What's wrong with chopping off hands

I would like to thank Imam El Sadi, the Muslim leader in Malta, for his frank and honest comments during the television programme Bondiplus.

However, his comments about Sharia Law were most disturbing and confirm my fears that once the number of illegal immigrants increases they will be a force to be taken into consideration and will start demanding more and more rights.

This is already happening in the UK, where the Muslims are demanding that Sharia Laws be entrenched in the British legal system.

Parts of this law have been explained by the Imam; thieves will have their hand chopped off. What was not sufficiently explained was the part of Sharia Law where women wearing trousers will receive 40 lashes and wearing of bras will not be permitted since the Muslim religion prohibits artificiality.

Furthermore, adulterous women will be stoned to death. I can foresee quite a few executions.

Our forefathers have gone through this scenario 500 years ago when the Inquisition played an important part in Maltese religious discipline. Maltese history is jam-packed with instances where vindictive people would accuse an innocent person who would then be executed or tortured.

That was long ago and I do not believe that any Maltese citizen would like to see a repetition of those times.

The politicians are banking on the EU countries to take the thousands of immigrants to their countries. May this happen, but personally I doubt that this will ever take place. The EU countries have enough trouble with the thousands of immigrants in their territories.

Furthermore, starting from next March we can expect more boatloads of immigrants to arrive in Malta, while the immigrant women who are already in Malta can be seen with prams and two or three children marching by their side.

We are not an unkind nation and we must treat these people with great kindness as long as they are in Malta. However, we must also think of the thousands of Maltese families who are living below the poverty line. They should be our priority.

The above are some of the reasons I have been clamouring for these immigrants to be returned to their countries.