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Why do Muslims Execute Innocent People
Two good scholarly articles in the fall Mideast QuarterlyWhy Do Muslims Execute Innocent People? Islamist Ideology by Denis MacEoin Middle East Quarterly Fall 2006 While often ignored in the Western media, human rights abuses in the Islamic world are a daily occurrence. Both Muslim states and ad hoc religious courts order mutilation and execution, not only of criminals but also of individualsmainly womenwho have not committed anything which would be considered a crime in other societies. In some cases, Sharia (Islamic law) tribunals issue death sentences for those acquitted in regular courts.[1] In other cases, religious leaders invoke religion to sanction non-Islamic practices such as honor killings and female genital mutilation.... and (same issue, I could only do one link The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings Islamist Ideology by David Bukay Middle East Quarterly Fall 2006 Suicide terrorism has been the scourge of the last quarter century. A suicide bomb attack on the U.S. marine barracks in Beirut compelled Ronald Reagan in 1983 to withdrawal peacekeepers from Beirut. Palestinian leaders deploy suicide bombers to force Israeli concessions, and Iraqi insurgents use suicide bombings to derail the new political order. Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the U.S.S. Cole in Aden in 2000 and, on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center and Pentagon. While some scholars argue there is no religious component to suicide bombing[1]often citing Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, who are not Muslimsthey are wrong. All Muslim suicide bombers justify their actions with their religion and, more specifically, with the concept of jihad..... Posted by: mhw 2006-09-08 |
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