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| Two youths to be flogged and cast off a cliff |
| 2008-01-11 |
| (AKI) - Iran's supreme court has confirmed that two youths, found guilty of rape will receive 100 lashes each before being cast off a cliff - an ancient Islamic punishment - local media reported. The reports named the youths as Tayeb and Yazdan. "This is a chilling sentence," said Iranian human rights activist and lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. "Iranian jurisprudence allows alternative punishments to those prescribed by Islamic law, but many judges ignore them, " Dadhkhah said. Iranian magistrates in recent weeks sentenced several people to punishments that had been in abeyance, he said. As recently as last week in Iranian Balochistan, five minority Sunnis had their hands and feet amputated, he noted. All five Sunnis were found guilty of the crime of 'moharebeh' or enmity towards Allah. The highly vague definition of 'enemy of God' ranges from homosexuals and drug traffickers to supporters or members of armed groups opposed to the regime. Iran in the past two days hanged seven people for drug trafficking. In 2007, it executed at least 297 people, according to campaign group Amnesty International. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 But, there are no homosexuals in Iran. Perhaps this is why. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-11 22:24 |
| #6 but isn't cordless bungee jumping against Islam??? |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-01-11 14:27 |
| #5 I was thinking the same thing. If it was a woman, they'd be tossing her off a cliff. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-01-11 14:24 |
| #4 I'm just speculating, but the sentence handed down suggests to me the two "youths' may be homosexuals. When is the last time you heard of a muslim put to death for raping a female? I know we've been assured by the highest authorities in Iran that there are no gays in Iran. I'm thinking maybe the vice police may have the last two. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2008-01-11 14:05 |
| #3 Actually, the "off a cliff" routine was used in pre-christian Rome for the crime of parricide - the perp went into a bag with some critters (not sure but I think a snake, fox and rooster) and then the bag went off a certain cliff one one of the Roman hills. So their jurisprudence is even farther behind the times than the rest of their culture by about 800 years. |
| Posted by: Shitch Dingle2351 2008-01-11 14:01 |
| #2 Cast off a cliff? That's a new one on me, but why do they lash them first? Better yet, why don't they lash them, cut off their junk and throw it off a cliff, then throw them off a cliff. They are rapists after all, and seems to me to get convicted of rape in a sharia court your would have to have 4 eye witnesses to testify against you, so you are probably guilty as all hell if you get convicted in Iran. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-01-11 11:54 |
| #1 hey they cathching up with texas in capital punishment, just in cruel ways |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-01-11 07:00 |