[kictanet] Red Card for the Sheikhs

Wed Apr 28 06:26:04 EAT 2010

Dear Listers,

I read the article in the papers and tried to link the shariah law to
what I was reading in vain....however tho late in response I felt it
would be appropriate to share some personla views...

response to the first post sent ( by Wainaina)

I am not sure where the information came from that the closing down of
video dens has anything to do with enforcement of shari’ah law.  It is
a matter of fact that video dens, which are scattered all over the
less affluent regions of the country, and mainly in slums, are
responsible for very many ills in those areas.  Talk to anyone living
in a slum in Nairobi and they will testify to the fact that not only
are children missing school to watch unsuitable movies, they are
picking up extremely bad habits from these video dens and are being
exposed to sexual abuse by sexual predators who not only give them the
entrance fee to watch some movies but prey on them while they are in
those very dens.  It is about time somebody stood up to this.
Secondly, you must be more responsible when making a statement such as
‘outlaw DSTV video dens and related activities’.  The only thing that
was outlawed was the video dens and it was done with the full support
of the local authorities.  If you live in Mandera and decide to
install DSTV in your own house, then so be it but please, allow them
to take responsibility for what their children are being fed by way of
‘entertainment’

Anyone may watch supersport matches where they please and drink smoke
etc but children must be protected. Try talking to someone whose child
is exposed to this and lets hear what they have to say.

This is not about kadhi’s courts, this is about protecting children in
Kenya and clearly the authorities there felt that it was an important
move to make,  This is not about shariah or the current/new
constitution or any of that..... but about right thinking adults
seeking to protect children. It just so happens to be a step taken by
a people in an area vastly populated by Muslims...
I laud DSTV for not jumping on the bandwagon and making rash comments
and connections but monitoring ( read gather correct information) the
situation before putting egg on their faces...kudos Isaboke and
Ondimu.

Kenya is not a secular state. If it was, Raila would not go to such
lengths to get himself baptized, and neither would the President going
to church on Sunday be attended to by ministers and PSs and televised
to boot.  Incidentally, I would like to know who fuels his car and
pays for this bodyguards on Sunday  when he attends church – yes,
yours and my hard earned taxes.

Let us try and be be responsible over some of the connections we make
I think that there is no doubt that the kadhis courts are about
personal, family and inheritance law for the Muslims and in no way
affects non muslims...so please vote yes...Jesus does say love your
neighbour.....so do love us please.

I challenge wainaina et all to find out more about shariah
law...especially its inception and framework of implementation before
the law is applied....and rest assured that Kenya is no where ready
for this......and not in our great grand childrens lifetimes either.
Please get facts from a reputable book or institutions some of the
drivel I have read....!!!!
kionjoo.....
Do you think that the KRA would be ready and willing to take care of
the poor and underpriviledged in this country by making sure that all
eat ( three meals a day) get educated ( at public costs fully) have
roofs over each and every head? using the taxes of the rich and
priveledged to make sure that the poor and underpreviledged lead a
minimum acceptable basic existence thus eliminating any reason to for
example steal.......that is the FIRST demand shariah law would make
upon its government.....yep Kenya not ready for this at all!

Regards,
Fatma

 PS, as I am not a scholar on islamic studies the views above are
personla but anchored on my limited understanding of fiqh islamic
law..

On 4/27/10, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina at madeinkenya.org> wrote:
> The recent move by Muslim Sheikhs to enforce Sharia Law, outlaw DSTV,
> video dens & related activities in Mandera could not have come at a
> more unfortunate time. The support they have received from SUPREM
> (Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims) further complicates the debate on
> the "continued" inclusion of Kadhi Courts in our Constitution.
>
> Now that the SUPKEM has proved to support such apparent 'treason' in
> my secular nation,  President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga must
> also commit to ensuring that religion and religious courts are omitted
> from the new constitution. That is the pact they must sign with the NO
> campaign if a YES vote is to sail through without question. No
> religion, especially fundamentalist Islam, should enjoy the privileges
> of my hard-earned taxes to propagate religious activities that may
> disintegrate into such treasonable actions as by the Sheikhs.
>
> My vote would easily change to a resounding "NO" unless I am assured
> by the Constitution that no Sheikh or Buddist monk, Hindu priest or
> Christian cleric will get away with the absurd audacity of attempting
> to determine where I watch my Supersport matches, what I drink as I do
> so; where and what I can smoke or drink in an independent secular
> KENYA.
>
> No religion should 'get it twisted' on its place in secular Kenya and
> no loopholes should allow Sheikhs or SUPKEM to get away with such
> treasonable actions.
>
> Regards,
> Wainaina
>
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> Wainaina Mungai
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