Yemen: Sharia Supporters Behead ‘Sorceress’

According to the Arabic website Al Shorfa, an al-Qaeda affiliated group in Yemen, called Ansar al-Sharia (or the “Supporters of Sharia Law") beheaded a woman on April 11 for “practicing magic and sorcery.” Members of the group broke into the home of Sharifa Amr—a local healer who used natural herbs to treat sick people—“beheaded her, and then hung her severed head in front of the home of another popular healer in the region, as a warning that he might share her fate.”

The remainder of the report notes how several Yemeni officials condemned the attack—not because it is absurd to murder herbalists-deemed-sorcerers, but because the “Supporters of Sharia” actually contradicted Sharia, at least somewhat.

According to Sheik Jabri Ibrahim, general director of Yemen’s Ministry of Endowments and Guidance, punishing “sorcerers and magicians” can only be performed after “first summoning the magicians to a council with the ulema [Sharia scholars], who are obligated to advise and persuade him, showing him evidence from Sharia that Islam forbids the practice of sorcery and magic.”

But then, if the witchdoctor still refuses to cease and desist practicing the black arts, other legal (i.e., Sharia-endorsed) actions will be taken against him—including, evidently, the maximum penalty, execution. In short, al-Qaeda acted hastily by killing the woman; she should have been given more time and opportunities to repent before being beheaded.

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So I take it homeopathy isn't an up and coming medical practice in zombieland.

Under Sharia, to be accused = being proven guilty.

Because healing the sick is Un-Islamic..

Muhammad declared women are deficient in intelligence (intelligent women threaten macho men). So, growing herbs and using them for medicine is way too much intelligence for a woman, so it must be magic. (Wow) Do intelligent men really fall for this?

The original (not the rewritten by Mohammad 600 years after Jesus) Bible says, "their fruit shall serve for food, and their leaves for medicine" Ezekiel 47:12 and "God makes the earth yield healing herbs which the prudent man should not neglect." Sirach 38:4

So much for 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemem' being the comedy release of the year.

When i served in the area many years ago we reckoned the camel spider was pretty nasty,caught one in a plastic bag and frightened brave men to almost swoon.
This update story shows men who also must live off camels such is their likeness to true humanity.God help that region!

Hocus Pocus!!

If it was just the Yemen - we could say Yemen is underdeveloped - but the same actions are taken against 'sorcerers' in Arabia and in the UAE.

And they believe in this stuff also - where the Saudi police are destroying amulets to release someone from being held under a magic spell [as a reason for committing adultery - for several years!]

We should be left alone on this respect for Islam stuff!!

Okay the Arabs have oil - we are hooked on oil - so it's a drug dealer thing - but leave us out of it.

We shouldn't be obliged to respect this stuff - we respect people and that's as far as we go!!

Can't help think how much better off Yemen would be were it a majority Christian, Jewish or Buddhist nation. Yeah, I know I'm dreamin' but sometimes dreams shed a lot of light on reality.

Abu Afak, meet Asma bint Marwan.

Herbs are islamophobic. What do you expect?.

Sorcerers and magicians are not usually interested in healing others, with herbs or anything else...Some Mahoundians read verses from Quran for healing purposes, I doubt it works without the herbs...

...being a heartless, soulless, blood thirsty barbarian is a-okay, but helping people with herbs is a big no-no? Makes perfect sense to me / sarc.

Yemenis are justifiably proud when you accuse them of pursuing a witch hunt. Hell, they would probably consider Joseph McCarthy somewhat wimpy. The sad fact is, they're just now catching up with Salem, Massachusetts a few centuries late.
The real black magic is expecting countries like Yemen to become bulwarks of quasi-civilized stability.

She can't have been much of a sorceress if she allowed that bunch of yokels to behead her. The truth is probably that the real sorceress bewitched members of the Ansar al-Sharia into killing another woman and thinking they had killed the sorceress. Real sorceresses aren't so easily taken.

She can't have been much of a sorceress if she allowed that bunch of yokels to behead her. The truth is probably that the real sorceress bewitched members of the Ansar al-Sharia into killing another woman and thinking they had killed the sorceress. Real sorceresses aren't so easily taken.

Islam - The Middle Ages on tour!


What about drinking Camel milk and urine? That has got to be effective than Horny Goat Weed..

We ex-Muslims living with Islam's formal and informal death penalty for apostasy know for certain that Islam is evil ideology/religion both in part and on the whole.

Muhammad's cruel, absurd cult of Islam, has Muslims bewitched to the point that most of them actually believe Islam to be the perfect religion of truth.

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From the Religion of Peace.com

The Myths of Muhammad

Although contemporary Muslims like to believe that Islam is a mature Abrahamic religion that has no place for archaic superstition, the truth is that Muhammad believed in black magic and curses. This is documented in the Qur'an and Hadith.

The Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book, actually contains several references to magic and witchcraft. According to 2:102, magic was taught to men by demons. Muhammad was told to “seek refuge” from witchcraft in Sura 113, a passage that is supposed to be recited six times a day by devout Muslims.

In the Hadith, Muhammad establishes the “evil eye” as a fact:

Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The influence of an evil eye is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye, you should take bath. (Muslim 5427)

The enemies of Muhammad were even able to cast spells over him (or so he claimed):

A'isha reported that a Jew from among the Jews of Banu Zuraiq who was called Labid b. al-A'sam cast spell upon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) with the result that he (under the influence of the spell) felt that he had been doing something whereas in fact he had not been doing that. (This state of affairs lasted) until one day or during one night Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made supplication (to dispel its effects. (Muslim 5428). (Bukhari 54:490 repeats the same story and adds that Muhammad was “bewitched”).

Bukhari 71:660 also goes into further detail, saying that Muhammad was made to think that he had sexual relations with his wives when he had not (due to the magic). the passage also lists the materials used to cast the spell, which included a lock of his own hair – reminiscent of voodoo practices.

Muhammad prescribed eating seven dates in the morning to ward off evil spells (Muslim 5081, Bukhari 65:356).

To this day, women are sometimes arrested or even killed in hard-line Islamic countries on suspicion of “black magic.”

The prophet of Islam actually claimed to have super powers over invisible demons:

"The Prophet said, "Last night a big demon (afreet) from the Jinns came to me and wanted to interrupt my prayers (or said something similar) but Allah enabled me to overpower him. I wanted to fasten him to one of the pillars of the mosque so that all of you could See him in the morning but I remembered the statement of my brother Solomon (as stated in Quran): My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me a kingdom such as shall not belong to anybody after me (38:35)." (Bukhari 8:450)

His credulous followers believed that it was more important for Muhammad to forgive and release the demon, rather than keep him tied to a pillar for a period of time so that they might verify his fantastic story.

Muhammad was also extremely superstitious. He believed:

* A child resembles whichever parent climaxed first (Bukhari 55:546)

* Satan causes yawning (Bukhari 73:245)

* Spoons should be covered before going to bed (Bukhari 69:527)

* Oversleeping is caused by Satan urinating in one’s ear (Bukhari 54:492)

* The bathroom should be entered with the left foot first. (Fiqh - Islamic law)

* Keeping a dog as a pet will cost the owner a celestial reward (Bukhari 67:389)

* A man should spit only to his left (Muslim 7149)

* The penis should be held with the left hand only when urinating (Muslim 512)

* A person should wipe their butt with an odd number of stones after defecating (Bukhari 4:162)

* Satan sleeps in ones nose, so water should be snorted each day (Bukhari 54:516)

* Bad dreams can be warded off by spitting over the left side of the bed (Bukhari 87:115)

* The right shoe should be put on before the left (Muslim 514)

* No one should enter the house through the back door (Qur'an 2:189)

Muhammad also told Muslims which way to face when they defecate (back towards Mecca, per Sahih Muslim 507) and which direction they should be buried (facing toward Mecca).

Perhaps the biggest superstition (which has caused untold monetary expense and loss of life to Muslims) is that believers need to travel to Mecca and circle a meteorite seven times. This practice was borrowed directly from the Arab pagans, which even Muhammad's successors found odd (Muslim 2915).

Of the idols worshipped by the pagans at Mecca in Muhammad's time, only the black rock was allowed to remain, since it was holy to his Quraish tribe.

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Ex-Muslim Ali Sina's ongoing challenge to Muslims can be found over at Faith Freedom.org:

THE CHALLENGE

If you do not like this site and want me to remove it, instead of acting as a bully or as a victim, disprove my charges against Muhammad logically. Not only will I remove the site, I will publicly announce that Islam is a true religion. I will also pay

$50,000 U.S. dollars

to anyone who can disprove any of the dozen of the accusations that I have made against Muhammad. I accuse Muhammad of being:

a narcissist
a misogynist
a rapist
a pedophile
a lecher
a torturer
a mass murderer
a cult leader
an assassin
a terrorist
a madman
a looter

...You simply can’t disprove them because they are reported in Islamic sources and as such they are as good as confession...

http://www.faithfreedom.org/the-challenge/the-challenge/


'Iranian diplomat accused of Brazil child molestation - Brazil says it will seek an explanation from Iran after an Iranian diplomat was accused of molesting underage girls at a swimming pool in Brasilia. The Iranian official was questioned by police following complaints from parents but released after invoking diplomatic immunity.

Iran's embassy denied the allegations, and said they were the result of a "cultural misunderstanding"'

http://bbc.in/JksVnc

Typical pedohammedan.

'Pakistani women's lives destroyed by acid attacks - Campaigners in Pakistan say cases of acid attacks are increasing in most areas, even though tougher penalties were introduced last year. An Oscar-winning Pakistani documentary has put the crime under the spotlight, but it is estimated that more than 150 women have acid thrown on them every year - usually by husbands or in-laws - and many never get justice'

http://bbc.in/JoYC1I

Throughout history, women who used herbs and potions to ease childbirth and heal the sick have been persecuted and murdered for being "witches". Thankfully, in civilized, enlightened cultures, this practice ended centuries ago.

As we all know, islamic countries are neither civilized nor enlightened, but cesspools of evil and superstition.

The poor lady should've kept a garlic patch, at a guess.

"... an Iranian diplomat was accused of molesting underage girls at a swimming pool in Brasilia."

They were his wives!

Yemen: Sharia Supporters Behead ‘Sorceress’.
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Islam is not only deeply irrational and superstitious, but superstitious in the ugliest way possible. No rabbit's feet or "lucky numbers" for them; just devils and Djinn and "witches".

This might be darkly amusing if it wasn't for the persecution and murder of "sorcerers" like this poor woman.

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