Malta Imam: chopping off hands of thieves “deserving punishment”

Following a televised debate where Imam Mohamed El Sadi, the Muslim leader in Malta, said chopping off the hands of thieves is a “deserving punishment”, anthropologist Ranier Fsadni warned against “misunderstanding” the comments and said such views were probably not shared by all Muslims in Europe.

via:[http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20091119/local/chopping-off-hands-of-thieves-is-deserving-punishment-imam]