"As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands: a retribution for their deed and exemplary punishment from Allah and Allah is Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom." (Qur'an 5:38)
This article says that Al-Qaeda is implementing a perversion of Islam in Yemen, but how exactly is it a perversion of Islam to follow an explicit directive of the Qur'an?
Sharia Alert from Yemen: "Al-Qaeda lashes 5 youth over alleged drugs in Yemen," by Chiara Onassis for Bikyamasr, November 13 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
SANA’A: According to reports coming from the southern Yemen province of Abyan, al-Qaeda militants have punished a group of five youth for consuming narcotics by lashing them.Read the rest on: Jihad Watch
The group, Ansar al Shariah, which has declared it wants to restore their own interpretation of the Sharia Law, or Islamic law, has been handing out public corporal punishment over the past few months.
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