, natural looking.

Maybe muslim dentists out there (are there any?) will get the chop next, for using non koranic anaesthesia, as well as white fillings. Maybe in that case brown fillings would be more appropriate than white for muslims. If there aren't any muslim dentists in muslim lands, DIY technique borrowed from mud hut construction would likely suffice for fillings. Life is grand in the 7th century AD.

RAHM said - "Latest breaking News and Commentary ,Counterterrorism issues, Somali pirates and More

Al Shabaab bans women to wear bras http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2009/08/al-...

Islamic sect pulling out gold teeth with pincers,Somali Islamists pull teeth from "sinners"-residents.Somalia: Teeth Are Removed by Force on Religious

http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2009/08/isl...

WE broke this story..I'm really glad to finally WORLD TO SEE Jihad culture against global hegemony. WEIRD SICK & TWISTED .. exposed THE true."

END OF FIRST PART OF ORIGINAL COMMENTS TO THIS ARTICLE.

Second and final part of my record of the original discussion.

IMNODHIMMI said - So now bras are un-islamic too, decrees Al Shabaab.

The Taliban by any other name would smell as rotten. The Taliban is alive and well in Somalia, as Al Shabaab.

NAKAL said - I seem to recall removal of gold fillings was popular in Germany, circa 1941...

ALASKAN INFIDEL said (of Nazi Germany) - They wasted nothing. They collected hair, clothing, shoes, glasses and even skin. Pillows, lampshades, book covers...other uses. ..Particularly for nice tattoos.
Here's a thought...can you imagine bein' the fellah that skinned humans? Can't put that on your resume'... I can just see it being done. there's an appetite killer for ya.
My father was stationed in Germany during the occupation thereof and my 2 brothers and sister went with. I was not yet a glimmer in my fathers eye.
Still, I heard the stories of what they saw when visiting concentration camps.

Their descriptions of the furnaces...I won't go in to. Their words are burned in to my brain. You don't want to know...trust me. It haunts me if I give it too much thought. Only humans could be so savage.
And their savagery is matched and exceeded by those that are slaves to islam. For this reason alone islam must cease to exist, as it seems clear that reform is not an option.
muslims must be free. islam must cease to be...for the safety and security, of humanity. (Hmmm that kinda rhymes).

DUMBLEDORESARMY said - Commenting on 'Somali jihadists forcibly remove gold teeth, say they're against Islamic law'.

"Sharia: producing, validating and licensing power-hungry greedy sadists and psychopaths, all the way from the 7th century to the present day."







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