FYI الأربعاء 28 شعبان 1433هـ - 18 يوليو 2012م
Applying Sharia penalties not suitable for Egypt at the moment: former Jihadist Applying Sharia (Islamic law) in Egypt might be difficult, owing to the circumstances through which the country is passing through. (Reuters) Al Arabiya Prominent leader in the formerly Jihadist group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya Najeh Ibrahim said it is difficult to apply penalties according to Sharia (Islamic law), known as "hudoud" in Arabic, in Egypt owing to the circumstances through which the country is passing through. "What Egyptian people need now is social justice and basic freedoms before anything else," he said in a phone interview with the Egyptian al-Nahar private TV. It is also important, Ibrahim added, to solve pressing problems from which Egyptians are suffering such as poverty. "When all social ailments are properly treated, the application of the `hudoud' would be possible." Nageh explained that the possibility of applying `hudoud', imposed on perpetrators of serious crimes like murder, theft and adultery, is always linked to the nature of the society in which they are applied. "The society has to be ready for the application of such laws. Otherwise, it will be a flawed decision." Ibrahim pointed out that many prohibitions in Islam were done gradually in order to prepare society for them and to make sure they are properly applied. "This, for example, was what happened with alcohol and theft and this is how any law should be applied in any country." جميع الحقوق محفوظة لقناة العربية © 2010 ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
