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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 24 Apr 2012 : 15:16:07
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Senegalese religious leader arrested after 2 dead
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Authorities say they have arrested a powerful religious leader in Senegal and 11 of his followers after two people were beaten to death. Cheikh Bethio Thioune's arrest late Monday comes amid criticism after he married a seventh wife, three more than is allowed under Islam. Thies Prosecutor Ibrahima Ndoye told journalists that Thioune was personally implicated in the death of ...
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Apr 2012 : 22:01:13
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SENEWEB TRANSLATED NEWS;
"The gendarmerie of the Mbour conducted Monday the arrest of Sheikh Béthio Thioune, spiritual leader of Thiantacounes, as part of the investigation after the discovery of two bodies, following the violent struggle that pitted his followers Sunday. Thioune is currently being led Thies on board a vehicle of security forces. Order vetrs 18h 20, the guide Thiantacounes should be heard."
"The two had in common Thiantakounes adulate Sheikh to the point of playing God. Married, each leaving behind a wife and children, Babacar Diagne Bara Sow and also had the same grisly end, since beaten by their former classmates.
Babacar Diagne e Bara Sow lionized Thiantakounes so the guide, they eventually call him God. Faced with such blasphemy repeated several times, Béthio Thioune eventually excommunicated Sow and Diagne who had become outcasts.
Thus Diagne who had elected to move to Keur Samba Laobe homes where he had built two rooms, lived one of the greatest humiliations of his life. When he tried to bury one of his children Médinatoul Salam, as if he were banished, Diagne was confronted with the fierce disciples and categorised as not former classmate, who had given him orders to depart. Refusing to obey it was abundantly beaten and ended 15 days behind bars, leaving his stick in place of God.
Bara Sow, also beaten to death, has had its share of misfortunes in this sect. He was arrested four times for saying that God is Béthio. Three of his four sentences were served in Kaolack. Former student at UCAD, the law school where he would have done that year, he was brilliant in his studies until his path crosses that of the Sheikh. They paid with their lives for their unwavering faith in Béthio Thioune. "
"The Guides Thiantacounes'''' Sheikh Béthio Thioune, and his 11 disciples, currently heard in the Territorial Brigade Thies about the murder of Bara and Babacar Diagne Sow, will, after their interrogation is happening with high voltage, delivered to the prosecutor which will provide the judge for hearing, it was learned judicial source.
The same source, the judge will decide after hearing whether or not to indict the respondents before putting them in custody. If charged, will speak at last the reconstruction of events, an operation to conduct a thorough investigation during which the maximum detail that can afford to make a definitive idea of double murder will be met.
During the questioning of Sheikh and his 11 disciples, Constables Thies use is made of tear gas to disperse other followers of Sheikh Béthio Thioune who were outside and had tried to force the security cordon formed by the forces, loudly claiming the release of their marabout.
The latter is understood for the murder of two of his disciples, during a brawl that took place Sunday evening at his home Médinatoul Salam, located near Mbour (83 km south of Dakar)."
"After this so-call "the barbarity of Mbour", the population of Touba believes that justice must be done in the case of Keur Samba Laobe. Indeed, he asks what the law is enforced in all its rigor. Thus the involvement of Sheikh Béthio Thioune in this murder case.
"I think we need justice to be done," joked the 40 year old man. Before serving it is beyond question that there is a two-speed justice. This is almost the same rangaine has served all respondents.
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Edited by - kobo on 24 Apr 2012 22:29:54 |
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