Prophecy News Watch – November 9 , 2008 - The Bridge Calvary ...

* Beating an insubordinate wife is permissible* Female sexual mutilation is obligatory* Adultery [or the perception of adultery] is punished by death by stoning* Offensive, military jihad against non-Muslims is a religious obligation* Apostasy from Islam is punishable by death without trial* Lying to infidels in time of jihad is permissibleAlexiev writes that many Islamic financial institutions claim Shariah-Compliant Finance"derives its Islamic character from the strict observance of the ostensible Quranicprohibition of lending at interest, the imperative of almsgiving (zakat), avoidance ofexcessive uncertainty (gharar) and certain practices and products considered unlawful(haram) to Muslims …" However, he said, "Even a casual examination of the reality ofIslamic finance today reveals it to be a bogus concept practiced by deceptive ploys anddisingenuous means by practitioners that are or should be aware of that, but remainpredictably silent."Shariah finance institutions that have funded militant Islamism for more than 30 years.Alexiev cites Islamic Development Bank's hundreds of millions of dollars in contributionsto Hamas in support of suicide bombing. Bank Al-Taqwa and other banks and charitiesrun by Saudi billionaires have funded al-Qaida activities.Additionally, Shariah law mandates that Muslims donate 2.5 percent of their annualincomes to charities – including jihadists. When 400 banks regularly contribute to suchcharities, potential financial sums can be virtually limitless.If Western banks endorse Shariah, they will "end up becoming what Lenin called usefulidiots or worse to the Islamists," Alexiev writes. "And it is a very thin line between thatand outright complicity in the Islamist agenda."Sharia brings public execution to Somaliahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7706977.stmA young woman recently stoned to death in Somalia first pleaded for her life, a witnesshas told the BBC."Don't kill me, don't kill me," she said, according to the man who wanted to remainanonymous. A few minutes later, more than 50 men threw stones.Human rights group Amnesty International says the victim was a 13-year-old girl whohad been raped.Initial reports had said she was a 23-year-old woman who had confessed to adulterybefore a Sharia court.Numerous eye-witnesses say she was forced into a hole, buried up to her neck then