Man stoned to death by Somali rebels for sexual act

MOGADISHU, Somalia A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act.

The resident, Yusuf Abdi, said the group buried a blindfolded man to his waist last Friday and threw stones at him until he died.

An al-Shabab official said one of its judges sentenced the man to death because he forced a 13-year-old boy to have sex with him. The al-Shabab member insisted he not be named.

Al-Shabab implements a conservative and austere brand of Islam in areas it controls.

Sheikh Ibrahim Ali, a Somali religious leader in Mogadishu, said homosexuality is controversial inside Islam. One strict reading of Islamic law, he said, is that a married man who engages in a homosexual act should be killed.

[raymailhot]

I have to go with the islamic jihadist on this one!

[democracy8]

It wasn't a "homosexual sex act"--it was pedophilia and rape--big difference.

[raymailhot]

Then you don't mind if this pedophile doing the homosexual act is now gone?

[hamiltongrad]

The only nation in the ME that actually CELEBRATES gaaay rights and freedoms, with parades etc, is ISRAEL.

So the next time your Progressive friends say that all nations/cultures are equal, or that poor little Israel is -------, remember the poor guy who was stoned to death, and also all the others, men and women.

If you believe that Gaayyy deserve to live in freedom , do not support the SAVAGES.

[AOCGUY]

The "poor guy" ? He raped a child for god's sake.

[mainedemocrat]

My reading is that he raped a child. That is completely different from being gay.

[EAGLE33265]

This is exactlly the kind of justice we need in this country. Shot them, stone them, hang them, whatever. But we screw around with these scumbags and then put them in jail for a few years maybe then we let them out because we don't have the room for them and they go out and do it again. When we have to leave them out we chould cut off their *****.

[1Citizen]

Unfortunately for you, eagle33265, we have a different sense of justice here. On the bright side, nothing is stopping you from moving to Mogadishu Somalia, where you can join the Islamic group, al-Shabab and participate in executing the justice you so admire.

[Ohio_Bill]

Eagle

People would never advocate treating homosexuality that harshly.

[nick5427]

If he had forced a 13-year girl to have sex, they would have stoned her instead.

[KrissyTina9]

That seems to be the case. Unbelievable. Stoning is a very horrible way to die, by the way.

[KrissyTina9]

He got stoned to death because he raped, not because he had sex. The headline is misleading. "Man Stoned to Death by Somali Rebels Because He Raped a Kid".

[MerrellOBrian64]

"Homosexual pedophiles" should all be stoned? As a gay man, I agree. However, curious you left out the larger number of men who commit sex with children: Heterosexuals. 9-to-1. What about Incest? So very quick to condemn one group your bigotry might be hanging out!

[raymailhot]

Stone them too!

[raymailhot]

Would you stone the famous director in Switzerland caught with the 13 year old? Michael Jackson?