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Amnesty against Sharia: Clerics Wednesday February 28, 2007 (0434 PST) KABUL: Some local clerics believe approval of the amnesty bill by the two houses of parliament is against Sharia (Islamic laws). The bill, called the Reconciliation Draft Law, seeks amnesty for all those accused of war crimes and human rights violations during the more than two and a half decades of war and civil strife in the country. The 11-article draft law was approved by the lower house of parliament last month and the upper house or Meshrano Jirga also followed suit last week. The draft is now awaiting President Karzai's signature to become a law. Maulvi Din Khabar, a local cleric and former member of court in Bagrami district of Kabul, says only the victims of the war can give amnesty to those accused of war crimes under Sharia. "No third party can forgive a crime committed by someone, but the victims," said Din Khabar. He termed parliament's approval of the draft law as against Sharia. At the same time, he suggested the government should organise a referendum if it was so much interested in the issue and get the views of the people. He said the people elected the MPs to represent them in the parliament, but they (MPs) were violating the rights of their electorates. Shaiq Ahmad, another mullah from the eastern Nangarhar province, told Pajhwok Afghan News forgiving 'criminals' by the government would encourage them to commit more such crimes. The country would be dropped into chaos if the draft was signed into law by the president. Professor Abdul Samad Karamat of the Kabul University's Islamic Law Department said the judiciary must act and brought those to justice who had committed crimes against humanity. He said judiciary must be independent and it was its jurisdiction to challenge the law even if signed by the president. Those accused of war crimes must be brought to justice, he stressed. The draft law has already been criticised by the international community and human rights organisations, who asked the president not to give his approval. However, the big show of power by former mujahideen commanders, majority of whom are either key members of the Karzai-led government or sitting in the parliament, was aimed at mounting pressure on the president to sign the bill into law. +++ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/kOt0.A/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
