How do we justify the death of Mummar al Gaddafi.
I have spent the past two days hearing , the pros and cons about Mummar al Gaddafi's death, but how can we possibly have the right to say this, if we do not and have not lived in Libya and lived the pain these freedom fighters felt.
Gaddafi killed many, and gave orders to kill many... Sharia law commands us that the penalty of "murder" is the death penalty...
Gaddafi gave orders and had raped many women, which is also known as zina in Islam... Sharia law explains to us that the penalty of "zina" is being slashed 100 times. (whipped)
Verses 24-2,3 says: "The woman and the man guilty of fornication flog each of them with 100 stripes."
Gaddafi often questioned Islam,(his religion) and questioned that the prophet Muhammed (pbuh) was the last prophet and also called himself "king of kings" which is another word for God... This is also known as Apostasy... apostasy is identified by a list of actions such as conversion to another religion, denying the existence of God, rejecting the prophets, mocking God or the prophets, idol worship, rejecting the sharia, or permitting behavior that is forbidden by the Sharia, such as adultery. Sharia law has different punishments for this , but one of the main punishments "Execution"
Now Libya has been handed over to the NTC, which has meant that our country is run according to , and by Sharia law as it is a Muslim country. So his punishment was death. Now that has been explained in the Islamic side of the story....
Now for the Human race. Basic Human nature side of the story...
These men have had their sons, fathers, brothers, uncles, nephews and friends shot, or tortured or killed. Some right before their eyes. Daughters, sisters, aunties, wives, fiancées, raped, killed , and shot. How do we justify this to these freedom fighters. How can we possibly feel what they have felt... Some for 42 years, thousands during these last nine months. The anger, and hurt, and pain they had felt but stayed strong for all these months of fighting , for the religion, for their freedom , for their children's future. So when they find the man who is responsible for all that pain in their lives and loss in their lives, they just cannot control themselves.
After all this, it is not only the Libyans who have felt the suffering from or by Gaddafi. Scotish families are devasted having their families being killed in the PAN AM Flight 103 during 1988, which had killed 35 students on the flight. This was a command from Gaddafi.
Also the family and friends of Yvonne Fletcher, during 1984 protests against Gaddafi. Gun shots, shot from the Libyan embassy by Gaddafi loyalist, who obviously assumed that it would be okay for them to harm or kill people as they had Gaddafi's money by their side to protect them from getting caught.
So how can we possibly feel the pain these families had gone through, whether Libyan or not...
Although this argues why it was right for Gaddafi's death... How do we justify why it was wrong?
I have heard such arguments as "it was an inhuman way of death", "we first see him alive then dead" , "he's an old man he should have not been beaten"...
Now gun shots were not all caused by the freedom fighters as his loyalists had shot at him , as they wanted him to die before the freedom got a hold of him , to go ahead with public humiliation, BUT at the same time as any human they see him as an older man who has lost his mind and when he begged to be left alone, any humans natural reaction is to feel sorry for Gaddafi.
We should not let the last moment of his life create a belief that he did not deserve what he had got after all the humiliation, and pain he has caused for any of the men of our country.
Now after all this I can not seem to find a reason to why he did not deserve this.
I have spent the past two days hearing , the pros and cons about Mummar al Gaddafi's death, but how can we possibly have the right to say this, if we do not and have not lived in Libya and lived the pain these freedom fighters felt.
Gaddafi killed many, and gave orders to kill many... Sharia law commands us that the penalty of "murder" is the death penalty...
Gaddafi gave orders and had raped many women, which is also known as zina in Islam... Sharia law explains to us that the penalty of "zina" is being slashed 100 times. (whipped)
Verses 24-2,3 says: "The woman and the man guilty of fornication flog each of them with 100 stripes."
Gaddafi often questioned Islam,(his religion) and questioned that the prophet Muhammed (pbuh) was the last prophet and also called himself "king of kings" which is another word for God... This is also known as Apostasy... apostasy is identified by a list of actions such as conversion to another religion, denying the existence of God, rejecting the prophets, mocking God or the prophets, idol worship, rejecting the sharia, or permitting behavior that is forbidden by the Sharia, such as adultery. Sharia law has different punishments for this , but one of the main punishments "Execution"
Now Libya has been handed over to the NTC, which has meant that our country is run according to , and by Sharia law as it is a Muslim country. So his punishment was death. Now that has been explained in the Islamic side of the story....
Now for the Human race. Basic Human nature side of the story...
These men have had their sons, fathers, brothers, uncles, nephews and friends shot, or tortured or killed. Some right before their eyes. Daughters, sisters, aunties, wives, fiancées, raped, killed , and shot. How do we justify this to these freedom fighters. How can we possibly feel what they have felt... Some for 42 years, thousands during these last nine months. The anger, and hurt, and pain they had felt but stayed strong for all these months of fighting , for the religion, for their freedom , for their children's future. So when they find the man who is responsible for all that pain in their lives and loss in their lives, they just cannot control themselves.
After all this, it is not only the Libyans who have felt the suffering from or by Gaddafi. Scotish families are devasted having their families being killed in the PAN AM Flight 103 during 1988, which had killed 35 students on the flight. This was a command from Gaddafi.
Also the family and friends of Yvonne Fletcher, during 1984 protests against Gaddafi. Gun shots, shot from the Libyan embassy by Gaddafi loyalist, who obviously assumed that it would be okay for them to harm or kill people as they had Gaddafi's money by their side to protect them from getting caught.
So how can we possibly feel the pain these families had gone through, whether Libyan or not...
Although this argues why it was right for Gaddafi's death... How do we justify why it was wrong?
I have heard such arguments as "it was an inhuman way of death", "we first see him alive then dead" , "he's an old man he should have not been beaten"...
Now gun shots were not all caused by the freedom fighters as his loyalists had shot at him , as they wanted him to die before the freedom got a hold of him , to go ahead with public humiliation, BUT at the same time as any human they see him as an older man who has lost his mind and when he begged to be left alone, any humans natural reaction is to feel sorry for Gaddafi.
We should not let the last moment of his life create a belief that he did not deserve what he had got after all the humiliation, and pain he has caused for any of the men of our country.
Now after all this I can not seem to find a reason to why he did not deserve this.
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