r/religiousfruitcake • u/TomlinSteelers • 3d ago

A German Muslim calmly explains to a gay journalist the punishment for homosexuality

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u/yarukinai 2d ago

He was born in Germany. He is German because his mother is.

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u/throwaway18032000 2d ago

Since when did Germans start wearing kanduras and talk about cutting off gay people's hands?

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u/yarukinai 2d ago edited 2d ago

Your clothing style is not taken into account when it comes to citizenship. Anybody with German parents will become a citizen when registered.

El-Azzizi (the gentleman being interviewed) says that according to Sharia, thiefs get their hands removed. Such opinions are fairly new, just a few decades old.

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u/RunninThruTheWoods Professor Emeritus of Fruitcake Studies 2d ago

These opinions are not new, they are more than 1400 years old. This punishment was prescribed by Muhammad himself

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u/yarukinai 2d ago

This is correct, but I meant the existence of these opinions in modern Germany. 

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u/RunninThruTheWoods Professor Emeritus of Fruitcake Studies 2d ago

Oh okay. Your initial comment sounds like you're saying these opinions are new in Islamic theology and jurisprudence, so I was responding to that