Somalia Town Threatens to Behead People Who Don't Pray 5 Times Daily
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official said Wednesday, adding the edict will be implemented in three days.

Shops, tea houses and other public places in Bulo Burto, about 124 miles northeast 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, bringing 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," Rage told The Associated Press by phone. "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 covered only Bulo Burto, was being announced over loudspeakers throughout the town.

Somalia's Islamic courts have made varying interpretations of Koranic law, some applying a more strict and radical version of Islam than others. Some of the courts have introduced public executions, floggings of convicts, bans on women swimming in Mogadishu's public beaches and on the sale and chewing of khat, a leafy stimulant consumed across the Horn of Africa and in the Middle East

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234817,00.html

I think it is pathetic that people would do this to their own believers. Major difference between Islam and Christianity is that Christians do not feel the need to kill you if you refuse to pray in this day and age.....this ins't 1500ad it's 2006......

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The other problem I have with this is I see a Christian who isn't acting Christ like, I can rebuke him in the name of Christ and if they do not change, then you know they really are not Christian. Christians are commanded to compare what the preacher says to what the Bible says and if it doesn't line up, you should run away.

Personally I care if you are not Christian and if I present the Word to you and you do not accept, it's OK since I KNOW that in the end, God will take care of everything and all He needs me to do is be strong in my faith and live my life according to His teachings.

Is the god of Islan so weak that he cannot take care of himself but needs the followers to do all these horrible things to non believers of the faith....

 

wow i don't know what to think about that, its sad to know people are like that

 

I dont see how killing people for any religion is deemed correct