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{{Quote|2=I use a special sharp knife, not a sword. When I cut off a hand I cut it from the joint. If it is a leg the authorities specify where it is to be taken off, so I follow that.<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=1&article=27038&d=5&m=6&y=2003 Kingdom’s Leading Executioner Says: ‘I Lead a Normal Life’ - Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News - June 5, 2003]</ref>}} | {{Quote|2=I use a special sharp knife, not a sword. When I cut off a hand I cut it from the joint. If it is a leg the authorities specify where it is to be taken off, so I follow that.<ref>[http://www.arabnews.com/?page=0§ion=1&article=27038&d=5&m=6&y=2003 Kingdom’s Leading Executioner Says: ‘I Lead a Normal Life’ - Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News - June 5, 2003]</ref>}} | ||
Amputation is used as punishment for theft in Nigeria, which reintroduced shariah law in 1999.<ref>[http://www.mg.co.za/article/2005-09-19-nigerian-islamic-court-orders-amputation Nigerian Islamic court orders amputation - Mail & Guardian Online - September 19, 2005]</ref> This, along with other shari'ah punishments, are "overwhelmingly" supported by the Nigerian Muslim population,<ref name="Nigerian Muslims Support Sharia">[http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Nigeria/October03/harsh.html NIGERIAN MUSLIMS SUPPORT HARSH PUNISHMENT] - Peace Women, October 2, 2003</ref> and by 2003 three men already had their arms amputated for stealing; a goat, a cow, and two bicycles.<ref name="Nigerian Muslims Support Sharia"></ref> In Somalia, one man found guilty of stealing was put on public display as his hand was severed at the wrist and then dangled by the index finger.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8057179.stm Somali justice - Islamist-style by Mohamed Mohamed, BBC Somali Service - May 20, 2009]</ref> In June of the same year (2009), a court run by an Islamic group sentenced four Somali men to each have a hand and a leg cut off for allegedly stealing mobile phones and guns.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528139,00.html Islamic Extremists Sentence 4 Somalis to Amputations - Associated Press, FoxNews.com - June 22, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.javno.com/en-world/somali-islamists-amputate-teenagers-hands-legs_267541 Somali Islamists Amputate Teenagers` Hands, Legs - JAVNO, June 25, 2009]</ref> In 2008, the Islamic Republic of Iran saw five double amputations in a single week--five convicted robbers were each sentenced to have their right hands and left feet amputated.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html Spate of Executions and Amputations in Iran - Nazila Fathi, The New York Times - January 11, 2008]</ref> | Amputation is used as punishment for theft in Nigeria, which reintroduced shariah law in 1999.<ref>[http://www.mg.co.za/article/2005-09-19-nigerian-islamic-court-orders-amputation Nigerian Islamic court orders amputation - Mail & Guardian Online - September 19, 2005]</ref> This, along with other shari'ah punishments, are "overwhelmingly" supported by the Nigerian Muslim population,<ref name="Nigerian Muslims Support Sharia">[http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Nigeria/October03/harsh.html NIGERIAN MUSLIMS SUPPORT HARSH PUNISHMENT] - Peace Women, October 2, 2003</ref> and by 2003 three men already had their arms amputated for stealing; a goat, a cow, and two bicycles.<ref name="Nigerian Muslims Support Sharia"></ref> | ||
In Somalia, one man found guilty of stealing was put on public display as his hand was severed at the wrist and then dangled by the index finger.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8057179.stm Somali justice - Islamist-style by Mohamed Mohamed, BBC Somali Service - May 20, 2009]</ref> In June of the same year (2009), a court run by an Islamic group sentenced four Somali men to each have a hand and a leg cut off for allegedly stealing mobile phones and guns.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528139,00.html Islamic Extremists Sentence 4 Somalis to Amputations - Associated Press, FoxNews.com - June 22, 2009]</ref><ref>[http://www.javno.com/en-world/somali-islamists-amputate-teenagers-hands-legs_267541 Somali Islamists Amputate Teenagers` Hands, Legs - JAVNO, June 25, 2009]</ref> In 2008, the Islamic Republic of Iran saw five double amputations in a single week--five convicted robbers were each sentenced to have their right hands and left feet amputated.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html Spate of Executions and Amputations in Iran - Nazila Fathi, The New York Times - January 11, 2008]</ref> | |||
When the Taliban, an Islamic militant group, took over Afghanistan in 1996, within a year, public executions, amputations and stonings were a regular Friday event in Kabul.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1600136.stm Flashback: When the Taleban took Kabul - Terence White, former AFP correspondent in Kabul - BBC News - October 15, 2001]</ref> In 1998, the AFP reported this event: | When the Taliban, an Islamic militant group, took over Afghanistan in 1996, within a year, public executions, amputations and stonings were a regular Friday event in Kabul.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1600136.stm Flashback: When the Taleban took Kabul - Terence White, former AFP correspondent in Kabul - BBC News - October 15, 2001]</ref> In 1998, the AFP reported this event: | ||