Yemen security forces have been battling al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters since March in Abyan province. [Yemen Ministry of Defence]
Officials and human rights organisations in Yemen say al-Qaeda is committing human rights violations in the name of Islam in the city of Jaar.
In late March, the group Ansar al-Sharia, an al-Qaeda affiliate, took control of Jaar in Yemen's southern Abyan province, and declared it an Islamic emirate.
The Seyaj organisation for childhood protection monitored several crimes committed by al-Qaeda, including when its members cut off the hand of a 15 year-old boy accused of stealing electric cables. His hand was hung in a public square.
"The group Ansar al-Sharia has committed crimes and immoral practices, including cutting off the hand of a man on the same charge [of stealing electric cables] who died of his wounds. It also executed an individual for killing a member of its group," said Seyai president Ahmed al-Qurashi.
"The crimes and abuses committed by al-Qaeda in Jaar that emerged are just the tip of the iceberg, and there are many more that no one knows about. The organisation has control of the city and people are afraid and cannot confront it. There are thus a lot of crimes that people in Jaar cannot discuss," he told Al-Shorfa.
Al-Qurashi said these crimes are violations against human rights, adding that they will be included in an annual report published by the organisation at the end of the year.
Ahmed al-Rahwi, deputy governor of Abyan province, told Al-Shorfa, "Al-Qaeda practices the most heinous crimes against humanity. They put the rest of the population of Jaar and the directorate of Khanfar in a state of terror and intense fear."
"By carrying out these crimes, al-Qaeda seeks to gain supporters from inside and outside on the grounds that it is implementing Sharia laws against the perpetrators of crimes of theft and murder. But in fact, it deceives people in the name of Islam and deludes the world with claims it is implementing the provisions of Islamic law. This is similar to what the organisation and the Taliban in Afghanistan did when it took over Kabul."
Al-Rahwi said Ansar al-Sharia carries out these provisions against the poor and vulnerable members of the population.
"This group uses the guise of religion and exploits it to its advantage in the service of their interests," he said.
Sheikh Zaid Abdul-Rahman Bin Yahya, a religious scholar and director of the Al-Noor Centre for Studies and Research, told Al-Shorfa no one is authorised to carry out hadd punishment -- the implementation of Sharia provisions, such as cutting off hands of those who steal or executing murderers.
"Who has conferred this right upon the group Ansar al-Sharia in Abyan?" he asked.
"This is an injustice to human beings and their rights. Ansar al-Sharia confused the issue. They allege to defend Sharia and Islam when they are in fact far-removed from both."
"They are not authorised to carry out hadd punishment unless the people have agreed to be governed by them -- this did not happen," he said.
Bin Yahya said hadd punishment must be carried out if certain legitimate conditions are present, including the condition that the person being punished is over 18 years old, and that no compelling circumstances led people to commit such crimes.
"Not any group is empowered to try the accused or implement any Sharia provisions."
"The Caliph Omar Bin al-Khattab suspended implementation of hadd punishment, particularly cutting off hands, if there is a famine or in time of war".
Bin Yahya said al-Qaeda elements "are using religion for their own purposes to serve their goals", likening them to "brainwashed people", adding that what Ansar al-Sharia is doing distorts the image of Islam.
"Islam is ethics and higher meaning before it is judicial legislation. Hadd punishments are a small part of it. Al-Qaeda presented an outrageous image to the public about Islam."
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حلال مفتاح
2012-5-26
I pray to God Almighty to protect Yemen and its people from every evil or anything bad. Since we are the youth of Yemen, the country of faith and Jihad, we have to prepare to fight and remove the germ of terrorism from our beloved Yemen. Let's get prepared!
محمد محمد حبيب
2012-4-20
God is great, God is great, and victory is for Islam.
علاء الدين عباس الليثى
2012-4-19
God is our supporter and best helper!
مفيد كاسترو
2012-4-16
If they are on the right side, may God give them victory! If they are not on the right side, then may God defeat them!
مهند
2012-1-8
Our problem has never been with God; it has always been with the people who consider that they are next to God, may God forbid.
emad
2012-1-6
Honestly, I call on all the heads of the groups, organizations, and even states who assault a child or a woman... Come and try to fight with me to prove their manhood. All these crimes are planned by the cancerous tumor that is called Israel. If the Arabs surrounded it and burnt it, the world would be then at peace.
عبدالله
2012-1-1
I seek God’s forgiveness.
adnan70_2011
2011-12-31
Where is the video?
مزيل إشكال
2011-12-30
The sheikh said, “They are not entitled to execute the prescribed penalties unless the people paid homage to them;” i.e. they are entitled to execute the prescribed penalties under two conditions: one- paying homage to them, and two- the state being controlled by force. The second issue is that the sheikh stated that, “Reaching adulthood is a condition for the execution of the prescribed penalties.” However, the thief is 15 years old and this is the age of adulthood, according to the opinion of the majority.
مسلمة
2011-12-29
There is no one worthy of worship except God. This is prohibited for you. Stop doing this. Stop making people fear Islam and Muslims. I swear that no matter what you do, you will fail, because God is the protector of Islam. We seek God's help against you.
ابو سليم
2011-12-22
As a result of the corrupt ideas which the terrorist organizations stick to, they have legalized through them the sanctity of the [taking of] human blood which God has prohibited, except when this is justified. The Almighty, speaking in the Holy Qur’an, mentions this in a lot of verses, including: “Nor take life - which God has made sacred - except for just cause,” and “And those who do not invoke with God another deity or kill the soul which God has forbidden to be killed, except by right,” as the Islamic Shari'a considers life a gift from God, which He has granted to his creatures; so it is not allowed to attack it and kill it without a justified reason. As a result of what the al-Qaeda organization has carried out in terms of acts of killing and displacement, this un-humanitarian behavior has reflected greatly upon the Islamic societies, and drags them to their fall in great tragedies.
ابو سالمم
2011-12-22
The terrorist al-Qaeda organization is considered one of the most dangerous groups and organizations, or whatever the name is that is used to describe these groups, and one of the human communities with a difference in their ideologies and doctrines. The reason behind that is that the al-Qaeda organization, since its establishment in those remote mountains, has adopted the concept of force and the unified opinion, which means that, whether the person works with them or is an enemy to them, they do not have any idea about the concept of exchanging opinions. As a result of these deviant ideas which have nothing to do with any religion, they started to commit all kinds of crimes. This has harmed the feelings of all of humanity, because those terrorists are rejected by all people who live on earth, and they are not present along the margin of life.
ابانوب ملك
2011-12-21
It seems that those people have no mercy in their hearts. I am fed up with all of this. Al-Qaeda is a group of backward people who want to send us back 1,000,000 years, to the times of backwardness and ignorance.
مصرية
2011-12-20
I have doubts about the authenticity of this issue. This is defamation of Islam and Muslims, as is the case in Egypt these days, which is witnessing a fierce attack on Islam and Muslims under these fake claims. This proves that these claims and allegations come from the same source, which wants to keep Islam and Muslims away from the leading positions and power for fear of their interests. The Americans are the cause of the misery of the Muslim nation. We ask God to curse them and their treacherous agents, who betrayed their home and religion.
ام احمد
2011-12-20
They are liars and they are lying. I swear that Islam is too lofty and sublime to be affected. I seek the forgiveness of God. O God! Support Islam and Muslims.
هادي بدير
2011-12-19
May God curse those who practice terrorism and criminality and those who target the civilians. May God curse the criminals whose dirty hands have killed the innocent people and shed their blood. I curse terrorism and all the crimes which it has committed, and I curse the Takfiri Al-Qaeda organization and the head of evil in it, the buried Osama Bin Laden; this criminal whom we curse day and night for all the terrorism and the crimes which he committed, and which have affected innocent people all over the world.
زهير
2011-12-19
These crimes must stop and these regions must be liberated from misguided and criminal groups which violate the sanctity of the Yemeni people and which shed the blood of the innocent people in this painful way. The al-Qaeda terrorist organization, which claims that it carries out God’s laws, is nothing but criminality itself. How long will innocent people remain under the control of those killers who are carrying out these crimes against anybody who opposes or criticizes them? How long will those fools remain in control of these cities, taking advantage of the internal situation of Yemen and the disturbance and the internal problems that it is going through in the present time? May God curse the al-Qaeda organization for all the crimes they are carrying out.
ali
2011-12-19
We ask God to curse all those who belong to Al-Qaeda and those who support them in word or deed, because they are scum and not humans. We ask God and all people and angels to curse them. Amen.
المرتقب
2011-12-18
We ask God to disgrace the commenter who claimed that he is a “Muslim” and then wrote blasphemous comments that attack the Prophet, peace be upon him, and described him as the barren desert. Those fools exploit the misdeeds of Al-Qaeda and the Wahhabis, who always defame Islam wherever they rule in Afghanistan or in the past in Arabia. The ignorant people create havoc while they want to reform. They amputate the hands of the poor and leave alone those who steal billions. I support the fair application of the divine penalties.
لحاج فتحى
2011-12-17
What is happening is prohibited. We seek God's help against those who are responsible for all these fallacies. Whenever we take one step forward, some people take us two steps backward. Who is responsible for this?
مصريه
2011-12-17
I want to know why there is no image or video of this boy. Stop accusing people without justification. It seems that this has become normal these days, and all we need is to make accusations without proof, especially when we deal with the Islamists and advocates of Islam. The Islamists are accused of cutting off hands and ears, as well as raping the women and slaughtering the children. Some people try to give the impression that the Muslims are not human beings. The conspiracy of the western, Arab, Zionist and US media that aims at obliterating the landmarks of Islam and replacing it with these accusations and fallacies has become a dirty and old game. This is proved by the fact that hundreds of thousands convert to Islam worldwide. God the Almighty said what can be translated as: “They plot, but God also plotteth; and God is the best of plotters.” O people, do not believe everything that you hear about Islam and Muslims. I swear I know some Salafis and people from the Muslim Brotherhood who are unprecedented in their manners, morals and respect for others. I do not say this because of the elections, because I deal with many of them and meet them in all fields of life. I have met many of them in all walks of life and I realized that they are the bearers of a message, methodology and vision. They struggle for the sake of God. The people in our countries were taken away from religion, despite the fact that the religiosity is deep-rooted in our nature. Even the Christians are religious by nature. However, the loyalty of our rulers to the US-Zionist idol allowed the media to feed people with myths about Islam and Muslims, while Islam is innocent of this. May God bear witness to what I say. A Muslim woman and a good observer of the Arab and western media.
مصطفى الجابرى
2011-12-17
I swear this is untrue and shameful. Please, fear God.
صديق صالج
2011-12-17
The situation will be better and Yemen will enjoy stability and security once again. The lousy al-Qaeda will get its punishment as soon as possible, God willing, because we will stand up against it. By the will of God, we will not let the terrorists of al-Qaeda tamper with the thoughts and wishes of Arabs. They want to do whatever they want, but we will not remain silent about their actions. Applying the prescribed punishments is a very serious matter. I think it is the duty of all Muslims, whether regular citizens, imams of mosques or scholars, to warn against the seriousness of this matter for Islam, the Arabic community and the Yemeni people. It is not acceptable to play with the teachings of religion and make it a joke like this. I pray to God to punish the lousy, cowardly al-Qaeda. I pray to Almighty God to relieve us from them, so as to be able to achieve goodness, security and stability in all the Arab countries, including Yemen. I pray to God that Saleh will be burned by the fire he started with al-Qaeda. I pray that they will apply the prescribed punishment to him first, before anyone else. God willing, they, i.e. the terrorists, will not be able to apply such punishments again in Yemen. Enough playing with the reputation of Islam! If we remain silent, Islam will fall. We will never keep our mouths shut about this serious matter.
سامح القبطي ( المصري يعني )
2011-12-16
I fear that my words would be taken as simply attack for the sake of attack. However, God has honored Man and his body. Hence, we ask God to defend humanity. We also ask God to guide you to what is called for in terms of goodness, peace and human dignity
سمية
2011-12-16
These are not the characteristics of the Muslims, and we seek God's help against those who say a word about the Muslims.
ابراهيم شمس
2011-12-16
How do we benefit from these practices?
هدى
2011-12-14
Everyone must unite and resist the spread of al-Qaeda, which will expand beyond Yemen if it finds suitable conditions and a fertile milieu to develop its criminal organization. In fact, the latter must stop carrying out its practices against Yemenis, namely the great oppression against the people, given that al-Qaeda members are issuing Fatwas and provisions as they like.
فريد خالد
2011-12-14
The Takfiri organization of al-Qaeda has dominated Yemen through these dirty methods. This organization has committed crimes in the name of religion. In fact, al-Qaeda has committed the ugliest crimes against humanity. So how can these despicable persons consider themselves the rulers of Yemen? In fact, they have imposed their domination on many regions and they have manipulated people’s lives. That’s why the government must strongly intervene in order to put an end to al-Qaeda’s domination, because this organization has retaliated, beaten and harmed people under the name of religion and they are oppressive people. They have been the first people who have violated the religious principles and teachings through their continuous crimes against the innocent civilians. So why don’t they punish themselves first? In fact, this makes me very angry. That’s why I hope to get rid of al-Qaeda, because unfortunately its backwardness has affected our country. In fact, the terrorist organization of al-Qaeda has targeted the innocent through beating and beheading them. This is in order to promote the organization of al-Qaeda and to gain more money and notoriety at the expense of the oppressed people. In fact, the government is solely responsible for punishing those who have violated the law and religion. Thus, these terrorists must leave Yemen. And every honest Yemeni must stand against al-Qaeda. This is in order to eliminate its injustice and evil.
خالد جاد
2011-12-13
We seek God's help against them. By the way, this issue is very big and we should thank God a thousand times for this blessing
المتشائل
2011-12-12
The Muslims are liars and the USA is truthful. Iran, which calls the USA the great Satan, kept silent as to the occupation of Iraq; the USA fights al-Qaeda in Yemen and supports it in Libya, Syria and Iraq. The Egyptian revolution exonerated the USA and Israel from everything that happened under the rule of Mubarak and later the Supreme Military Council.
يوسف حامد من مصر
2011-12-11
This is expected in Egypt after the revolution.
غ‘ـرشوبة الع‘ـين
2011-12-11
We belong to God the Almighty and to him we shall return. O God! Support Islam and Muslims. Amen.
الموسوي
2011-12-10
The terrorism of Al-Qaeda and the Supreme Council, as well as the Badr Legion and the Mahdi Army. All of them are terrorists, and we ask God to curse you.
ابنة سورية _ ط
2011-12-10
All those who do not believe this should believe what I am saying, because I am not lying and I ask God to bear witness. Syria has gotten fed up with those monsters that rape women, dissect people, and eat up the corpses. They are not Syrians and they do not belong to Syria. Rather, they belong to Al-Qaeda and their Salafi cousins. I ask God to bear witness to what I saw, and their punishment will come soon, God willing, thanks to the supplications of the distressed mothers who lost their children.
السعدي
2011-12-10
I doubt the authenticity of these claims, and this may defame Islam and Muslims, as happens in Egypt these days under many fake claims. This proves that all these claims come from one source and party, which seeks to keep Islam away from the leading positions for fear of their interests. Of course, I mean the Americans, who are responsible for all the misery and suffering of the Muslim nation. We ask God to curse them and their treacherous agents.
السعدي
2011-12-10
I doubt that this is true. This is defamation of Islam and Muslims, and it happens here in Egypt through attacking the Islamists and Islam under such false claims. This proves that these claims come from the same source; I mean a party that wants to keep Islam and Muslims from assuming the leading posts for fear of their interests, i.e. the Americans. They are the cause of all the misery and suffering of the Muslim nation. May God curse them and the traitors who betray their religion and home.
احمد نبيه عبد الفتاح
2011-12-9
Do not fear the domination of any current over Egypt. We are ready to sacrifice our souls and blood to save and defend Egypt. God has mentioned its name in the Quran 4 times, and He will protect it.
مهدوي
2011-12-5
I agree with brother Abdullah in what he said, and as the leader of the youth of Paradise and the grandson of the Prophet peace be upon him, Imam Al-Hussein, who was martyred unfairly: “I was consoled when I realized that whatever befalls me will be by God’s will.” We ask God to support Islam and its people and humiliate hypocrisy and its people. O God! Destroy the American arrogance and humiliate them all over the earth, as you defeated them in Southern Lebanon in 2006 at the hands of the children of Muhammad, Ali, Al-Hasan, Al-Hussein, and the companions of the messenger of God.
عبيد
2011-12-4
The al-Qaeda terrorist organization is one of the organizations that has many of the extremist and infidel ideas which led to the prohibition of many of the practices of the Yemeni people, as the Yemeni citizens have undergone many of the difficult security conditions in this country. The al-Qaeda organization and its elements began to control some cities to rule these cities and impose their influence upon them in the manner that the al-Qaeda terrorist groups believe in. This is what the Yemeni people experienced during the days of Eid Al-Adha, which passed this year over the Yemeni people as if it did not come. The people did not celebrate it because of the security conditions experienced by Yemen, and because of the al-Qaeda organization, which prevented many of the people from celebrating the days of this feast. The Yemeni people did not celebrate the ceremony of the feast, especially in the city of Jaar, where nobody witnessed any manifestation of the feast. The Yemeni people did not celebrate the feast as they used to do every year, where the celebration and the joy spread everywhere and many of the people were making sweets, slaughtering the sacrifices, exchanging visits and the greetings in a manner that expresses joy, delight and pleasure, but not this year.
عدو القاعدة
2011-12-4
To those foolish people who support this terrorist organization and carry out its acts, I would like to tell you that you are mean, dishonorable, and you have lost your humanity, as you favor enjoyment and vices. You are criminals, because when you support terrorism you lead to more killing and criminal acts which target the civilians and the innocent people without having this right, and you are taking part in all of the crimes which the blasphemous elements are carrying out. May God disgrace their faces and defame them, and you will go to hell, and this is the worst destiny you can have, because you are criminals and you provide support to this criminal organization. May God shame and disgrace you, as you are a coward, for the support you provide to the terrorist al-Qaeda organization, which is considered more villainous than you, as the infidel doctrine is one and you have come from this infidel and criminal doctrine, which is followed by this mean organization, like you. O cowards, we detest you and condemn your support for terrorism and the criminal al-Qaeda organization, and we will continue cursing you until Doomsday, as the mean people like you do not deserve anything from us, so accept being insulted, because you are cowards to the fullest meaning of the word, and you are excellent cowards, because you have agreed to trade your religion and honor for the sake of terrorism. You are disgraced semi-men; you are dirty, mean people, and the dirt fills your diseased souls, which will take you to the dark end, which is waiting for you and this terrorist organization. And history will not remember you one day, as you are a rejected people who have no origin or succession, and your dirt will be disposed of into the trash of darkest history.
علي حسن
2011-12-3
The Al-Qaeda Organization started giving itself the right to be the Sultan. It executes the law and it is the guardian of the people through the practices which Yemen performs, through targeting the youth and the families through the operations of “hadd” punishment. This is in order to carry out the crimes of extermination of the Yemeni people, who suffer a lot because of the internal situations and the internal political instability, and because of the widening of the existence of the terrorist Al-Qaeda Organization, whose criminal elements have started to appoint themselves the governors and judges over the innocent.
فالح
2011-12-3
What the terrorist al-Qaeda Organization is doing to the innocent in many regions in Yemen, including Ga’ar city, is a criminal and terrorist act that will be added to the series of terrorist acts which this criminal organization performs against the civilians in the practice of penance and terrorism which those killers perform against the innocent among the civilians, through committing terrorist acts like establishing al-Hadd punishments, as they were whipping the innocent, cutting off their hands or executing them. All these practices contributed to increasing the sufferings of the people and their pains, as a lot of them don’t have the ability to respond to such cowardly acts; we can do nothing but condemn and deplore them. Who gave the right to the criminal to punish the people and to execute the law as per his wish? Who gave the right to the criminal Al-Qaeda Organization to control the destiny of the civilian people in Yemen? I believe that what the terrorist al-Qaeda Organization performs for these acts is nothing but a crime in itself.
طارق يحيى
2011-12-3
May God destroy you.
ابوكر محمود احمد
2011-12-2
Honestly, I doubt all these reports and accusations against Islam and its followers since the dawn of Islam. Allah The Almighty said (what means): {And the Jews will not be pleased with thee, nor will the Christians, till thou follow their creed. Say: Lo! the guidance of Allah (Himself) is Guidance. And if thou shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, then wouldst thou have from Allah no protecting guardian nor helper. } [Quran 2:120] Thanks.
شهيب فواز
2011-12-2
Al-Qaeda wants to make Yemen an Islamic Emirate, like what happened in Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. In fact, these organizations have tried to make people think that they want the wellbeing of Islam. At the same time, they have carried out criminal operations and they have placed restrictions in order to terrorize those who oppose them. However, the terrorist organization of al-Qaeda will not achieve success in Yemen, or in the other countries, because the truth about it has become obvious, and the citizens will not accept the rotten ideas of al-Qaeda.
احمد رشيدى
2011-12-1
O God! Make us deserve to apply sharia.
خالد الصه
2011-12-1
Please, pay attention, O good people of Yemen, so as not to face the same fate as the great Iraq.
نصير
2011-11-27
Al Qaeda has managed to reunite, bring back its fighters and provide all the tools and supplies that increase its influence and power in the region. It took advantage of the failure of the security authorities in Yemen to follow up on the situation. Officials are preoccupied with the internal situation and the troubles between the government and the Yemeni people, who reject the continuation of Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime. Indeed, the terrorist organizations took advantage of this crisis in order to carry out their attacks on some areas in Yemen and control them. This applies to some cities like Zinjibar, which lies in the Governorate of Abyan, as well as some other regions where they displaced people and declared it an Islamic Emirate. They used these regions to start their terrorist acts against the rest of Yemen, in order to impose their control over these places one after the other, taking advantage of the preoccupation of the armed forces with security and the current conditions that are plaguing the country. In fact, the Yemeni government is responsible for that, because it has not taken a clear position to resolve the issue of the people so far.
عباس فارس
2011-11-27
The horrible consequences of the violent strategy adopted by the terrorist al-Qaeda against all of humanity are actually innumerable. I think that this is the main reason behind the abandonment of many of the members of the terrorist al-Qaeda who left this organization. Any examination of the situation would show that al-Qaeda has been involved in all the internal and external matters of the Islamic countries. They take advantage of religion in order to infiltrate the different classes of citizens. In fact, they aim to spark problems and sectarianism, in order to keep people preoccupied with these problems and to carry out as many suicide attacks as possible, which have claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people who had committed no sin.
صادق عباس
2011-11-27
The expansion in the influence of the al-Qaeda organization groups as well as the spread and increase of its existence is a worrisome matter for the Yemeni people. It is a matter that contributes to the spread of many terrorist operations which caused the recruitment of many of the Yemeni youth and the exploitation of the chaos aspect happening in the country, as well as the percentage of poverty and unemployment from which Yemen is suffering. This is what al-Qaeda organization groups are exploiting, so as to have many of the youth involved, in order to carry out the terrorist operations against the innocent citizens of the Yemeni people, as well as exploiting the people, cheating them from the religious aspect. They claim that they are carrying out all these operations in order to serve the Islamic religion and in order to protect the citizens and fight oppression, corruption and repression, while in reality they carry out all these oppressions, repression, torturing, killing and shedding innocent blood. The ways of the al-Qaeda organization always include terrifying the people and harming them and carrying out all the ugly, brutal, violent and criminal acts which harm the Yemeni people in return, although they are poor and very simple people. This is what the terrorists always search for and exploit in order to expand their influence and carry out cowardly terrorist plans against the innocent citizens. They do not feel satisfied with doing that in one country or a particular country, but they always seek to spread their groups everywhere. They also seek to work on recruiting more youth. Those who refuse to join them were punished and were considered infidels. That’s why they were killed. Therefore, the increase in the influence of al-Qaeda organization groups in Yemen and its regions is considered a dangerous and very harmful, corrupting and destructive matter, as among their tactics they use criminality, violence, terrorism, terrifying and scaring people. Therefore, all the Yemeni people should confront all forms of violence, criminality and brutality and not be subject to what they are asked to do; they should deal with them and never give them this opportunity.
سيف
2011-11-26
May God curse you, O dogs and donkeys…
واجد فلاح
2011-11-26
The Yemenis have to stand against these groups, which are dangerous and threatening to the security and safety of the innocent citizens who did not do anything and had no hand in the chaos, killings and attacks. The Yemenis suffer from poverty, hunger, unemployment and a lack of services. This is why there has to be an end to all this suffering and these brutal actions against the people. Immediate solutions have to be implemented to solve the crisis as soon as possible. We should avoid any more destruction and ruin. The al-Qaeda groups are killing anyone who stands in their way. They represent a huge danger and threat to Yemenis. These groups execute many prescribed penalties on the people without any right to do so.
شوكت علي
2011-11-26
The execution of prescribed penalties by the groups of the al-Qaeda organization on the innocent people of Yemen is definitely condemned, because they are not responsible for people and their actions. There is a certain authority for investigating and punishing those who commit any kind of transgression, wrongdoing or immorality. What these groups are doing is none of their business or the business of any other entity. The groups of the al-Qaeda organization are only terrorists that make use of the chaos and uprisings happening in Yemen between the revolutionaries, government and the army, which suppresses and kills the people. These groups take advantage of these chaotic, unstable circumstances and the insecurity of the people. This is exactly what they want, to move all around the county as they like, and to dominate the people by force. They want to do whatever they please, such as killing, bombing, kidnapping, assassinating, planting explosives, carrying out suicide bombing operations, and finally they execute the prescribed penalties on the citizens and anyone who refuses them.
2011-11-22
The best thing is to stay away from these people and to pay attention to our family life.
محمد محسن
2011-11-22
Locking him up will not work out, yet this should not happen.
عصام
2011-11-22
God is the best disposer of affairs!
abodaya2012
2011-11-21
Those are the biggest affliction to Islam.
ايوب
2011-11-20
The people must provide all possible support to the security forces and to the police until they can arrest all of the suspects and the individuals of the dirty terrorist organization of al-Qaeda. There also must be comprehensive and wide-scale operations to deter the terrorist groups and individuals who work at spreading terrorism and evil crimes. Hence, we ask God to curse them and those who support them or join their ranks, because they are criminals and mercenaries. They kill people in order to get money and to defame the image of Islam. This also has tarnished the pure image of Islam and its tolerant teachings. They exploited the youth in this regard, and they used it as a cover for their filthy acts. Many innocent citizens were killed without having any guilt in the dirty terrorist operations, bombings, kidnapping, assassinations, and thefts. They disunite the people in order to weaken their ranks, so that the arena becomes empty so they can impose their control over the people, once they were united and followed the same principle. However, the interference of the terrorist elements and their insistence on sowing the seeds of sectarian dissension has created chaos, racism, and the hateful disunity. May God curse and disgrace them for all of what they did to harm the innocent people.
a.elsahy
2011-11-17
May God punish every unjust tyrant! God is sufficient for me, for He is the best Disposer of affairs!
محمد فهيم
2011-11-17
I want an answer to my question and without any shyness! Why do you keep announcing this news everyday on Youm7.com? Of course this is paid by you. Why do you pay all these costs and for whom do you do that? Of course the answer is clear. This money is paid by the enemies of Islam to defame the image of Islam, especially these days, when the Islamists are about to reach power, and this is why the enemies of Islam started this war. It is also done by the hands of Muslims whose consciences are sold for a few dollars. Please answer in public; if you have any feelings of shame, send it to me on my email. You keep reporting from whoever, please fear GOd and respect the transparency code in journalism if you do respect the code mention the name of the legal experts and the sources of the news. this news is not true and those behind it will face a harsh fate.
كريم
2011-11-17
Why does al-Qaeda frighten Muslims in the name of Islam? Why don’t they fight the Jews who are occupying the lands of the muslim, considering that 70% of the Qur’an talks about the Jews? Don’t the scumbags of al-Qaeda know that Palestine is still occupied?
أمانى
2011-11-16
I don’t know what is right and what is wrong. Isn’t it possible that everything that is happening is because of a plan by Israel and America to exhaust the Arabs and keep them away from the truth about what the Jews want, namely a country from the Euphrates to the Nile? Please stop it and do not spread rumors. Not everything that is written is true! Please give the people a break! Isn’t al-Qaeda an organization that was supported before by America, one that grew up in America’s lap? Use your brains, people, and know the main enemy of the Arabs!
2011-11-16
The Islamic political spectrum in Egypt does not have the faintest idea of politics or ruling in general. They go into the elections without any future vision of the ruling in Egypt, or the consequences of applying the Sharia, i.e. Islamic law, to all of Egyptian society and the foreign policy of Egypt toward other countries in the world. Who can guarantee their intentions and who can guarantee that they understand the Islamic teachings correctly?! There is no guarantee that they will accept others’ opinions or that they can agree with each other, such as the Salafist ‘Islamic fundamentalists’ and the Muslim Brotherhood. Finally, who can guarantee that Egypt will not be drawn into a sectarian feud or a civil war?! I say to them, fear God, first for your sake and second for Egypt’s sake. Egypt is a nation for everybody. With some sound thinking, we would decide for sure that applying the Islamic Sharia, if we assume it could be applied, will not start from the “top”; it should start from the local basis of all Muslim Egyptians, regardless of their orientations or inclinations. We should also reassure the other, represented in the Coptic citizens.
سوسو
2011-11-16
I seek God’s help against you. Islam is not limited to this superficial application. I seek God’s forgiveness and I ask His help against those people who have no feelings. There is no power except with God the Almighty. God is the Greatest! God is the Greatest! God is the Greatest.
عبد المجيد محمود ابو عيلة
2011-11-16
We do not defend al-Qaeda or the deviant people, but making up lies to provoke public opinion is a US strategy that is not in accordance with the moral principles and it is no different from the violence in New York and Louisiana, as well as the kidnappings, assassinations, the kidnapping of girls, the slaughtering of pregnant Negro women in the streets, snatching women’s handbags and suppressing men in the streets. I was in the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Ohio, New York, Florida and Chicago, and I remember many incidents and crimes that no one had even seen. However, such incidents are not reported outside of the USA and they are not exploited. In fact, al-Qaeda and the Taliban are not as bad as the global Zionism, Masonry, Mafia and the US gangs that are in power. We do not like murder and we do not accept it under the name of Islam, no matter what happens, even if they endorse homosexuality as a way of having fun.
amal
2011-11-16
We seek God’s help against them.
ممسلم مسلم
2011-11-16
Cutting off the hand is a crime that is worse than theft. Amputation of the hand of the thief means depriving him of the most important tool that would allow him to find an honorable job to save him from his vice. In addition, the amputation of the hand and the other prescribed punishments in Islamic Sharia actually existed before Islam, and Islam came and adopted them. The amputation of the hand of the thief and the stoning of adulterers to death existed even BC in Arabia; Jesus said, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone.” However, this was Jesus of Jerusalem, and now we follow the religion of Muhammad of the barren desert. May God help us.
jamal husni naser
2011-11-16
With regards to those who asked about who gave permission to them to cut off the hand or execute people, I would ask them to tell me whether the rulers rule according to the book of God or the book of the devil. You accuse whatever contradicts your fancies with terrorism. What terrorism are you taking about? Whoever stands in the face of Islam and Muslims is an enemy of God and humanity. Clean yourselves before trying to clean the purified hands, O scum of this world.
وسن ممد صادق
2011-11-16
We seek God’s help against all those who abuse Islam. Islam has no relationship with those people. Islamic Sharia will not be applied at the hands of such people. There are rules and principles in such cases. This is enough, and I ask the Muslims to fear God.
العراق
2011-11-16
God the Almighty said, “And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding, that ye may ward off evil.” -Quran 2:179.
جاسر
2011-11-15
We seek God’s help against the Salafi and Wahhabi criminal groups as well as the oil princes who sponsor them. O God! Support the surviving sect of Al-Ahmadiyah and guide all people to the right Islam.
اردنية وعشقي الهواشم
2011-11-15
I seek God’s help.
حمد
2011-11-15
This is nothing compared to the crimes of the so-called Muslim revolutionaries in Syria. They dissect women, children and men just because they do not join them under the pretext that they are supporters of the regime. Dear brothers, the bearers of the Islamic creed must enjoy the most beautiful images of humanity. Our religion is the true religion and it prohibits killing souls or applying the prescribed punishments according to their fancies. You can see the pictures of the amputee children in Homs because they are children of public officials or even ordinary citizens. The Muslims cannot be like this. Where are the Muslim scholars who appointed themselves as revolutionaries while they killed people? I think that they deserve to be punished severely.
ايماعيل
2011-11-15
We ask God for help. As for those who attack us because of the implementation of the punishments prescribed in Sharia, we remind them that they praise the senior thieves. We are afraid that we might be included in the hadith in which the Prophet, peace be upon him, warned against dealing with tolerance with the noble thieves and punishing the lowly ones. May God curse all those who violate the commandments of God in any way.
ناصر بوجباره
2011-11-15
O God! Grant victory to Bashar over the dogs of the Arab rulers, princes and traitors. O God! Support Hezbollah and Iran, because they represent the true face of Islam and the real Islamic resistance.
المعتصم بالله
2011-11-15
I do not see anything horrible in the execution of the prescribed punishments in Sharia, and only the deviants can say so.
hazemkabw
2011-11-15
It is prohibited for anyone in the Yemeni or Syrian army to kill any citizen, because it is the right of the Yemeni and the Syrian people to express their opinion on everything.
الحاقد
2011-11-15
Al-Qaeda is under the leadership of Israel. This is an Israeli regime.
عمرو محمدعبدالحليم
2011-11-15
Dear brothers, please do not judge anyone unless you see them with your own eyes, because there is a fierce war being waged on Islam from some Muslims and Westerners. The people of the West use the media for their benefit, and their main concern is how to make the people of Islam hate each other. So, they publish untrue reports and then allow them to comment and abuse each other in the comments, which creates hatred and grudge. This is what they want. Even if this news is true, we do not know exactly what this boy did. Yemen is currently in revolution and it needs people who will support it rather than looting it.
samir habib
2011-11-15
Every Muslim has the right to execute the prescribed penalties, according to some traditions that enjoin the Muslim to try to change any evil he may see. The penalty for theft is the amputation of the hand. Al-Qaeda will always remain there to vex you until you pay the tribute in humiliation, O infidels and hypocrites.
ghada mahmoud
2011-11-15
There is none worthy of worship except God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God. I am a Muslim woman, I love my religion and I thank God for this blessing. I am confident that no matter how many sins I commit, God will forgive me and save me, as long as I admit my mistakes and ask Him for forgiveness, as He is the Most Merciful, the ever Merciful. O God! Forgive those who disobeyed you and then repented, O Most Merciful, the ever Merciful. O Lord! You know the right path and we ask you to guide us to it and to accept the repentance of the repentant sinners. We belong to God the Almighty and to Him we shall return.
احمد
2011-11-14
These are lying and untrue reports that seek to defame the image of Islam and the Yemeni revolution, using the fake threat of Al-Qaeda.
ايمان
2011-11-14
We seek God’s help against such people who do not fear God. Where is their religion?
ابراهيم على
2011-11-14
I seek God’s help.
صبحى غانم
2011-11-14
We seek God’s help against them.
اشرف احمد النزهي
2011-11-14
First, there is no place for Al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organization in Egypt. By the way, Egypt has been living without police for more than ten months and the Egyptian people are safe, despite the deliberate violations on the part of the remnants of the former regime. Second, the Islamists in Egypt are civilized, not Wahhabis. The Egyptians are doctors, engineers, teachers and scholars.
هانى ىوسف محمد
2011-11-14
I am an Egyptian citizen. After the resignation of President Mubarak, the country entered in a state of chaos. The thugs spread everywhere, and the demagogues currently control the Egyptian street in the absence of the law. The Military Council in Egypt does its best to protect the home; however, fanaticism and demagogues dominate the rebellious peoples. The worst threat that faces Yemen is the success of the so-called revolution, and they can learn the lesson from us. O God! Protect Yemen from all evils.
ابوعبيده
2011-11-14
O God! Save us from afflictions and the high prices.
جوبيه
2011-11-14
This is nonsense. I wish I knew whether Al-Qaeda is a fish or a sheep.
أحمد
2011-11-14
O God! Support the mujahidin in your cause, not those who make people hate your religion, because this is the way of spreading this religion. Instead of spending millions on buying arms and consciences, what would you say if these funds were used to save the lives of the poor who live among you? I think this is better than terrifying them. I swear by God that if you did so, those hungry people would be shields for you in this world, and they would testify for you in front of God on the Day of Judgment. We ask God to save Egypt and the Arabs from those who think that they are the only Muslims and even better than the rightly-guided caliphs. Sometimes, they may even think that they understand the religion better than the leader of humanity, the Prophet, peace be upon him. May God guide us all. Amen.
الفقير فى اللة
2011-11-14
Where is the tolerance of the religions? Before seeing the tiny blemishes in the eyes of the others, try to clean your own eyes first. After that, you will see very well.
رافت يسري المصري
2011-11-14
Who gave them the right to execute the punishment against a kid? Where is the Yemeni state? Where is the government and where are the people? Where is the people’s conscience? They added a new dependent to the society. Are these rulings appropriate for the 21st century? And if we accept them, is it acceptable for them to be applied against an underage boy who does not know what he does? Unfortunately, those people defamed Islam.
الباشا محسن
2011-11-14
We seek God’s help against him.
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2011-11-13
I swear we are perplexed and we do not know whom we should believe.
اياد
2011-11-13
God the Almighty said what can be translated as: “And slay not the life which God hath forbidden, save with right. Whoso is slain wrongfully, We have given power unto his heir, but let him not commit excess in slaying. Lo! He will be helped.” -Quran 17:33
مواطن مصرى
2011-11-13
What is the evidence for this? Fear God and stop defaming the Islamists and Islam. Fear God and do not attack our religion. God the Exalted says what can be translated as: “O ye who believe! If an evildoer bring you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and afterward repent of what ye did.” -Quran 49:6. God has said the truth.
علاء
2011-11-13
The prescribed punishment for the thief in the Islamic law is the amputation of the hand. They did not invent this ruling. O God! Support the mujahidin everywhere.
ا بو الهيثم
2011-11-13
I swear, those Khawaarij are responsible for the loss of Islam. I defy them to do this to any of their members. These people are included in the prophetic hadith in which the Prophet, peace be upon him, said that some people leave the rich who steal alone, and they punish the poor if they commit the same crime. By the way, the prescribed punishment for theft was only applied during the lifetime of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and then Umar ibn Al-Khattaab came and suspended it. Anyway, only the ruler and the competent authorities can execute the punishment.
ابوتركي المقبلي
2011-11-13
O God! Make the oppressors destroy each other and save us and all Muslims. We are out of time. We ask God for help.
emanmoibark
2011-11-13
We seek God’s help.
2011-11-13
There is none worthy of worship except God. There is no power except with God the Almighty.
د.محمد يوسف فرج
2011-11-13
I am absolutely sure that this piece of news is not true, but it is no more than a regular defamation attempt that happens every day.
يحى حسين
2011-11-13
God is the Almighty and he takes revenge upon those who do not apply His sharia.
محمد
2011-11-12
Al-Qaeda is an American product from the days of the Russian war. Throughout the years, al-Qaeda members have been the killers of innocent people and children. Whenever they go to any place, destruction and bloodshed befall that place. They claim to be Muslims, while Islam disowns them. How many innocent Muslims they have killed, claiming it is for Jihad! May God curse the oppressors, whether them or their followers!
السيد عبدالكريم
2011-11-12
This should not be applicable to a minor. Yet, I support this being applied to all those who steal our moneys and properties to transfer them abroad. Al-Qaeda garnered the respect of everybody, a forced respect. Let’s look around and see how the West and the enemies of the religion feel afraid of this well-arranged organization! May God give victory to Islam and Muslims!
2011-11-12
Islam started out strange and it will end strange. The Arabs have violated Islam. Islam is respected in foreign countries. It is respected even by non-Muslims. Yet, the Muslim countries do not respect Islam. Farewell to the nation of Muhammad! Farewell to Arabs! We used to say that there was corruption in Europe; now there is corruption in the Arab countries. People are heedless. Anyone that says “I am Muslim” does whatever he wants, and in the end, he will say, “The teachings of Islam say so and so.” This is hypocrisy. Good-bye, Muslims!
توتا وبس12 1120011
2011-11-12
We seek God’s help.
wella
2011-11-12
I agree with brother Bakri. The media is deteriorating in the Arab and Muslim world, especially with the increase of Sheikhs, i.e. scholars, who do not have religious knowledge. Fatwas, i.e. religious opinions, are increasing, and instead of benefiting us, they are the biggest sources of harm to the Muslim world. This is why, all I can say is: “O God, give victory to Islam everywhere; make its flag high over all feuds and schemes! Amen!”
م
2011-11-12
God is sufficient for me, for He is the Best Disposer of Affairs! May God punish all those who say that Islam is a religion of terrorism or that Muslims are terrorists! This religion will always exist till the Final Day. God is Great! God is Great! And thank God!
محمد الشيخ
2011-11-12
God will not reform them unless they reform themselves first!
almagek
2011-11-12
God willing, those people will be punished by the Lord. May God punish them!
خالد
2011-11-12
May God help his family and give them patience! There is no God except God!
عسلية
2011-11-12
May God help you!
zhra
2011-11-11
Do not believe it; these are lies and propaganda promoted by the USA to spread fear and terror in the souls of Muslims against al-Qaeda, because it will hit the USA hard. This organization was created by the USA when it was fighting the Soviets. America was bragging about the Mujahidin; they were speaking in Arabic, encouraging us to engage in Jihad; but now they defame their image to get rid of them, because they are fighting them. The plan of America against al-Qaeda, the American product, did not succeed. Please do not let America win.
مجلى على مجلى
2011-11-11
My brothers in God! Islam and the Message of Muhammad, peace be upon him, were not revealed for the Huduud, i.e. prescribed punishments. It was revealed for life. We have life in retaliation, yet after Ta'dheer, i.e. a punishment less severe than the death penalty in this case. We hope that Ta'dheer was applied first against those who were punished.
اسراء
2011-11-11
May God punish them!
أسماء
2011-11-11
May God punish you.
محمد طلعت
2011-11-11
Democracy is expected in Egypt.
السيد محمد الصعيدى
2011-11-11
The religion promotes facilitation rather than difficulty. We seek God’s help.
خليل علي اكبر
2011-11-11
Islam never calls for these brutal acts. Fear God. No punishment or penalty without a fair trial.
ايمن نعمان عبدالهادي
2011-11-11
Do not ever think that God is unaware of the misdeeds of the oppressors.
2011-11-11
We send this news to the Egyptian voters so they will know more about the development of life in Egypt, if any trend that sympathizes with Al-Qaeda assumes power, may God forbid. We ask God to protect Egypt.
السيددبش
2011-11-11
I believe that these may be mere lies, because it tries to liken it to Afghanistan and Al-Qaeda, or to say that Ansar Al-Sharia is infiltrated by people who support the government in order to defame everything that is Islamic. The same thing happened in Egypt, and the infiltration of the Islamist groups was a common practice. So, what is the evidence that they are responsible for this? We have to be cautious before accusing any group of being responsible for anything without reliable information, because this is the methodology of the secularists, who hate everything that is related to Islam.
محمد الشمري
2011-11-11
Those people are not a plague, but they are the voice of ignorance and intellectual narrow-mindedness and blindness, as well strict compliance with the traditions and verification of the religious and historic narratives about everything that may include how to wash the right hand with the left hand, etc. There is no way out and those people would be the end of us. Nooooooo.
محمد
2011-11-9
We seek God’s help against all oppressors.
omar nasr
2011-11-9
good
على الجوهرى
2011-11-9
Who gave them the right to execute the prescribed penalties, and in what religion should the hand of the underage girl be amputated?
ساميه
2011-11-8
We seek God’s help against them.
lara
2011-11-7
All of this is wrong.
يونس
2011-11-6
In think this is the expected democracy in Egypt and Tunisia, following the fall of the regimes there.
طظ فيكم
2011-11-6
Damn you and your website. Al-Qaeda will continue vexing you. O God! Support the mujahidin in Your Cause.
بكري
2011-11-5
Islam started out being strange, and it will be strange again. The Arabs have violated the teachings of Islam, while Islam enjoys great respect in the foreign countries and among the non-Muslims. Unfortunately, the state of Islam does not respect Islam. Goodbye to the nation of Muhammad, peace be upon him, and goodbye to the Arabs. In the past, we used to criticize the corruption in Europe, but now the corruption has come to the Arab countries. People are heedless and whoever alleges that he is a Muslim does whatever he wants, and then claims that he is applying the teachings of Islam. Goodbye, Muslims.
عبد الله الدوسري
2011-11-4
Those people represent the worst problem in the Muslim world. They deserve to have their hands cut off. We should erase their memory, because they represent the source of all troubles that have afflicted the Muslim countries. They are the contemporary Khawaarij, and the Arab oil reserves provide them with the funds and arms. We seek God’s help against the oppressors.