Brunei announces May 1 start of Sharia law implementation

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Brunei announces May 1 start of Sharia law implementation

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Wednesday announced the implementation starting May 1 of a Sharia-based penal code, which includes punishments such as amputations and death for certain crimes.

The sultan made the announcement during a ceremony in the capital Bandar Seri Begawan, according to the Brunei Times.

It said the first phase of the implementation would only cover general offences determined by the state, including not performing Friday prayers.

The general offences are punishable by fines, imprisonment or both.

Corporal punishment such as whipping and amputation for crimes such as theft will be enforced in the second phase. The death penalty will come into force in the third phase, the report said.

Brunei is a tiny oil-rich South-East Asian sultanate with about400,000 people, about 67 per cent of whom are Muslims.


-- The Nation 2014-04-30

[Chicog]

One way to stop your sponging family robbing you of your ill-gotten gains I suppose.

[Kerryd]

And the regression continues........

[WoopyDoo]

Why are so called advanced humans regressing back to the stone age???..... Brunei just made itself off limits to tourism.

[rebelplatoon]

Its good that the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. It makes some people look bright. . . Until they open their mouths. Brunei in reverse. Yes crimes deserve punishment. The punishment should not be irreversible it discards any possibility of redemption. Plus: when later it turns out someone was innocent. Put the arm or hand back on? Stupid stuff.

[Steely Dan]

The phased implementation of Sharia law is in effect a phased regression back to the 7th century. I look forward to the usual silence from the West as the first floggings and amputations are followed by stonings.

[Showbags]

Tourism could boom if they carry out these stonings and such in public arenas..roman style...but not.

[Sandman77]

Is Brunei apart of Asean in the future?

[Shurup]

Why are so called advanced humans regressing back to the stone age???..... Brunei just made itself off limits to tourism.

I don't believe suck laws are applicable to tourists, unless not to those obviously not muslims.

[bushwacker]

Hope the Non-Muslums do not have to go to Friday prayers. Stage or step 4 is going to be punishment for not putting your heart into the Friday prayer.

Look out Iran, they are going to show you how it should be done!

[ezzra]

Here is another country who going back to the dark ages instead of forward, lots of money

can't buy wisdom after all...

[Tywais]

I had thought for a long time Brunei was more socially developed. Appears that is no longer the case.

[klauskunkel]

Brunei announces May 1 start of Sharia law implementation

may it serve you well...,

while the dear Brunei leadership will continue to paaaaarty in non-sharia countries...

hypocrites

[boomerangutang]

Some us strive to become freer, others strive to clamp down restrictions.

For Muslim leaders, it's almost like a competition to see who can out-sharia the other. Incidentally, Iran has the most heroin addicts per capita of any country worldwide. Then there's Nigeria, being torn asunder, with hundreds of schoolgirls abducted, by some sh!theads in pursuit of Sharia law. Now Brunei which will soon have citizens walking or hobbling around, with missing arms and legs.

Little girl; "Mommy, why does that boy have no hands?"

Mom: "he got caught stealing, twice. Once for a mobile phone and once for a sweet bun."

[Naam]

Why are so called advanced humans regressing back to the stone age???..... Brunei just made itself off limits to tourism.

Brunei does not need tourists. as simple as that.

[Naam]

Why are so called advanced humans regressing back to the stone age???..... Brunei just made itself off limits to tourism.

I don't believe suck laws are applicable to tourists, unless not to those obviously not muslims.

Brunei newspapers mentioned explicitly the law applies to non-muslims too.

[Naam]

And the regression continues........

regression or progress is a matter of perspective.

[canman]

Hollywood and the western gay community have been onto this for awhile now and are calling for a boycott of the sultans hotel chains:

The Dorchester Collection is a subsidiary of the sultan’s Brunei Investment Agency, and which includes luxury hotels in London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Geneva, and Los Angeles.

[boomerangutang]

Will Brunei also allow 'religious police' ?

It happens in Pakistan and other Muslim countries, where young men band together and roam the streets at night. They self-appoint themselves 'religious police.' If they find any attractive girl walking un-escorted by a male relative, they take her in an alley and gang rape her. Wow cool, a no-repercussion way for young men to get quick sex.

Can she file a complaint? Of course not. Even if she was raped by other means or in her house, she couldn't. Sharia law makes it extremely difficult for a woman to press charges for being raped. Plus there's the profound social stigma. Better to just cry in a corner in self-disgust (and have the illegitimate child and/or STD) and hope it doesn't happen too often. Great for guys, though.

Oh, even if the young woman survives all the above-mentioned, she stands the chance of being murdered by her father or brother, for bringing shame on the family name.

[Shurup]

Why are so called advanced humans regressing back to the stone age???..... Brunei just made itself off limits to tourism.

I don't believe suck laws are applicable to tourists, unless not to those obviously not muslims.

Brunei newspapers mentioned explicitly the law applies to non-muslims too.

Oh well... Never wanted to travel there anyway, now even more so.

Will be interesting to see how far they take it and if there will be any non Muslims prosecuted for being non Muslims.

Sent from my mobile, whatever mobile it is.

[yermanee]

Why are so called advanced humans regressing back to the stone age???..... Brunei just made itself off limits to tourism.

Brunei does not need tourists. as simple as that.

Maybe not, but that doesn't answer the question.

Yermanee

[Arjay]

Will Sharia law apply to the Sultan and Royal family as well?

[canman]

Will Brunei also allow 'religious police' ?

It happens in Pakistan and other Muslim countries, where young men band together and roam the streets at night. They self-appoint themselves 'religious police.' If they find any attractive girl walking un-escorted by a male relative, they take her in an alley and gang rape her. Wow cool, a no-repercussion way for young men to get quick sex.

Can she file a complaint? Of course not. Even if she was raped by other means or in her house, she couldn't. Sharia law makes it extremely difficult for a woman to press charges for being raped. Plus there's the profound social stigma. Better to just cry in a corner in self-disgust (and have the illegitimate child and/or STD) and hope it doesn't happen too often. Great for guys, though.

Oh, even if the young woman survives all the above-mentioned, she stands the chance of being murdered by her father or brother, for bringing shame on the family name.

Brunei have had religous police for some time now they call them: The Religious Enforcement Section of the Syariah Affairs Department

They go around trying to find unmarried couples in close proximity to each other (khalwat) then fining them and sometimes jailing them. You don't want to be caught with a muslim girl there if you are an expat!

[canman]

Will Sharia law apply to the Sultan and Royal family as well?

you can be sure prince jeffery will still get his allotment of thai hookers flown in each month.

[cheshiremusicman]

And the regression continues........

And NOW 'enforced' religion, how nice?

[cheshiremusicman]

Here is another country who going back to the dark ages instead of forward, lots of money

can't buy wisdom after all...

Don't believe that anybody ever said that it could; but they just confirmed this.

Yet another 'civilised' country, determined to charge into reverse, but I suppose that if some 'natural' disaster struck in Brunei we'd all go running to help, like the stupid idiots that we are!

[BlueSkyCowboy]

Here is another country who going back to the dark ages instead of forward, lots of money

can't buy wisdom after all...

I assume this is to protect the Sultan and his family

[jinners]

And the regression continues........

You got that right, the relentless march back to the 12th century

[HuaHinHim]

Might put a dampener on all those good Muslims who go over to Labuan for the week end for, how should I put it, .......good times, and I'm not talking about the shopping

[soalbundy]

It's true then, one can travel back in time