Bukhari, volume 9, #17

“Narrated Abdullah: Allah’s Messenger said, “The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Messenger, cannot be shed except in three cases: in Qisas (equality in punishment) for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (Apostate) and leaves the Muslims.”

Bukhari, volume 9, #57

Narrated Ikrima, “Some atheists were brought to Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn Abbas who said, “If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah’s messenger forbade it, saying, “Do not punish anybody with Allah’s punishment (fire).” I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah’s Messenger, “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.”

Bukhari, volume 9, #58

Narrated Abu Bruda, “Abu Musa said…..Behold there was a fettered man beside Abu Musa. Muadh asked, “Who is this (man)?” Abu Musa said, “He was a Jew and became a Muslim and hen reverted back to Judaism.” Then Abu Musa requested Muadh to sit down but Muadh said, “I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and his messenger,” and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was killed. Abu Musa added, “Then we discussed the night prayers …..

The following Islamic countries have official laws in place to execute anyone who leaves Islam:
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria (in 37 states), Qatar, Sudan, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen

This list is from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasy#International_law) and it has a note saying that it requires expansion, so there could be more.

My question about this is would YOU PERSONALLY do it if someone in your circle left Islam, like a family member or a close friend? If not, would you do nothing if you knew someone else would do it? This is a very firm issue in all 4 schools of Islamic Law that somene leaving Islam should be killed… these calls in the US for Implementation of Sharia Law, is this a part of it? Would you condone or be in favor of a law in place to kill anyone who converts to Islam but then later decides to leave?

The detainee, Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair, was accused in the 1995 shooting death of William Jefferson of Camden, N.J., who was working for the United Nations at the time in Bosnia. The death initially was thought to be the result of a mugging, but authorities later determined it was related to terrorism.

Zuhair was found with Jefferson’s watch, according to a FOX News source, though apparently there wasn’t enough evidence for the U.S. to prosecute him in military commissions.

The release of the three detainees to Saudi Arabia — the other two are Khalid Saad Mohammed and Abdalaziz Kareem Salim Al Noofayaee — comes amid fierce opposition in Congress to releasing such prisoners into the United States, but the White House insisted Friday it has not ruled that out.

But with narrowing options, the administration has begun shipping newly cleared inmates abroad to regain momentum in its effort to close the Cuba-based prison camp.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the administration has not abandoned the possibility of releasing detainees in the U.S., but he added that national security considerations would govern any moves.

“We’re not going to make any decisions about transfer or release that threatens the security of the country,” Gibbs said at the end of a week in which nine detainees were transferred under high security to foreign nations, and one to the United States to face trial.

Gibbs said the release of those detainees showed “marked progress” and other decisions were being made on a case-by-case basis. President Barack Obama said last month that the cases of 50 detainees had been reviewed– and the administration said 48 of them were waiting for release to foreign nations.

But the prospects for any transfers of Guantanamo inmates to the mainland U.S. have dimmed in recent weeks as Congress acted to block funding to pay for the moves. And foreign countries have been hesitant to take even cleared detainees who were deemed not to pose security threats.

With the latest transfer, the U.S. has removed 10 detainees from Guantanamo in the past week, sending four to Bermuida, one to Chad, one to Iraq, and one to face trial in New York City. That leaves 229 detainees still at the U.S. military detention center in Cuba.

The three detainees who were sent home to Saudi Arabia will be subject to judicial review in Saudi Arabia before they participate in a “rehabilitation” program administered by the Saudi government, the U.S. Justice Department said.

U.S. officials told the Associated Press they were close to a deal with Saudi Arabia and Yemen under which Saudi Arabia would take about 100 Yemeni detainees and place them in Saudi-run terrorist rehabilitation centers.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic contacts, would not say how many Yemenis might be transferred or when the agreement might be finalized.

Negotiations on the fate of the Yemeni inmates have been under way for months, stalled over a Saudi demand that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh publicly endorse the proposal, the officials said. Saleh had refused to do so fearing a backlash among his people, the officials said, and, as of late last month, he preferred for Yemen to set up its own centers.

Obama has pledged to close Guantanamo by early next year, and U.S. officials have been searching for places to resettle detainees, lobbying hard with foreign governments. The pace of those efforts picked up last month after Congress said it would prevent detainees, even those cleared of wrongdoing, from being brought to the U.S.

A deal in principle has been reached with the Pacific island nation of Palau to accept some other detainees.

Besides detainees who might be freed, tried or turned over to foreign governments, there are still others — highly dangerous — who the administration says can be neither freed nor tried. These prisoners– “people who in effect remain at war with the United States,” Obama has said– include detainees who may have received extensive al-Qaida training, commanded Taliban troops or sworn allegiance to Osama bin Laden.

Despite Gibbs’ comments, a key House panel approved legislation Friday that would deny immigration benefits to any Guantanamo detainees who might be released in the U.S. after being brought here for trial.

The bill, to be voted on soon by Congress, would be in effect until the end of the budget year at the end of September. Lawmakers could then extend the ban.

FOX News’ Catherine Herridge and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
To Rejected: read the text clown, the question is obvious, but I’ll break it down to retard level so it wil be easy for you to understand. There this one guy, who isn’t American, actually, he’s a bad guy, who killed an American and Obama is releasing him to Saudi Arabia so they can “make him all better”. Maybe now you will understand.

Faux Nudes? Oh I get it, you think I got this information from Fox News, well retard, it was the New York Times, actually. Had you spent the time reading the article instead of coming up with smartass answers you would have learned something. You just came off looking silly and retarded, good job.
Of course, a Fox News Reporter contributed to the report, however the source is The New York Times.

Serious ans pls. Thanks.

There are thousands of places in the US to study IT. The only reason to go to Yemen to “study” is to learn how to be a muslim terrorist from Al Queda. This moron is surprised to be put on the no-fly list.

A muslim is a muslim is a muslim is a muslim is a muslim, I don’t care if they were born here or if they are illegal immigrants, the practice of Islam should be illegal and all the mosques in America should be burned down or turned into Hooters, pork BBQ restaurants, liquor stores, banks, etc…
The Constitution has a provision in it specifically for protecting us from threats. Islam is a threat to our civilization. You liberals need to open your eyes.

“Former Gitmo detainees help al-Qaida grow in Yemen

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family’s furniture store.

Instead, al-Shihri, who was released in 2007 under the Bush administration, is now deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day attempted bomb attack on a Detroit-bound airliner….”

This is one of the many guys that the Bush admin released who went straight to al-qaida. Am I the only one who thinks that civilian courts are for civilians living here? Does it make any sense to try soldiers captured halfway across the world with civilian rights and rules?

The detainee, Ahmed Zaid Salim Zuhair, was accused in the 1995 shooting death of William Jefferson of Camden, N.J., who was working for the United Nations at the time in Bosnia. The death initially was thought to be the result of a mugging, but authorities later determined it was related to terrorism.

Zuhair was found with Jefferson’s watch, according to a FOX News source, though apparently there wasn’t enough evidence for the U.S. to prosecute him in military commissions.

The release of the three detainees to Saudi Arabia — the other two are Khalid Saad Mohammed and Abdalaziz Kareem Salim Al Noofayaee — comes amid fierce opposition in Congress to releasing such prisoners into the United States, but the White House insisted Friday it has not ruled that out.

But with narrowing options, the administration has begun shipping newly cleared inmates abroad to regain momentum in its effort to close the Cuba-based prison camp.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the administration has not abandoned the possibility of releasing detainees in the U.S., but he added that national security considerations would govern any moves.

“We’re not going to make any decisions about transfer or release that threatens the security of the country,” Gibbs said at the end of a week in which nine detainees were transferred under high security to foreign nations, and one to the United States to face trial.

Gibbs said the release of those detainees showed “marked progress” and other decisions were being made on a case-by-case basis. President Barack Obama said last month that the cases of 50 detainees had been reviewed– and the administration said 48 of them were waiting for release to foreign nations.

But the prospects for any transfers of Guantanamo inmates to the mainland U.S. have dimmed in recent weeks as Congress acted to block funding to pay for the moves. And foreign countries have been hesitant to take even cleared detainees who were deemed not to pose security threats.

With the latest transfer, the U.S. has removed 10 detainees from Guantanamo in the past week, sending four to Bermuida, one to Chad, one to Iraq, and one to face trial in New York City. That leaves 229 detainees still at the U.S. military detention center in Cuba.

The three detainees who were sent home to Saudi Arabia will be subject to judicial review in Saudi Arabia before they participate in a “rehabilitation” program administered by the Saudi government, the U.S. Justice Department said.

U.S. officials told the Associated Press they were close to a deal with Saudi Arabia and Yemen under which Saudi Arabia would take about 100 Yemeni detainees and place them in Saudi-run terrorist rehabilitation centers.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic contacts, would not say how many Yemenis might be transferred or when the agreement might be finalized.

Negotiations on the fate of the Yemeni inmates have been under way for months, stalled over a Saudi demand that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh publicly endorse the proposal, the officials said. Saleh had refused to do so fearing a backlash among his people, the officials said, and, as of late last month, he preferred for Yemen to set up its own centers.

Obama has pledged to close Guantanamo by early next year, and U.S. officials have been searching for places to resettle detainees, lobbying hard with foreign governments. The pace of those efforts picked up last month after Congress said it would prevent detainees, even those cleared of wrongdoing, from being brought to the U.S.

A deal in principle has been reached with the Pacific island nation of Palau to accept some other detainees.

Besides detainees who might be freed, tried or turned over to foreign governments, there are still others — highly dangerous — who the administration says can be neither freed nor tried. These prisoners– “people who in effect remain at war with the United States,” Obama has said– include detainees who may have received extensive al-Qaida training, commanded Taliban troops or sworn allegiance to Osama bin Laden.

Despite Gibbs’ comments, a key House panel approved legislation Friday that would deny immigration benefits to any Guantanamo detainees who might be released in the U.S. after being brought here for trial.

The bill, to be voted on soon by Congress, would be in effect until the end of the budget year at the end of September. Lawmakers could then extend the ban.

FOX News’ Catherine Herridge and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
To Rejected: read the text clown, the question is obvious, but I’ll break it down to retard level so it wil be easy for you to understand. There this one guy, who isn’t American, actually, he’s a bad guy, who killed an American and Obama is releasing him to Saudi Arabia so they can “make him all better”. Maybe now you will understand.

Faux Nudes? Oh I get it, you think I got this information from Fox News, well retard, it was the New York Times, actually. Had you spent the time reading the article instead of coming up with smartass answers you would have learned something. You just came off looking silly and retarded, good job.
Of course, a Fox News Reporter contributed to the report, however the source is The New York Times.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida

saudi arabia all of all places? the biggest funders of terrorism in the world. why would you send someone there to be rehabilitated?