Islamists invoke sharia law to cut off hand of alleged thief

Islamist militants in northern Mali have cut off the hand of a suspected cattle thief in accordance with sharia law, a militant leader said Thursday. The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa took control of northern cities after a March coup.

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When a man commits th ecrime .IS it the fault of this man or society. How man ca be at fault who steal because sciety created no means fro him to be welsupported.
Its wrong to chop the hand of the man who committed crime of stealing .
But Hands of all the religious leaders whould be cut who created this situation for this man to steal.
Need to think and change laws.

While civilized nations are discovering other planets,

somewhere else behind sanddunes the world have to accept such a primitive human behaviour!
Our civilisation should take into consideration, to cut off all ties with this Neanderthalers!

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