Somalia's al-Shabab bans mixed-sex handshakes

[Coeus]

Men and women have been banned from shaking hands in a district of Somalia controlled by the Islamist group al-Shabab.

Under the ban imposed in the southern town of Jowhar, men and women who are not related are also barred from walking together or chatting in public.

It is the first time such social restrictions have been introduced.

The al-Shabab administration said those who disobeyed the new rules would be punished according to Sharia law.

The BBC's Mohamed Moalimuu in Mogadishu says the penalty would probably be a public flogging.

The militant group has already banned music in areas that it controls, which include most of central and southern Somalia.

Somalia has not had a stable government since 1991.

The UN-backed government only controls parts of Mogadishu and a few other areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12138627

[Coeus]

Acudubilahi mina shaydani rajim

Inshallah these terrorist will dissapear. A young boy and girl who have feelings for eachother cannot even have mild physical contact

They are even standing in the way of Love

[Executive]

Coeus

Are you a muslim?

[garoweboy]

a man and a women can't shake hands.

[Coeus]

Coeus

Are you a muslim?

Are you a terrorist? Dont even for a second think its ok, not to touch a female womans hand or vice versa. We are entering the world of oppression and complete destruction for what makes us human.

[Executive]

Coeus

Are you a muslim?

Are you a terrorist? Dont even for a second think its ok, not to touch a female womans hand or vice versa. We are entering the world of oppression and complete destruction for what makes us human.

No, I'm not a terrorist, again are you a muslim?

[Coeus]

Yes i am

[Executive]

So what does your religion say about this matter?

[garoweboy]

Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:

It is not permissible for a man who believes in Allaah and His Messenger to put his hand in the hand of a women who is not permissible for him or who is not one of his mahrams. Whoever does that has wronged himself (i.e., sinned).

It was narrated that Ma’qil ibn Yassaar said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “For one of you to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle is better for him than that he should touch a woman who is not permissible for him.”

Narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer, 486. Shaykh al-Albaani said in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 5045, that this hadeeth is saheeh.

This hadeeth alone is sufficient to deter and to instill the obedience required of us by Allaah, because it implies that touching women may lead to temptation and immorality.

[grandpakhalif]

Mashallah, great initiative