Yemeni Prisoner Muhammad Salih Dies At Guantánamo

Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih (also known as Mohammed al-Hanashi), a Yemeni prisoner at Guantánamo, has died, apparently by committing suicide.

Anyone else wondering whether his family will ever gét justice?

For those still hopeful of what US and western democracies have to offer, please spare some time and investigate what Islam has to say about the treatment of prisoners of war. If you get that far, please let me know what treatment you prefer of POWs – the Islamic one that dates back centuries or the current secular one made up as we go along.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Israel troops admit Gaza abuses. Will the west admit ‘aiding and abetting’ this terrorism?

In our world governments and politicians think twice before acknowledging any wrong-doing. I can’t help but be sceptical about any justice for the Palestinians resulting from these revelations, but once again, I desperately ask the democracy pundits who keep insisting that the rest of the world needs to follow their model to show me a practical and just way where they can use their democratic processes to bring the Israeli government to account.

‘An Israeli military college has printed soldiers’ accounts of the killing of civilians and vandalism during recent operations in Gaza.

One account tells of a sniper killing a mother and children at close range whom troops had told to leave their home. In another cited case, a commander ordered troops to kill an elderly woman walking on a road, even though she was easily identifiable and clearly not a threat.

The soldiers’ testimonies also reportedly told of an unusually high intervention by military and non-military rabbis, who circulated pamphlets describing the war in religious terminology.

“All the articles had one clear message,” one soldier said. “We are the people of Israel, we arrived in the country almost by miracle, now we need to fight to uproot the gentiles who interfere with re-conquering the Holy Land.”’ (taken from the BBC).

Will Barak Obama go against his financiers and members of his administration and demand an independent enquiry, or consider imposing sanctions on Israel until the truth be discovered?

Will the Labour Party Members in the UK go against the wishes of the Labour Friends of Israel and demand justice or investigation?

Will David Cameron, the opposition leader that keeps the democratic government in check, go against the wishes of the Conservative Friends of Israel and demand the Labour Party takes action against Israel?

Will the Obama administration or any other western government that supported Israel’s actions ‘in defending itself’ provide compensation and accept responsibility for ‘aiding and abetting or encouraging’ the Israeli actions?

Will American citizens who stood by their Zionist brethren now consider this to be Semitic fundamentalism and a belief of the sword?

Or will the western politicians accept the bias of self-interest as the foundation of their democratic values?

Is a Life Sentence for the Austrian Who Raped Daughter enough?

The 73-year-old fathered seven children with his daughter while he kept her locked in a cellar for 24 years, one of whom he admits having murdered by neglect.

As much as some may hate me for saying this, as far as I’m concerned, rape is a crime that if proven warrants nothing short of the death penalty. I’ve already posted my thoughts on the punishment system of Islam on my post FAQs against Islam #3.

The question I can’t help but ask in this instance, directed towards those who are dead against the death penalty regardless of how heinous the crime is: is a life sentence for this Austrian father a sufficient punishment?