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Q for Islamic followers only: Are the Islamic actions in Somalia within Islamic Law?
TV News report last night told of the thousands or refugees from Somalia who are trying to escape from the Islamic invaders of their country who are killing, raping, chopping off limbs, burning down houses and other actions. I want this to be an opportunity for followers of Islam in the UK to make their own positions clear, so that we can all more fully understand how followers of Islam can integrate into our society. NO JUVENILE OR RACIST POSTS BY NON-ISLAMIC CONTRIBUTORS PLEASE This is NOT a loaded question it is a SPECIFIC request for information. To akband - 'condone' means supports - I don't understand your reply. PLEASE NOTE: This Question requests responses from Islamic followers only! I hoped it would generate a better understanding between our societies. My question was prompted by what I saw on the TV news last night. See the news report for yourselves at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6091816.stm Well, it was a chance for open discussion, but surprisingly not much response, so I'll leave it up for now with a renewed invitation for followers of Islam ONLY to respond. 1.00 pm Sunday UK Winter Time: I'm going to make a decision in 1 hour - thank you to everyone who has contributed and I'm really sad that more Muslims weren't able to enlighten me as I don't particularly believe everything that appears through the media.
Public Comments
- I am Church of England Sorry but this sounds like a loaded question. Civil war creates civilian casualties everywhere and often in the same religion. Spain and Franco, England and Cromwell, and this is without wars where both sides from the same religion pray to the same God before they slaughter each other.
- no.
- Yes. It is in Quran that Allah has ordered to kill all non-muslims and so whatever they are doing is just following their religion and nothing else.
- Islam condones actions like the ones you stated, the people doing these barbaric acts do not belong to Islam, they are just using Islam for there own agenda which all Muslims like me will strongly condone.
- Islam will be killed by the followers of Islam in due course of time as "Gillotine was Gillotined by Gillotine"
- No they are not.Islam has nothing to do with violence.This is a result of ignorance.
- im am not a follower of islam, but i have found these quotes in a version of the Quran i have on my computer [2:191] You may KILL those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder. Do not fight them at the Sacred Masjid, unless they attack you therein. If they attack you, you may KILL them. This is the just retribution for those disbelievers. [9:123] O you who believe, you shall fight the DISBELIEVERS who attack you - let them find you stern - and know that GOD is with the righteous. As with anything else, it depends on how you see the situation and there is always some one willing to bend the meaning of what is written.
- "A few emails describing covert illegal operations by private military companies in breach of UN regulations have been reported [2] by the UK sunday newspaper The Observer." Not as simple as that is it. To be honest I don't know enough about the conflict to give you a reasonable answer but Ive just had a quick look on wikipedia and seen this statement, it looks like there is a lot going on in this story.
- No they are not.
- It is not in any way or form permitted by Islam, killing other people is prohibited. As for the Somalian militia, it is INHUMANE, and BARBARIC, and it is CONDEMED completley! Now this group is actually not only killing, but raping and torturing just like in Iraq which is not permitted in Islam, Judaism, or Christianity. thank you for the opportunity for open discussion. I hope I was helpful
- they are just as much within the law as they are in the sudan
