So those guys should be immediately released as they just followed the instruction of the court. It was a Taliban-model court Darul Khada (God's abode or God's court) which ordered the chopping off the palm of Professor T D Joseph, the Malayalam professor of Newman's College, Thodupuzha, recently. In india taliban is operating under the name of "Popular front" ? If you see any banners of "Popular front" in your city , be double careful. Source : http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/07/islamic-court-ordered-chopping-of-profs-palm.htm
I'm just wondering, from the article it says, "Sources in the state police told rediff.com that Ashraf had spilled the beans that the Islamic court, which was functioning in Kerala under the auspicious of the Popular Front, had given the sentence to chop off the right hand of Prof Joseph, for 'blasphemy to Prophet Mohammed." But, looking up the Wiki for Kerala, there is no mention of an Islamic court, or Sharia law existing in Kerala whatsoever. With there use of the term Islamic court, was it in any way a "court" legally recognized by India? Edit: Reading article again it further says: "Those arrested have also confirmed to the police that the Popular Front is interfering in several family disputes involving Muslim families in the state, and trying to persuade them to come to Darul Khuda, and not to other courts, to settle their disputes." So, it does kind of sound as though they are a court with some legal authority, or no???
Why doesn't the government of India shut them down? I don't know that much about India, but do you actually recognize sharia law in certain areas? Couldn't they just ban Popular front?
They will loose election since people will vote against them, staying in govt is the highest priority since you can loot india's wealth , convert it to dollar/gold and stash it in tax havens like swiss bank ,etc .
So, this Islamic court is actually, legally recognized by India? Are you saying that if they shut down this dangerous Sharia law court, that kidnapped, and cut this mans hand off, that Muslims loyal to them will retaliate at the ballots? Doesn't India believe in separation of church and state, or am I mistaken on that? If so, why would the option of Sharia law at any level of government even be allowed?
Nope, Sharia law is not recognised in the country. Even though the state government in Kerela has mostly Hindu and some Christian leaders, it would be politically incorrect for them to take anti-Silamic measures..evn as such people take laws in their hands. what has happened here is quite barbaric, and so the government should ideally ban that group. Lets hope so
Definitely. There should be no question, especially when they're ordering body parts to chopped off for the "crime" of blasphemy.
How can something which has no official existence be closed down? Only the people responsible can be put on trial for abetting a crime, which I guess is already being done. Itcareer needs to get a fucking life, he wants all Muslims in India to be gassed/shot and the country be ruled by Hindu extremists such as himself.
Is wiki lying ? even in my city popular front is very much active. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_of_India . I am against hate among different religion people but whoever instigate people to throw stone, commit riot ,etc should be brought to the book. sho
Check the link you gave, the HC is probing the matter since some time, no one can bypass the legal process. You want to just "execute" (encounter) them without putting them on trial which is totally undemocratic. Even Saddam Hussain was put on trial when everyone knew what he did. That is how it should work, you can't go around killing people - that would make us the same as Sharia Countries.