Sharia slowly speading in Najaf and Basra
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Alcohol sales and other activities contrary to Islam are banned in these cities. |
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Baghdad – For the past ten days, no one has been able to drink or buy alcoholic beverages in Najaf because of a bylaw adopted by local authorities. The decision comes as the latest in a series, suggesting that Sharia is being slowly implemented in Iraq, and that it also applies to non-Muslims. Najaf is considered a holy city for Shia Muslims because the first Shia imam and fourth caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib, is buried there. Because of the city’s special nature as a Shia holy city, the provincial council ruled unanimously that “drinking, selling or transporting alcohol of any kind in whatever quantity” was inappropriate since such activities are incompatible with Islam. Violators, even if they belong to another religion, face the possibility of being sued before a court. The ruling applies to the city of Najaf and its province and includes a ban on advertising. Ahmad al Sulaiti, deputy governor of the province and a religious leader elected with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (previously known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq or SCIRI), motivated the ban on alcoholic beverages on the ground that Iraq’s constitution “bans everything that violates the principles of Islam.” /106 |
Your Opinion
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- Has not the so-you-called-americans as your HELPER, Sowed the root of democracy in Iraq? Now, you go and bang your heads everyday and every time with these molestations each minutes!! May Allah (SWT) protect us from these Zionist democracy and give us tawfeeq to hasten ourselves towards the democracy of Ahlul Bait (AS).!! You can see the daily problems in Islamic Republic of Iran, which we are thinking the Holiest Place for our Shii'te Muslims, is subjected to all such western democracy result and people are not ready to get rid of such bad habits, so they are even ready to sell their Holy Country for the sake of these democracy values!! Thanks to Islamic Republic Loyal Government and Ayatollah Khamenei, may Allah (SWT) give him all His Mercy and keep him healthy and keeps up His movements so such corruption is thrown far beyond the evil expectations. Ameen |
