<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Listers I read the newspaper article and tried very hard to join the dots between the ban ,existing kadhis courts and the whole Sheria law and the new constitution issue. Obviuosly I could not find any link, please find a response below to the issues raised by my fellow lister Wainaina. <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#660066">The recent move by Muslim Sheikhs
to enforce Sharia Law, outlaw DSTV,</span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
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<span class="apple-style-span">video dens & related activities in Mandera
could not have come at a</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">more unfortunate time. The support they have
received from SUPREM</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">(Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims) further
complicates the debate on</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">the "continued" inclusion of Kadhi
Courts in our Constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#660066"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";
color:black">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. ( we are assisting a family whose story we are describing in this response to this mail) 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, lets be responsible for what our
children are being fed by way of ‘entertainment’</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#660066"><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Now that the SUPKEM has proved to support such
apparent 'treason' in</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">my secular nation, President Kibaki and
Prime Minister Odinga must</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">also commit to ensuring that religion and
religious courts are omitted</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">from the new constitution. That is the pact they
must sign with the NO</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">campaign if a YES vote is to sail through without
question. No</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">religion, especially fundamentalist Islam, should
enjoy the privileges</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">of my hard-earned taxes to propagate religious
activities that may</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">disintegrate into such treasonable actions as by
the Sheikhs.</span><br>
<br>
<span class="apple-style-span">My vote would easily change to a resounding
"NO" unless I am assured</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">by the Constitution that no Sheikh or Buddist
monk, Hindu priest or</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">Christian cleric will get away with the absurd
audacity of attempting</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">to determine where I watch my Supersport matches,
what I drink as I do</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">so; where and what I can smoke or drink in an
independent secular</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">KENYA <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Console";color:black">You can watch your supersport matches
where you please and drink smoke as well these are personal choices which we all make and not to bring religion into this (sic) bit no religion allows these activities openly if the sermons I watch on TV are to be believed .Try talking to someone whose
child is exposed to this and lets hear what they have to say( I hear its the work of the devo) This is not
about kadhi’s courts, this is about protecting children in Kenya and I hope these are not your views I am hoping that maybe you are just carried away by time or were tired ( you did send your post rather late) take the time to talk to someone whose child has been exposed to
pornography and sexuality when they are not ready for it. This is not about
religion, but about right thinking adults seeking to protect children. </span></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#660066"><br>
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<span class="apple-style-span">No religion should 'get it twisted' on its place
in secular Kenya and</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">no loopholes should allow Sheikhs or SUPKEM to get
away with such</span><br>
<span class="apple-style-span">treasonable actions.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 35, 163); font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Console";color:black">PS: 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 by ministers
and PSs. 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. Don’t fool yourself. Maybe this is just new twist on the drive to up the NO campaign? </span></span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";color:#660066"><span class="apple-style-span">Regards,</span><br>Fatma</span></p></div></div></blockquote> <div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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