The Sultan of Brunei of has decreed into law the strict Islamic Sharia penal code that will eventually lead to death by stoning for crimes of a sexual nature, including those of same-sex relations.
“I place my faith in and am grateful to Allah the almighty to announce that tomorrow Thursday May 1, 2014 will see the enforcement of Sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases,” said Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the absolute ruler of the tiny Southeast Asian kingdom.
“The decision to implement the (Sharia penal code) is not for fun but is to obey Allah’s command as written in the Quran,” media reported the 67-year-old monarch as saying.
Starting May 1 Brunei citizens can be fined or jailed by Islamic courts for offences such as not performing Friday prayers, pregnancy out of wedlock, propagating other religions and indecent behavior. This constitutes the first phase of the law.
A second phase of punishing those who steal or consume alcohol with whipping and amputation of limbs will come into effect after a year.
The third phase of stoning to death as the specific method of execution for crimes of a sexual nature, will take effect within two years. This includes rape, adultery, sodomy, consensual same-sex relations and extramarital sexual relations for Muslims.
Same-sex relations have long been a crime in Brunei, but the maximum punishment till now has been a 10-year prison sentence.
Insulting the prophet Mohammed or any verses of the Qur’an, blasphemy, declaring oneself a prophet or non-Muslim, will also be punished with death by stoning.
The law will also apply to non-Muslims.
Almost three-quarters of those who live in Brunei are Muslims, the rest being Buddhists, Christians and those following indigenous animism. There are also some 30,000 mostly Catholic Filipino migrant workers.
World organizations were quick to condemn the Brunei’s promulgation of Sharia law.
The United Nations human rights office said it was “deeply concerned” about the new law and the death penalty for such a broad range of offences contravenes basic international law.
Amnesty International said Brunei’s new laws will introduce stoning to death for acts that should not even be considered crimes.
The US-based Human Rights Campaign that promotes equality rights for the LGBT community condemned the law as “draconian,” saying that death by stoning for same-sex relations was “horrific and sickening.”
Muslim-majority Brunei gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1984 and has kept close ties with its former colonial master. About 1,000 British troops guard the sultan’s palace.
A spokesman for the British Foreign Office said it was concerned about Brunei’s decision to introduce Sharia law, media reported
Brunei is extremely wealthy because of its petroleum and natural gas fields and is classified as a developed country.
“I place my faith in and am grateful to Allah the almighty to announce that tomorrow Thursday May 1, 2014 will see the enforcement of Sharia law phase one, to be followed by the other phases,” said Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the absolute ruler of the tiny Southeast Asian kingdom.“The decision to implement the (Sharia penal code) is not for fun but is to obey Allah’s command as written in the Quran,” media reported the 67-year-old monarch as saying.
Starting May 1 Brunei citizens can be fined or jailed by Islamic courts for offences such as not performing Friday prayers, pregnancy out of wedlock, propagating other religions and indecent behavior. This constitutes the first phase of the law.
A second phase of punishing those who steal or consume alcohol with whipping and amputation of limbs will come into effect after a year.
The third phase of stoning to death as the specific method of execution for crimes of a sexual nature, will take effect within two years. This includes rape, adultery, sodomy, consensual same-sex relations and extramarital sexual relations for Muslims.
Same-sex relations have long been a crime in Brunei, but the maximum punishment till now has been a 10-year prison sentence.
Insulting the prophet Mohammed or any verses of the Qur’an, blasphemy, declaring oneself a prophet or non-Muslim, will also be punished with death by stoning.
The law will also apply to non-Muslims.
Almost three-quarters of those who live in Brunei are Muslims, the rest being Buddhists, Christians and those following indigenous animism. There are also some 30,000 mostly Catholic Filipino migrant workers.
World organizations were quick to condemn the Brunei’s promulgation of Sharia law.
The United Nations human rights office said it was “deeply concerned” about the new law and the death penalty for such a broad range of offences contravenes basic international law.
Amnesty International said Brunei’s new laws will introduce stoning to death for acts that should not even be considered crimes.
The US-based Human Rights Campaign that promotes equality rights for the LGBT community condemned the law as “draconian,” saying that death by stoning for same-sex relations was “horrific and sickening.”
Muslim-majority Brunei gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1984 and has kept close ties with its former colonial master. About 1,000 British troops guard the sultan’s palace.
A spokesman for the British Foreign Office said it was concerned about Brunei’s decision to introduce Sharia law, media reported
Brunei is extremely wealthy because of its petroleum and natural gas fields and is classified as a developed country.
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2. Kneel to God is a language that He is afraid of going to Heaven quickly.
3. Satan do not want anybody to insult prophet, this satan can be called "Allah".
4. But The true God will let anybody to insult prophet in order to find new better prophets as many as possible because The true Heaven is for good people.
5. You all LGBT in the world, should give mercy to this Sultan Brunei, He become Human being predator that infected by Hollybook verses
6. Why Hollybook do not influence the same effect to all people?
It is because Satan choice.
7. You All LGBT should not hate The sultan bolkiah, Although He hate you. You should not also punish to Death for this Sultan Bolkiah because punishment to Death just in God property, but offcourse satan always want to change position of God by taking Right of God.
8. If some people getting sick, should you punish them by killing?
except if they want to go to heaven, miss prophet than you can help some this sick people to get what they want by sending them to heaven quickly.
9. Efforts by Sending people to beautiful Heaven are worship.
10. Is there punishment for The Lier?
If they want to go to Heaven but they keep to stay on earth is Lie
what are verses for this lier?
11. Anti -Gay, Anti- same sex marriage marriage reperesent that they do not want to go to Heaven. it is defense language that they do not want to go to heaven.
because no Gay in Heaven, only on earth
There are prophets in Heaven. There are Allah in Heaven too.
do you see prophets on earth now?
11. Such attitude of Sultan is very horrific and sickening, very bad attitude and immoral.
12. You must know that Satan want people to faith to
Satan want to be called The Almighty Allah, Allah the greatest
13. So you all LGBT should not hate Brunei Sultan Bolkiah, because He need Help,
He need conselling, Theraphy or Hormon treatment to make Him having love to all people.
The sultant need love from all of you, LGBT in the world.
14. Life have 2 faces in major, to kill or to be killed. but there is in between.It is harmony.
15. you must know the culture from where hollybook was born.
They have culture that words/actions having opposite meaning.
It is Lie, indeed. They sometime called it as smart way.
16. But you also must know, if The sultan get threatening from other country?
Is there business syndicate related to very bad Brunei -Sultan Attituded?
17. I had met Brunei Gay, He felt uncomfortable to live in his own country.
it is clear. It is work of satan that make many people living in unconfortability.
18. Yes, I aggry with nasboroguy.
It is not Sultan brunei Bolkiah Sin basickly,
I think that Sultan Brunei is innocent people. But He got brainwashing, infection, that make him become sinful, brutal, showing crime conduct, no much love and immoral
19. He got brainwashing from Hollybook Author or decendants.
No you no need to punishment. He just in darkness. blind. He need Help.
He may need exile.
20. you all of LGBT need also to pray for Him beside action help.
21. Watch when He kneel with his pilgrim, they look like facing Satan in front of them, Satan that called Almighty God.
because The true God is The greatest, The true God no need you to kneel.
The true God will no need you to shout.
Without your kneel, without your shout. The true God is The greatest.
The true Allah can not be changed by your kneel, your pray, your shout.
You can not control the true God. The true God just want you to love each other , no matter your sexual orientation.
22. Big No
It is not actually Sin of Sultan, He become victim of Hollybook Author and its verses.
Every LGBT here should give him forgiveness, just love Him as you love all our brothers-sisters LGBT
The British, with their troops at the palace are in the ideal situation of being able to rectify their historical mistake and get rid of him. It would only take them a few minutes to get rid of him if they had the will to do so.
realize that he, the ruling family and relatives could be some of
the first subjected to the law. They are know for breaking every
rule in the law outside of Brunei. There has always been a group
of religious extremist in Brunei who have resented his view of
governing. According to my friends who we visited even way
back in 1985 this group was always giving him problems.
Hopefully his passing the law is just a ploy to keep power until
he can get an upper hand on the situation and then quietly do
away with it. If he doesn't do it quick, a lot of the Royal family
could be in for some sticks and stones. Stupid people make
stupid laws even in 2014=sad
06MAY14.... Well, it seems that many people have now heard of what is going on in Brunei. The internet is buzzing about a boycott of the Dorchester Hotel chain which the Sultan owns. The Beverly Hills Hotel and The Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angels are but a few in the group.
Now, a lot of the Hollywood stars are coming out
against the law and boycotting the hotels. Even
Facebook has a boycott page. Does the Sultan read any
of this? Probably not, but if it means a lose of
revenue $$$ maybe something will happen.
Within Brunei itself, as @usa_scorpion suggests, the Sultan has had to face some deeply embarrassing questions. From 1986 to 1997 his brother Prince Jefri was Minister of Finance as well as the owner of the Amedeo Development Corporation. In 1998 the latter collapsed with debts estimated at $2.8 billion. The Prince was also accused of mishandling funds of the Brunei Investment Agency. Unsurprisingly the matter was settled out of court! Under the new laws, presumably he would have been sentenced to whipping and amputation. Seems pretty petty when gays can be stoned to death.
Although Brunei has been ruled by a Sultanate for many centuries, its future is not guaranteed. Hence the perceived view not only that Islam is a guide and inspiration but that it is vital to the very basis of government legitimacy. But can anyone pinpoint the specific verse/s in the Qu'ran which mandate/s death by stoning for those engaging in homosexual acts? As I understand it, there is no such reference. It merely denounces homosexuality. Even the Bible goes further by advocating death (Leviticus 20:13). It is the Hadith, reports of what the Prophet Mohammed is alleged by third parties to have said, that Islamic scholars have used as the basis of Shari'a law.
Wherever the punishment comes from, it is utterly abhorrent. I hope everyone and every nation boycotts Brunei.
Soon we will have un-educated girls, no women car drivers etc etc.
I wonder, is Islam so fearful of decline that it has to silence critics through law ?
I hope Allah brings to task all those who commit crimes against humanity in his name.
I have many Muslim friends and I fear for them.
Let's also not forget that Christianity - more especially Christian greed and so-called Christian missionaries - has historically caused misery, mayhem and murder on a massive scale. The carving up of Central and South America by the papacy and the consequent massacre of entire races, slavery, the attempts by British merchants and their government to use vast quantities of opium as the currency with which to pay for Chinese goods (an action eagerly egged on by the missionaries sent out by the London Missionary Society who over some 3 decades had converted only a handful of souls - in dulling the mind, opium would bring huge numbers to God!), the various other evils and punishments inflicted upon so-called 'inferior' races - these and others can not be conveniently brushed under the carpet.
Yet 'civilised' society globally cannot stand still as the Muslim fanatics seem to demand. If Brunei wants the West's petro-dollars it should pay attention to the West's outrage at its actions. On the other hand, the West is seen to be powerless against the Taliban, in Syria, in influencing similar gay punishments in Nigeria, in the Ukraine . . . And is it any accident that most Islamic states are dictatorships or democracies masking virtual dictatorships?
Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group has tweeted that his employees and family would not stay at the luxury hotel chain "until the Sultan abides by basic human rights." And several major organisations which regularly use the hotel for large meetings have announced they will move to a different venue.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/06/how-the-sultan-of-brunei-violated-his-sharia-law-with-me.html
based on Brunei character,
Did The sultan Bolkiah was person who fund/support all riots in the world?
We should saved all Brunei LGBT from that kind of Satan in Brunei.
Brunei LGBT are our brother and sister too
So if the law is to be obeyed, the first ones to be stoned to death must be the Sultan and his brother!!
Note: I am now unable to open that Daily Beast link. But it was repeated here -
http://news.yahoo.com/sultan-broke-sharia-law-094500730--politics.html
Prophet is not in earth anymore, He is in Heaven now. He had died
Those who possessed by died body is satanic and contain Satan inside.
So, The Sultan is deserve to get stoned till death because there is Satan inside ( spirit of Die people).
23. Oil from fossil / dead creature is satanic too.
When we used fossil energy, mean we use satan energy
24. Look at the building, That is place where people kneel and shout to The Almighty Allah the Greatest ( the name for satan).
The House of Allah or House of Satan in true word.
What will you do for such house of Satan?
There is also people who shout from that building, it is difficult to stop then in calling Satan (they called Allah the Greatest) because Satan is stuborn.
25. They want to go to Heaven but They still prefer to be on earth.
It mean that they are Lier.
punishment by cutting their tongue is for those Lier.
26. Stoning the sultan till death mean you help sultan to go to Beautiful Heaven, to meet prophets, because there is no prophets in our planet/earth.
27. God is in Heaven, and He got command to kneel Allah in Heaven.
So, Sending Sultan to the beautiful Heaven mean that you are obey Command of Allah.
28 so we should avoid in contact with Satan :
- reduce using oil and its derivation ( plastic, etc)
- do not step into Satanic Brunei Chain Hotel
- do not contact with any products from Brunei
- do not involve in any Brunei services
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