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A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

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and bruises. Another body was strung up from a lamppost. <strong>People</strong> stuffed burning cigarettes in the bullet holes in the<br />

torso. Some kicked, spat and threw rocks at the corpses.<br />

The three men suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the head and body, with their hands tied behind their backs.<br />

Their limbs also appeared broken, though it was not clear whether the injuries were inflicted before or after they<br />

died. Seven men in a car, all wearing woolen hoods or keffiyehs wrapped around their faces, claimed responsibility.<br />

The driver <strong>of</strong> the car, wearing a headband <strong>of</strong> the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, told a reporter that the killings were in<br />

revenge for Zalloum's death (Zalloum and his bodyguard were killed in an Israeli missile attack). Thousands <strong>of</strong><br />

people paraded past the bodies until a white municipal pickup truck came to take them away 3 hours later. As each<br />

body was thrown into the back <strong>of</strong> the truck, the crowd clapped, cheered, whistled, and chanted "Allahu akbar," or<br />

God is great. Some men lifted small children in the air for a better look. Others climbed up the stairs <strong>of</strong> a nearby<br />

mosque or onto ro<strong>of</strong>tops for an unobstructed view. No one in the crowd objected to the violence. Many were<br />

smiling. Men whistled their approval on the street and women yelled from ro<strong>of</strong>tops. Young children wandered past<br />

the sticky pool <strong>of</strong> blood on the ground and stared. "No problem," said a 16-year-old boy standing nearby. "They<br />

deserved it. They talked to Israel." But a 20-year-old woman who walked quickly past the crowd disapproved.<br />

"What will the world think when they see this?" she asked.<br />

The Associated Press - Aug 7, 2003 West Bank, Israel - Palestinian militants executed a suspected collaborator<br />

with Israeli intelligence in the central square <strong>of</strong> the West Bank town <strong>of</strong> Ramallah. The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades,<br />

linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, carried out the summary execution not far from<br />

Arafat's <strong>of</strong>fice. Witnesses said three gunmen pulled the man into a car and drove to the center <strong>of</strong> town. Then one <strong>of</strong><br />

the gunmen pulled the man from the car and shouted, "In the name <strong>of</strong> the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, we carry out<br />

the sentence <strong>of</strong> death," and shot him. He was identified as Samer Sharour, in his early 20s. Doctors said he was hit<br />

by six bullets in the head and chest. During the past decade, Palestinian militants have executed dozens <strong>of</strong> suspected<br />

collaborators, sometimes hanging their bodies in public squares, drawing criticism from human rights groups. The<br />

Palestinian Authority also has publicly executed several such suspects after quick trials.<br />

Reuters – Aug 7, 2003 - Srinagar, India - Muslim separatist guerrillas in Indian Kashmir beheaded two people, one<br />

<strong>of</strong> them a teacher, in the latest violence in the disputed Himalayan region, police said. The teacher was abducted in<br />

the Anantnag district, south <strong>of</strong> Kashmir's main city Srinagar, and later beheaded because the rebels suspected he was<br />

an informer for the security forces. "Militants abducted and later beheaded Abdul Ahad Sheikh and his son," a<br />

police <strong>of</strong>ficial said. The killings took place in Baramulla district in northern Kashmir. Militants also beheaded a<br />

villager in a neighboring district, also because he was suspected <strong>of</strong> being an informer, he said.<br />

The Associated Press - Jul 12, 2004 Sringar, India - (Muslim) Militants Mutilate a Girl in Kashmir; Guerrillas<br />

chopped <strong>of</strong>f the ears, nose and tongue <strong>of</strong> a teenage girl they suspected <strong>of</strong> helping police Monday, while other<br />

violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir left at least eight people dead, authorities said. The girl was held captive for<br />

eight days before the rebels abandoned her in a field outside the village <strong>of</strong> Manoh, about 200 miles southwest <strong>of</strong><br />

Srinagar, the capital <strong>of</strong> India's Jammu-Kashmir state, a police statement said.<br />

Reuters - Jul 26, 2004 Jammu, India - Separatist (Muslim) rebels decapitated a 55-year-old man and his two<br />

children in Indian Kashmir because they suspected them <strong>of</strong> being informers for security forces, police said on<br />

Monday. A group <strong>of</strong> nine militants barged into the home <strong>of</strong> Mohammed Shafi in a remote village in Rajouri district<br />

and beheaded him, a police <strong>of</strong>ficer said. They also killed his 22-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter, the <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

said. "The militants thought he worked for security forces in the area," he said. The village, in the rugged mountains<br />

<strong>of</strong> southern Jammu and Kashmir, is a five hour trek from the nearest road. Militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir<br />

have in the past killed men and women they believe to be working for the Indian army, along with their families, to<br />

deter others. In another incident, separatists aimed a grenade at soldiers visiting a hospital in northern Kashmir,<br />

wounding 26 civilians and two soldiers. "Militants lobbed a grenade near the outpatient department <strong>of</strong> a government<br />

hospital in Baramulla, where some Border Security Force personnel had come for treatment," a police <strong>of</strong>ficer said.<br />

The Islamic exploitation <strong>of</strong> even believers has is well demonstrated by an incident in Pakistan the middle<br />

<strong>of</strong> April 1994:<br />

Hafiz Sajjad Tariq <strong>of</strong> Gujranwala in Pakistan accidentally dropped a copy <strong>of</strong> the Qur’an in a fireplace. As it<br />

caught fire, people <strong>of</strong> the locality became aflame with rage. Not caring that Sajjad was a pious Muslim devoted<br />

to exalt holiness <strong>of</strong> the Scripture (Qur’an), they alleged that he had desecrated the Word <strong>of</strong> God. As mullahs <strong>of</strong><br />

the area heard <strong>of</strong> it, they instantly issued Fatwas <strong>of</strong> apostasy against Sajjad. Like hawks, the fundamentalists<br />

swooped down on him, each hoping that his blow would dispatch the victim to hell assuring him (the assailant)<br />

a seat in paradise. As they were hitting him, someone shouted that he was being dished out an un-Islamic<br />

punishment because he must be stoned to death. By then, they had broken his ribs and he was not able to walk.<br />

A gallant police <strong>of</strong>ficer intervened and locked him up with a view to saving him from mob-violence. As the<br />

news spread, a large crowd <strong>of</strong> frenzied Muslims appeared before the local police- station demanding his

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