in arabia, a man convicted of theft has his right cut off, why?

Answer 1

The right hand is used for eating, the left for wiping your @ss. I'm sure that today, they have modern toilets, but remember that modern Saudi Arabia is only some 80 years old, and only four generations ago they were still nomadic and poor on that peninsula (and not using toilet paper - get the jist?). So cutting off the right hand has symbolic significance.

Answer 2

Well
Like That

For example
you work Hard everyday 8 Houres to support Your Family
You Make 2000 Dollars the whole Month
so you can Feed Your Family
and Buy Them clothes and Pay Your Bill
Alright

Then one Thief Come and Steal All Your Money,
so therefore No Food for the Kids
No Clothes for The Kids
and you Maybe no power for some days

while you worked hard and try to be Honest , someones dishonest took your Money and enjoy it,

and Guess what
if you try to stop a thief from stealing Your Money,,The Might Shoot you, and you get Killed because you trying to protect Your Money
..............
Put Him in Jail,,,,,he eat drink sleep
and you suffering you and Your Family

so Islam Knows what is really Can Stop Human from such action

and Now see what is Going On,,,,,,

in Saudi Arabia
People can leave the stores Open and Go To Pray No one will steal

In America the store Got Cameras,,security,,,all
but people steal

do you see why Human do it in America, and why human do not do it in Saudi Arabia

Answer 3

I guess it would be to teach him a lesson and to make sure that hand won't steal any more. But are you sure that statement is true? If you really know what you're talking about, why not give the name of the country in which you think that practice is current, instead of saying, so vaguely, "Arabia," an area that includes many countries?

Answer 4

Because Arabia (or, 'Land of A-Rabs') is a barbaric, backward, sewerless country full of biological throwbacks and run by mentally retarded sadists, most of whom take the greatest pleasure in f'ucking their own mothers and sisters. Next question?

Update: And to Yahoohoo, Arabia is one country. Its full name is Saudi Arabia, which denotes the type of A-rabs that live there. The question is phrased correctly, mr. know-it-all.

Answer 5

Because it will brand him as a theft the rest of his life.

Answer 6

To deter repeat offenders. Unless you're really good with your feet you can only get caught stealing twice :)

Answer 7

they cut off your hand so you can not steal again...........rather extreme but then again they stone women for being raped as it brings dishonour on the family........so sort of tells you where their mind set is.

Also it is done so it is an outwards sign that you have committed the crime.

Answer 8

They don't have that many robberies because of their laws. They behead drug dealers, and publicly kill child molesters, and murders. They know how to control their crime rate.