The understanding of the
international media covering this story has been somewhat clouded, as some have
interpreted the decision to execute these criminals as an act that defies
justice. The ruling has been passed on criminals who were about to, or were promoting
heinous crimes which are completely unacceptable.
The media has not challenged
the fact that these criminals are guilty rather they have portrayed these
criminals as being victims. However, if their degree of criminality was to be
scrutinized, one will quickly realise that their intent was to kill innocent
people, to create civil disharmony and overall, to incite hate and murder. If
one was impartial and studied the facts then they wouldn’t entertain the doubts
that are being spread. The reality is that these criminals plotted to what
could have led to mass murders.
For this reason, one should doubt
what is being spread from the misinformation or misinterpretation of
international journalists. Rather, the fair-minded person must look at the law
of Allaah, the Glorified and the Majestic, in relation to those who perpetrate
such crimes, as in it is a great deal of betterment for all[1].
A witness to this point is the fact
that the Muslim rulers, throughout the ages, have implemented capital
punishment rulings that are found in the Sharee’ah, indiscriminately
irrespective of factions, lineage, region, religion have taken the crime of targeting
innocent people for the purpose of terrorist activities seriously and has been
met with great success. They have placed a barrier between the innocent and
those who want to kill and create conflict, all with the intent of turning the
innocent against one another.
With this, we have to be thankful to
Allaah, the Glorified and the Exalted, for giving us a solution through the
laws of the Sharee’ah and that we have governments that are able to implement
it. Yet despite this, we must be vigilant and it is upon us all to cooperate
with the authorities and turn-in anyone that is suspected to have a similar mindset
to the terrorist so that they may be held under investigation and trial.
The point is to try and preserve and
protect our security, our population, our country (and religion) from anyone
who is trying to corrupt and compromise it.
- Shaykh Sa’d bin
Naasir ash-Shathree [may Allaah Preserve him]
Royal Advisor to the
King of Saudi Arabia and Former Member of Permanent Committee of Senior Scholars
26/3/1437 - 6/1/2016
The Programme - Questions Over the Phone, al-Quraan al-Kareem Radio.
Viewed 6th January 2016, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwOXuyu0a7g&feature=youtu.be>.
[1] Despite this being the
case, Saudi Arabia has been reported to have approximately 151 executions for
capital punishment in 2015, from a population of 28 million (most of which are
foreign expatriates), compared to over 3000 being on death row in the United
States of America. Iran itself has a reported 2000 executions in 2015 from a
population of around 76 million. Statistics taken from http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/.
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