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Somali 'thieves' face amputation 
Mohamed Omar Ismail's hand is shown to the crowds before being chopped off
Amputations have already been carried out in Kismayo, south of Mogadishu



Monday, June 22, 2009

Hardline Islamists have condemned four young Somali men to a double amputation for stealing mobile phones.

They will each have a hand and a leg cut off after being convicted by a Sharia court in the capital, Mogadishu.

The al-Shabab group has carried out amputations, floggings and an execution in the port of Kismayo but such punishments are rare in the capital.

Al-Shabab and its allies control much of southern Somalia and are battling the UN-backed government.

The AFP news agency reports that hundreds of residents attended the hearing in northern Mogadishu.

Three mobile phones and two assaults rifles were displayed, which the accused had allegedly stolen.

"The defendants admitted the charges brought against them and were sentenced accordingly. Each one of them will have his right hand and left leg amputated publicly," said Judge Sheikh Abdallah al-Haq.

The punishments carried out in Kismayo have shocked Somalis, who traditionally practise a more tolerant form of Islam.

Source: BBC, June 22, 2009



       
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38 comment(s)
biyo-kulule @ 6/23/2009 4:40 PM EST
 Hymohamed!!
It is good to implement Allah's Sharia but the question is who fullfills , is it one separete group impose sharia  , ?
who gave them the mandate to carry out.?
are they Islamic kalifate that are chosen by Ehlul-xal wal-caqd?
or have they been successors of a former kalif?
or have they coquered the country  by military coup and silenced oppostions?
all that is now.

i can say and know that all islamic schollars from all over the world are generally agreed each other that Alshabab lacks legetimacy for carrying out such jurisdiction.

waa in aad ogaataa in axkaamta badankeedu bilaabantay 13 sano markii waxyigu ku soo degayay Nebiga CSW oo ahayd muddadii uu joogay Madinah al-munawwarah
abdiaziz2007 @ 6/23/2009 12:33 PM EST
 Alshabab do know nothing about Amnesty ..This is the new leaders of somalia finally...welcome cut of everyones hand and let somalia be the capital of amputies.
hymohamed2004 @ 6/23/2009 9:35 AM EST
 Sharia Law is prevailing in Somalia and all qaadacul-dariiqiin should be dealt with.  The sooner we are free from thieves, thugs, rocketeers, traitors, and apostates the better.  May Allah's help be with those Somalis who are doing the best they can Islamically in the most difficult circumstances, amen.
nomadic1 @ 6/23/2009 8:59 AM EST
 The should save this man photo and cut head off at the earliest opportunity.
What a show off!!!!
fiqicigaal @ 6/23/2009 6:55 AM EST
 Look at that big thug hold up the hand of a frightened young man. What a barbaric and inhumane way to boast cruelty.

" Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself, it only requires opportunity", George Eliot

Alshabaab got that opportunity when they led us to believe that they were only defending islam.

Nonsense. We have been taken for a long free ride by bandits who will not spare an old fragile lady, a child or a pregnant women.
Terminator @ 6/23/2009 3:19 AM EST
 Unfortunately, there are those who support this kind of Barbarian act by the "Devils".

Amazing!!!!
simbe @ 6/23/2009 2:15 AM EST
 Muxsin04 Aka Diidgaal.

You can run but you can’t hide
Why changing names you should stick to diidgaal.

Shanta ,Camalow och co.

That’s true “How could you reason with the Sheytan”

Terminator @ 6/23/2009 2:05 AM EST
 Mr. A. AL-HAQ real name is Abdi Warsame and is the "Mother" of all thieves with no brain or knowledge about the Due Process of the Islamic Law. He has been looting and selling arms in the Bakara area for quite sometime and now is the Judge. May ALLAH (SWT) have mercy on these kids!
camalow @ 6/22/2009 7:34 PM EST
     SHANTA

Thanx bro....this is the same story,the same ppl,the same warlords and their children,but,different tactics and different names...before we were somali muslims and now we became somali christians kkkkk..and MOORYAAN IS TELLING ME THAT HE IS GONNA TEACH ME THE REAL ISLAM,,,WHAT A JOKE,,,GIVE ME A BREAK...First of all you have to return what you have been looting for the last 20 years then ask forgiveness to allah ....then talk about about religion...
shanta @ 6/22/2009 7:26 PM EST
 Camalow,
Welcome back! Crook is always a crook.
muxsin04 @ 6/22/2009 7:20 PM EST
 Alhamdu Lillah Rabil Caalamiin
Allah bay mahad oo dhan u sugnaatay, oo walaalaheen maanta guusha iyo nasriga siiyay.
Aad baan ugu faraxsanahay fulinta ay walaalaha fulinayaan howshii uu Allah SW inoo diray.

Dad meeshaanna Calaacal iyo baroordiiq uun bay kuu soo qorayaan markii Allah nasriga siiyo kuwa naftooda u hura in kitaab ka Allah SW laysku xukumo.
Calaacal badanaa dabadhilifyada waa yaab.
camalow @ 6/22/2009 7:14 PM EST
 SHANTA

LOL....You kill an innocent ppl,you are a MARTYR ....you steal a cell phone you lose your hand...kkkkkkkkk...THIS TELLS YOU THESE PPL ARE THE SAME DIINGAALS WE KNEW FOR A LONG TIME.
baghdad bob @ 6/22/2009 7:14 PM EST
 For 23 years, the entire prophethood of prophet Mohammed PBUH not a single hand was amputated. Al habaab were busy with their amputation from day one!
shanta @ 6/22/2009 7:09 PM EST
 Abdi & Simbe,
This is public relations campaign, and it has nothing to do with religion.  Al-Haram doesn’t want to be respected, but it wants to be feared, and fear is what they are all about.  The Bolsheviks have done with Lenin and later with Stalin; hence, the same strategy is applicable in here. Some of us are old enough to remember the early days of Kacanka Barakeysan, and the fear it had created among the people and the effects it has caused lingers on to this very day.
mar1234 @ 6/22/2009 6:44 PM EST
 shanta

people who believe they're doing the right thing, there is no reasoning with them.

before they attempt to fight for this religion, at least they should know the basic laws
abdihan @ 6/22/2009 6:41 PM EST
 simbe,mar1234,shanta

and yet they bring the entire nation to its knees simply so tht they can force us to follow their insane ideology
shanta @ 6/22/2009 6:36 PM EST
 Simbe,
How could you reason with the Sheytan?
shanta @ 6/22/2009 6:32 PM EST
 Dysfunctional ideology!
You blew yourself and take the lives of innocent 24 people- they will call you martyr.  You stole a cell phone- they will cut your hands.
mar1234 @ 6/22/2009 6:30 PM EST
 abdihan
i knw wat u mean, these long beard imposters misuing the law.

who gonna take care of these kids once they're amputed? there poor parents dont have the money. current situations and conditions should be considered before any action is taken. this just proves al shaytan dont knw enough about the islam they shed so much blood for
simbe @ 6/22/2009 6:28 PM EST
 No jokes here people this bloody series for these young boys, they will be lame forever and have no chance to survive in today’s Mogadishu or Kismayo-

This is a war propaganda and porsamento for what they can do and capable. This is like snake with two heads and venom. You will either die of hunger and pullet or loose your limp and live--------- No good news ever come of this stupid country.

What a tragic to se your people suffer every day like that. The man who cut these young men  hand must have a heart of iron, he is very cruel person.  

They forget sentencing to someone with such punishment requires;
1. All the country must have same rule where everybody have same rights and punishment
2. The person you make lame must be cured and feed in considerable time
3. The person must be notorious criminal
4. There must be credible witnesses
5. The value of theft money should feed 60 people not small money. etc etc.
There’s extreme rule to fulfil such punishment, not only for show of or porsament.

lilisamatar @ 6/22/2009 6:04 PM EST
 pls pls pls do not do this to these little kids

they probably did it because they needed it, pls stop, pls you don't have to prove anything to anyone.
diidgaal @ 6/22/2009 5:45 PM EST
 Kaaraan ilaah ima dajiyo. Waxa ku harayna waa kuwii
dabadhilifyada u sacaba tumayay oo marka dadka kale
la garaacayay dabaaldegayay. Maantana ayageey dusha ka
saaran tahay. Alloow maxaa xanuun dad kale lala jecel yahay
idin haysta. Meel walba oo aad dhageysato ayagaa qeylinaya oo
cabaadaya. Hadda ka horna Geedi iyo tigre injirle bay
u dabaaldegayeen oo u mashxaradayeen. Wallee inaan xanuunka
la idinka joojin intaad dabadhilifnimada iyo gaala raacnimada
la idinka gooynayo.
abdihan @ 6/22/2009 5:29 PM EST
 5:33 "Those who wage war against God and His Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot or banishment from the land . . . ."

how ironic
momo519 @ 6/22/2009 5:26 PM EST
 

If Diingaal was in Kaaraan, he'd be one of the boys facing amputations!

Can anyone(Diingaal included) guess why?

diidgaal @ 6/22/2009 4:40 PM EST
 Alla maxaa calaacal ka dyeeray YEEY iyo dabadhilifyo.
War dadkaan ayagaa meel walba haysata oo gaalo iyo yeey
ka ceyrsaday wxay rabaan bay sameynayaan oo qof iska dhicin
karta ma leh. meeday ahlu fitmo wal kufrigii aad lahaydeen
wax bay la dagaalamayaan? Waa la fuuqsaday mar hore.
Iska qeyliya markaad awood weydeen. dowlad ku sheega iyo
dabadhilifyada waaweyn baa qirtay in ala wiiqay oo dhulka
lagu jiiday. YEEY qurbaha ilmahiisa welfare lagu siiyo
warkiisa yaa ku jira. Marka la idiin soo jeestana dhulka
ethiopia baad ku carareysaan ileen kulligiin dumar baad
wada tihiinee.
diidgaal @ 6/22/2009 4:37 PM EST
 Fulay gaafoowoow,
Ka waran qaxa iyo barakaca hadda idinku socda. Waxaan
xasuustaa adoo ku farxaya qaxa iyo barakaca ka socday
xaafadaha kale. Maanta adey ku haysataa markaaga ee
ka xaa xaabso. Markaad adinkoo waramo iyo durbaan wata
aad u sacaba tumeyseen Geedi iyo ethiopianka dad baa
qaxayay oo la barakicinayay. Maantana waxaan adinka
ahayn qax iyo carar kuma socdo. Dhageyso qeylada ka
yeereysa meel walba. Laakiin waa markiinii ee xanuunka
dareema. Gaal idiin soo gurmanaya ma leh ee kuleylka
mujaahidiinta dhadhamiya. YEEY didiin soo gurmaneysa
ma leh ee xanuunka mujaahidiinta dhadhamiya.  
Gacaliye@ @ 6/22/2009 4:31 PM EST
 Mahare lool,
look at how fat this bearded b**tard is in a country where children are dying of starvation, this is how the NEW FAKE MUSLIMS are behaving, give a break!
Mahare_Is_Here @ 6/22/2009 4:16 PM EST
 Al-Haq?
Is that a paki or Afgani?.....They watched too much hindi movies those guys. I use to call my self Daramander and Amita. But then I was eight, who can blame me.
Mahiigaan @ 6/22/2009 4:06 PM EST
 who died and made them god's agents?
war dadkan wada qaatiliinta ah oo dadka iyagu
eberka ka siiyey baa leh waxbaan sharcia ku xukuminaa
war marka ugu horeysa iyaga ha is daldalaan
waayo waa wada gacan ku dhiigleh daadiyey muslim
dhiigiisa.
Simansime @ 6/22/2009 3:28 PM EST
 Waa runtiin waa tuug mid kale gacanta ka jaraya. May soo qabtaan wiilasha ummada gowraca haddey islaam run ah yihiin.  Waxay wejiga u wada dubteen waa denbiga ay ummada ka galeen oo la dhuudhuumanayaan, waayo haddey xaqaani yihiin cidna wejiga kama qarsadeen.
som @ 6/22/2009 3:11 PM EST
 Dear all,

Please find an Amnesty International statement appealing to Al-Shabab not to carry out cross-amputations
scheduled for tomorrow morning in Mogadishu.


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE

22 June 2009


Somalia: Al-Shabab should not carry out amputations


Amnesty International is calling on the Al-Shabab armed group not to carry out amputations on four men accused of robbery tomorrow morning in Mogadishu.  

The four young men were sentenced today to cross-amputation (amputation of the right hand and the left foot) by an “ad-hoc” court set up by Al-Shabab in their military camp in northern Mogadishu.  They were accused of stealing pistols and mobile phones from Mogadishu residents.

"We are appealing to al-Shabab not to carry out these cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments,” said Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty International’s Africa Deputy Director.  "These sentences were ordered by a sham Al-Shabab court with no due process or guarantees of fairness."

The four men allegedly admitted to the robbery, but have not been represented by a lawyer, nor are they allowed to appeal against their sentence. The amputations are reportedly to take place in Al-Shabab’s camp, Masla, in northern Mogadishu.

Background
Al-Shabab factions and the Hisbul Islam armed group, headed by Sheikh Hassan Aweys, launched a military offensive against forces of the Transitional Federal Government, on 7 May 2009. The armed opposition is in control of several districts of Mogadishu. An Al-Shabab-controlled coalition in the port city of Kismayo, southern Somalia, has carried out at least two amputations since the beginning of 2009.

Public Document

****************************************

For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566 or email: press@amnesty.org

International Secretariat, Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW, UK

www.amnesty.org






Best wishes,

Benedicte Goderiaux
Researcher, Africa programme
International Secretariat
Amnesty International
1, Easton Street
London WC1X 0DW
Tel: +44 207 413 5528

Gacaliye@ @ 6/22/2009 2:59 PM EST
 Camalka lool,
kuwaasi waa dameer iyo labadiisa dhegood, kkkkk!
camalow @ 6/22/2009 2:45 PM EST
 GACALIYE

I DONT WORRY ABOUT HYMO CAUSE HE IS A FOREVER REFUGEE,BUT,IM SURPRISED ABOUT THIS MOORYAAN GAALDOON ACTING LIKE HE IS A MUSLIM WHILE HE IS NOT,,BORN AND RAISED TO BE A KILLER.
gaafoow geesi @ 6/22/2009 2:44 PM EST
 If i were amnest i would rather tolk to stones,but not alshabaab and infliates.alshabaab were born either to kill or to be killed.they dont belief solving problems by tolking,and they dont respect any ather idias except their own.remember those boys were not theives but normal village boys who refused to join alshabaab and kill their fathers and mothers,becouse they tried to say no,and they got amputed.if you are good organization recommend to help the government to get rid of these groups of viruses.they are worse than virus and they need help to furnish them from the plannet.
Gacaliye@ @ 6/22/2009 2:36 PM EST
 camalow @ 6/22/2009 1:03 PM EST  "an old thief is cutting another thieves hand..this is funny wallahi...".

The next thieves to face such amputations would suitably be Hyena-mohamed 2004 and Gaaldoon who without resevation support these sub-human's barbaric business.  
som @ 6/22/2009 2:26 PM EST
 Dear all,

Please find an Amnesty International statement appealing to Al-Shabab not to carry out cross-amputations
scheduled for tomorrow morning in Mogadishu.


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE

22 June 2009


Somalia: Al-Shabab should not carry out amputations


Amnesty International is calling on the Al-Shabab armed group not to carry out amputations on four men accused of robbery tomorrow morning in Mogadishu.  

The four young men were sentenced today to cross-amputation (amputation of the right hand and the left foot) by an “ad-hoc” court set up by Al-Shabab in their military camp in northern Mogadishu.  They were accused of stealing pistols and mobile phones from Mogadishu residents.

"We are appealing to al-Shabab not to carry out these cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments,” said Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty International’s Africa Deputy Director.  "These sentences were ordered by a sham Al-Shabab court with no due process or guarantees of fairness."

The four men allegedly admitted to the robbery, but have not been represented by a lawyer, nor are they allowed to appeal against their sentence. The amputations are reportedly to take place in Al-Shabab’s camp, Masla, in northern Mogadishu.

Background
Al-Shabab factions and the Hisbul Islam armed group, headed by Sheikh Hassan Aweys, launched a military offensive against forces of the Transitional Federal Government, on 7 May 2009. The armed opposition is in control of several districts of Mogadishu. An Al-Shabab-controlled coalition in the port city of Kismayo, southern Somalia, has carried out at least two amputations since the beginning of 2009.

Public Document

****************************************

For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566 or email: press@amnesty.org

International Secretariat, Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW, UK

www.amnesty.org






Best wishes,

Benedicte Goderiaux
Researcher, Africa programme
International Secretariat
Amnesty International
1, Easton Street
London WC1X 0DW
Tel: +44 207 413 5528

camalow @ 6/22/2009 1:03 PM EST
 an old thief is cutting another thieves hand..this is funny wallahi...
gaafoow geesi @ 6/22/2009 12:37 PM EST
 alshabaab are those responsible of all kinds of criminalities becouse they made lives of many youths harder and without alternative choice except to join their barbaric inhumane killings.those boys maybe refused to join them and were imputed becouse that.or maybe hard for them to go by the day,without understanding and looking into the reason why should a group of boys steal a mobile phone while they new the hard consequences? my conclution is that alshabaab asumed those boys as real threat in their way of recruting under age children becouse they were the first boys tried to say no to alshabaab,so alshabaab are sending strong massage to ather children listen to alshabaab.

 
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