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| Islamic punishments will make Britain safer, says Muslim cleric |
| 2009-07-22 |
| Islamic punishments, such as the amputation of limbs, will make Britain a safer place, the founder of the country's oldest sharia court told The Times. Sheikh Suhaib Hasan, secretary of the Islamic Sharia Council, said the enforcement of such laws was "something to bring you more peace and security". Hasan, who presides over a sharia court in East London that rules on civil matters such as divorce, emphasised that he neither sought nor expected the implementation of Islamic criminal laws in Britain because it was not a Muslim country. However, he said problems such as 'knife crimes' would be better resolved if harsher punishments were meted out because they worked as a deterrent. Acknowledging the controversy surrounding any notion of support for hardline Islamic law in Britain, he said he was merely expressing his point of view as a devout Muslim. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Streets were pretty safe in Stalinist Russia and Mao's China, too (unless you were a 'non-believer of the system'). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-07-22 14:11 |
| #4 England needs to return to medieval punishment. Teach these Sharia advocate wussies a thing or two. The death penalty was used to punish serious offences such as murder, arson, forgery, as well as robbery of goods valued at more than a shilling (5p). In England the method of execution was normally by hanging, right from medieval times to its abolition in 1965. Trial by battle was introduced into England by the Normans after 1066. In the case from 1249 sketched here, Walter Blowberme, had accused Hamo Stare of a crime. Hamo Stare claimed the right of proving his innocence by trial by combat. However, he lost and was hanged. Execution by beheading was reserved for those of noble or royal birth who were convicted of treason. A way to handle common criminals as well as elitist Lords and Ladies (or Congressmen). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-07-22 13:01 |
| #3 Punishing islamics would make Britain even safer. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-07-22 11:21 |
| #2 Will those sharia actions apply only to the infidel or to Muslims too? |
| Posted by: hammerhead 2009-07-22 08:46 |
| #1 Hmm. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-07-22 03:47 |