Pray five times daily 'or face beheading'

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ANYONE who does not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official in a southern Somalian town declared yesterday, adding that the new edict will be implemented in three days' time.

Shops, tea houses and other public places in Bulo Burto, 124 miles north-east of the capital, Mogadishu, should be closed during prayer time and no-one should be on the streets, said Sheik Hussein Barre Rage, the chairman of the town's Islamic court.

His court is part of a network backed by armed militiamen that has taken control of much of southern Somalia in recent months. It has brought with it a strict interpretation of Islam that is alien to many Somalis.

Those who do not follow the prayer edict after three days have elapsed "will definitely be beheaded according to Islamic law", Sheik Rage said.

"As Muslims we should practice Islam fully, not in part, and that is what our religion enjoins us to do."

He said the edict, which covers only Bulo Burto, was being announced over loudspeakers throughout the town.

Somalia's Islamic courts have made varying interpretations of Koranic law, with some applying a more strict and radical version of Islam than others.

Some of the courts have introduced public executions, floggings of convicts and bans on women swimming at public beaches in the capital, Mogadishu.

The most controversial measure has possibly been a law banning the sale and chewing of khat, a leafy stimulant consumed across the Horn of Africa and in the Middle East. Khat is hugely popular among Somalians.

After complaints about the lack of consistency in interpretation of the law from residents in Mogadishu, the umbrella Council of Islamic Courts set up an appeals court with better-educated judges in October.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1814932006

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ANYONE who does not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official in a southern Somalian town declared yesterday, adding that the new edict will be implemented in three days' time.

Shops, tea houses and other public places in Bulo Burto, 124 miles north-east of the capital, Mogadishu, should be closed during prayer time and no-one should be on the streets, said Sheik Hussein Barre Rage, the chairman of the town's Islamic court.

His court is part of a network backed by armed militiamen that has taken control of much of southern Somalia in recent months. It has brought with it a strict interpretation of Islam that is alien to many Somalis.

Those who do not follow the prayer edict after three days have elapsed "will definitely be beheaded according to Islamic law", Sheik Rage said.

"As Muslims we should practice Islam fully, not in part, and that is what our religion enjoins us to do."

He said the edict, which covers only Bulo Burto, was being announced over loudspeakers throughout the town.

Somalia's Islamic courts have made varying interpretations of Koranic law, with some applying a more strict and radical version of Islam than others.

Some of the courts have introduced public executions, floggings of convicts and bans on women swimming at public beaches in the capital, Mogadishu.

The most controversial measure has possibly been a law banning the sale and chewing of khat, a leafy stimulant consumed across the Horn of Africa and in the Middle East. Khat is hugely popular among Somalians.

After complaints about the lack of consistency in interpretation of the law from residents in Mogadishu, the umbrella Council of Islamic Courts set up an appeals court with better-educated judges in October.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1814932006

The town should take this Sheik and publicly stone him for heresy. Give him a dose of his own twisted logic.

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Wow...I thought that is (or should be) no complusion in religion?! ... I wonder how they are going to monitor everyone? Nuts ... plain nuts!

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'our brothers and sisters'? ####### LuckyStrike, you been drinking the religious koolaid lately?

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Damn that is hella scary.

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Damn that is hella scary.

Our government makes us pay taxes every year or we face jail time with a guaranteed complimentary a$$rape. Is that any better? They're only being asked to pray, not like that's such a bad thing.

/devils advocate

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Damn that is hella scary.

Our government makes us pay taxes every year or we face jail time with a guaranteed complimentary a$$rape. Is that any better? They're only being asked to pray, not like that's such a bad thing.

/devils advocate

praying that they don't get a complimentary a$$rape?