Niger: Muslims kidnap Catholic priest who organized meetings against female genital mutilation
Oct 10, 2018 8:59 am By Robert Spencer Leave a Comment
Here is a salient passage on hostage-taking from a Shafi’i manual of Islamic law:
When an adult male is taken captive, the caliph considers the interests … (of Islam and the Muslims) and decides between the prisoner’s death, slavery, release without paying anything, or ransoming himself in exchange for money or for a Muslim captive held by the enemy. (Umdat al-Salik o9.14)
A revered Islamic jurist, Al-Mawardi, agrees with ‘Umdat al-Salik:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/10/niger-muslims-kidnap-catholic-priest-who-organized-meetings-against-female-genital-mutilation
