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From the AFP:
A hardline Muslim cleric has been executed by firing squad in Yemen after being convicted of the murder three years ago of an official in the opposition socialist party.Ali Ahmed Jarallah was executed on Sunday in the courtyard of the main Sanaa prison in the presence of his family, judges and lawyers, judicial sources said, after President Ali Abdallah Saleh upheld the death penalty against him.
Jarallah, an imam or prayer leader at a mosque in Sanaa, was convicted of the murder in 2002 of Jarallah Omar, the deputy leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party, and his sentence was upheld by an appeals court in April.
Jarallah said in a confession in July 2003 that he had acted alone in shooting Omar at a party conference in Sanaa the previous year.
He claimed that the killing was part of a jihad, or holy war, against converts to Christianity and infidels.
Six other people were jailed for between three and 10 years for belonging to a gang that the cleric allegedly created to murder socialists, Arab nationalists and converts to Christianity.
Jarallah had been a member of Yemen's Islamist Al-Islah Party, but quit the movement shortly before the killing, complaining that it had gone soft on Westerners and minority Islamic sects.
Posted by at November 27, 2005 5:33 PM
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Now he's gone on to be with his Allah....
One more down.......many to go.
Posted by: DCWatson![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at November 27, 2005 5:55 PM
This is interesting, a muslim nation killing someone who practices jihad against non muslims and converts to Christianity. I wonder how long it will take for the muslim world at large to condemn Yemen for doing such a horrible thing. A muslim nation actually standing up against islamists, and by execution. The rest of the muslim world is NOT going to be happy about this.
Posted by: pastor_matt023 at November 27, 2005 5:58 PM
What, no beheading? No shrieks of terror and pain, no gout of blood? What's going on here? Has the World of Islam gone soft since I went to the store this afternoon?
Wait, wait, I forgot. This was not an Infidel who was executed, so.........
Posted by: JohnnyDub at November 27, 2005 7:48 PM
No JohnnyDub, It hasn't gone soft. It's just that there are several forms of death to choose from if you live in an Islamic country.
This is a kinder gentler form of death. But it still looks like death is their main answer.
Posted by: Isabellathecrusader at November 27, 2005 8:28 PM
So the Yemeni Mullah bites the bullet instead of being head chopped! Makes you wonder if the authorities are going a bit soft or something.
Yes, one crazed Islamist down but a Helluva lot more to go - and this is just in Yemen.
at November 27, 2005 8:29 PM
Kind of like the lawyer joke: "A good start".
Next?
Posted by: libbysmom at November 27, 2005 8:41 PM
For Isabellathecrusader, i will do that too, we need all the wisdom we can get :) Have a blessed Christmas and end to this year... Keep well, and take care! Jo
Posted by: DiscipleofJesusChrist at November 27, 2005 8:44 PM
DGene, you liberal hater you. Did you know that the "A" in A.C.L.U. actaully stands for something? What do you do, go to EVERY comments page and dream up a way to spew your partisan crap? Why don't you crawl back to liberalscum.com or freerepublic.com or townhall and take you petty political comments with you?
My question for you free-republic types is this:
in Yemen, do we root for the jihadis or the Socialists?
Posted by: kj at November 27, 2005 9:48 PM
kj -"What do you do, go to EVERY comments page and dream up a way to spew your partisan crap?"
I don't know about dgene, but it seems thats your act!
I am relatively new to this blog but since you seem to be the word/thought police around here, I'll ask you; is it OK to say "insecure, thin-skinned asshole?" I have already added A.C.L.U. to my list of forbidden names......heeeeyyyyyy, wait a minute. I have freedom of speech! I will say anything I want!!! i don't need your permission...do I? If you try to mess with my freedom of speech I'll sic the A....C....L....U on you! So back off, tyrant! Power to the people!
Nyah nyahnyahnyah nyah...ACLU, ACLU, ACLU, ACLU
Oh, by the way...you are lucky that your clever, intellectually masterful attempt to give conservatives like me a cerebral hemmorage choosing between cheerleading for either jihadis or socialists in Yemen did not succeed or other wise, mister bigshot, hi IQ MENSA man, you can bet you would soon be hearing from.....THE ACLU!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHH
ACLU ACLU ACLU.....God, freedom of speech is great!
at November 27, 2005 11:06 PM
KJ:
Crazed cultish god worshippers, or crazed cultish State worshippers.....tough call, I'll get back to you.
Posted by: VoiceOfSkippy at November 27, 2005 11:41 PM
The "allied Muslim countries" criticize the "repression" and "high-handedness" by those fighting in the War on Terror, saying it only provokes Islamic radicalism by alienating Muslims. But what about the high-handedness of these same "allied" regimes when it comes to preserving their own undemocratic rule?
http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/nov/27pak.htm?q=np&file=.htm
Doesn't the repression by the "allied" Muslim regimes which forms their everyday basis for hanging onto power also not alienate Muslims?
Posted by: sanman at November 28, 2005 12:39 AM
wounder how many people this guy brainwashed first..
Posted by: werter5075 at November 28, 2005 2:12 AM
What doesn't alienate Muslims?
Posted by: JanuaryMan at November 28, 2005 8:53 AM
"No JohnnyDub, It hasn't gone soft. It's just that there are several forms of death to choose from if you live in an Islamic country"
Or in the US, that is.
BTW, nice nickname, "Isabella the crusader", that ridiculous name would be what I would expect from a retarded 15 years old guy, not from a girl (anyway I hope you are not one)
"Doesn't the repression by the "allied" Muslim regimes which forms their everyday basis for hanging onto power also not alienate Muslims?"
You mean, like the one US support? Egypt, Uzbekistan, where they send the suspicious of terrorism to be "interrogated"? Saudi Arabia? Those ones?
Posted by: Ispanan at November 28, 2005 8:22 PM
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