Tuesday, June 13, 2006

SAUDIS REJECT GITMO SUICIDE CLAIM

The families of Manie ibn Shaman Al-Utaibi and Yasser ibn Talal Al-Zahrani say the men did not commit suicide:
They say that suicide is prohibited in Islam and every Muslim knows that severe punishments await in the hereafter those who take their own lives.
Severe punishments in the hereafter haven't stopped GITMO detianees attempting suicide:
There have been many previous suicide attempts at Guantanamo. Before Saturday, 23 prisoners had tried to kill themselves in 41 suicide attempts at the camp.
It could be that the suiciders thought their deaths might get GITMO shut down and would earn them a free pass to heaven. I mean, if flying an aircraft into a building gets you into heaven...

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home