Brunei must immediately halt plans to introduce stonings and other vicious punishments
Responding to the news that Brunei Darussalam has today finalised the implementation of a new Shariah Penal Code that introduces cruel punishments such as death by stoning for same-sex sexual acts and amputation for robbery, Stephen Cockburn, Deputy Director of Global Issues at Amnesty International, said:
“We are extremely concerned that these heinous punishments have become law in Brunei today.
“This new penal code allows punishments such as amputation or death by stoning which are unspeakably cruel and have no place anywhere in the world.
“We are alarmed that the code criminalizes behaviour that should not be considered crimes at all. The international community must continue to condemn Brunei’s decision to put these cruel penalties into practice.
“The Brunei authorities must refrain from implementing these laws, and must take necessary steps to repeal this unacceptable legislation and bring it in line with international human rights laws and standards.”
These punishments are provided for in newly-implemented sections of Brunei’s Sharia Penal Code that will come into force today.
Background
Brunei Darussalam has signed but not yet ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and has rejected all recommendations to this effect in its human rights review at the UN in 2014.
Under international human rights law, corporal punishment in all its forms, such as stoning, amputation or whipping, constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment, which is prohibited in all circumstances.
While Brunei retains the death penalty in law, it is abolitionist in practice. One new death sentence was imposed in 2017, for a drug related offence.
Brunei’s Shariah Penal Code (SPC) does not replace civil law but is expected to operate alongside it – from information available, each case requires an initial decision to determine whether it should be prosecuted under civil law, or Shariah law.
Source: Amnesty International, April 4, 2019
U.S. Islamic scholar, a Harvard alum, praises Brunei’s death penalty for homosexuals
DPN reprints the ravings of this lunatic mind for illustrative and informational purposes
Brunei did the right thing when it amended its Sharia penal code to include the death penalty for “rectum-sex enthusiasts,” an American scholar of Islam said.
“If you have had a rough week or are feeling down in the dumps, I have just the news to cheer you up. The Muslim country of Brunei is implementing hudud to crack down on sodomites and fornicators!” Daniel Haqiqatjou wrote on his website MuslimSkeptic. In Islam, hudud is “punishment mandated by God.”
Brunei on April 3 instituted updates to its Sharia penal code which make homosexual sex and adultery punishable by stoning to death.
Haqiqatjou, who was born in Houston, Texas and is a Harvard alumnus, added that “The Sharia protects all of our rights, individually and communally. When rectum-sex enthusiasts are allowed to promote their gender-bending degeneracy openly, that deeply harms all of us.”
Haqiqatjou is also founder of the Alasna Institute, which, according to its website, “educates Muslims on how to address doubts and how to gain real intellectual confidence and conviction in Islam.” Alasna Institute has been featured in articles by CNN, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera and The Atlantic.
In his post on MuslimSkeptic, Haqiqatjou urged other Muslim countries to follow Brunei’s lead on Sharia law. He also mocked politicians and celebrities such as George Clooney who are proposing boycotts of Brunei-owned hotels and businesses.
“By the way, how silly that these Western politicians and celebrities can’t stand it that a Muslim country implements the Sharia,” Haqiqatjou wrote. “They are frothing with anger. Isn’t it great?”
Haqiqatjou also suggested that Muslims from western nations visit Brunei and consider attending public canings so that they could learn what is, in his view, the proper way to implement Sharia.
“I think Muslims need to counteract any boycott by making Brunei their next vacation destination spot,” Haqiqatjou wrote. “Maybe some of these expensive spiritual tourism tours led by shuyukh can make Brunei the next go-to site, maybe attend a caning or two so Western Muslims can experience first hand what implementing hudud actually means. Just a thought.”
Source: World Tribune, Staff, April 4, 2019
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"One is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed,
but by the punishments that the good have inflicted." -- Oscar Wilde
