“As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” — Qur’an 5:38
Isn’t it great that Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange has made Oklahoma safe for Sharia?
“Taliban cut off man’s hand for theft,” from the Press Trust Of India, January 4 (thanks to Weasel Zippers):
The Taliban chopped off a man’s hand after he was found guilty of theft by a ‘Shariah’ or Islamic court set up by them in the restive Orakzai tribal region of northwest Pakistan, a day after beheading a fellow militant who was accused of spying for the government. Abdul Khaliq’s hand was cut off by members of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan at Qureshan Chowk in Mamozai area of Orakzai tribal agency.
The act was witnessed by local residents, the Dawn newspaper reported today, adding that Khaliq was found guilty of theft by the Taliban.
Despite claims by security forces and the semi-autonomous region’s political administration that 90 per cent of Orakzai region had been purged of militants, the Taliban are still very active in several parts of the tribal agency….