Monday, August 8, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman calls for Sharia punishment, cut off hands of Mubarek son, per Facebook generation in the square

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8/8/11, "Sharia execution urged for Mubarak," The Australian, Marie Colvin

"THE spokesman for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which portrays itself as a moderate Islamic movement, has called for execution and hand amputations if the Mubaraks are found guilty of murder and corruption.

"If a man has stolen millions of the state's money, the penalty is that I must cut off his hand," said Mahmoud Ghuzlan, a professor of biochemistry at Zagazig University. "There is no argument. These are God's words."

The group, banned for half a century, was legalised only after the fall of former president Hosni Mubarak.

Professor Ghuzlan said the penalty of amputation, mandated under sharia law, should apply to his sons Gamal -- the younger, who was being groomed as heir -- and Alaa, a businessman....

Professor Ghuzlan had no sympathy. Mr Mubarak should be hanged if convicted, although "beheading by the sword" would be more traditional, he said.

He sought to paint sharia as a merciful alternative to Egypt's current legal system, saying a thief who stole only to feed his family

  • would not suffer amputation.

Despite his words, Muslim Brotherhood rule would evidently be harsh. Adulterers would be whipped, alcohol banned, men and women separated in university classes and pre-marital sex and

  • same-sex relationships would be forbidden.

Scant comfort will be taken from the spokesman's assurances that the Brotherhood, which is aware of worries about Islamic extremism, would seek only one-third of parliament's 504 seats.

  • He admitted they planned to challenge for power in future elections.

The Muslim Brotherhood's vision of Egypt will be anathema to the secular-minded

from The Sunday Times


via Atlas Shrugs

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