Brunei is simply implementing Sharia. Doesn’t Michelle Bachelet know that Saudi Arabia and Iran and other Sharia states put homosexuals to death and amputate hands for theft? Will the OIC condemn her “Islamophobia,” or bide its time, preferring to continue to fool Western leaders, who are so very eager to be fooled, into thinking that Sharia is entirely benign and compatible with Western values?
The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And We rained upon them a rain of stones. Then see how was the end of the criminals.” (Qur’an 7:80-84)
Muhammad specifies the punishment for this in a hadith: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462)
And as for amputation for theft, that punishment is in the Qur’an: “The thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah” (5:38)
“UN condemn Brunei’s new ‘inhuman’ laws that will impose death by stoning for gay sex and amputations for theft,” by Dianne Apen-sadler and George Martin, Mailonline, April 1, 2019:
The United Nations has condemned Brunei’s new ‘cruel and inhuman’ laws imposing death by stoning for gay sex, and amputations for theft.
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement that the country should maintain its long tradition of not applying the death penalty – which it has not imposed since 1957.
‘I appeal to the government to stop the entry into force of this draconian new penal code, which would mark a serious setback for human rights protections for the people of Brunei if implemented,’ Bachelet said.
Bachelet also stressed that international law imposes very stringent restrictions on the use of the death penalty, which can only be applied for the crimes of murder and intentional killing, and only after all due process requirements have been met.
‘In reality, no judiciary in the world can claim to be mistake-free, and evidence shows that the death penalty is disproportionately applied against people who are already vulnerable, with a high risk of miscarriages of justice,’ Bachelet added.
‘I urge Brunei to maintain its de facto moratorium on the use of capital punishment.’
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also warned that the new laws could encourage violence and discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation and religious affiliation.
‘Any religion-based legislation must not violate human rights, including the rights of those belonging to the majority religion as well as of religious minorities and non-believers,’ she said.
Brunei, a Muslim-majority former British protectorate with a population of around 400,000, will implement the new Islamic laws from April 3, punishing sodomy, adultery and rape with the death penalty, and theft with amputation.
The laws, elements of which were first adopted in 2014 and which have been rolled out in phases since then, will be fully implemented from this week.
‘The (Sharia) Law, apart from criminalizing and deterring acts that are against the teachings of Islam, also aims to educate, respect and protect the legitimate rights of all individuals, society or nationality of any faiths and race,’ the prime minister’s office statement said.
Some aspects of the laws will apply to non-Muslims….