From The Institute for the Secularization of Islamic Society
.... The Islamic republic has confirmed that a court has sentenced a young woman to death for prostitution but denied that she is mentally disabled. Leyla Mafi was sentenced more than a year ago at a court in Arak after being found guilty of having illegal sex. Human rights group monitoring the case said Ms Mafi had a mental age of eight, but this has been disputed by Islamic judicial officials. The decision is now under review by the Iranian Supreme Court. .... Under Islamic law, girls over the age of nine and boys over 16 face the death penalty for crimes such as rape and murder. ....
Leila at the age of 8 was sold into Sigheh (a temporary marriage under Islamic law between man and woman for a price given to the woman or her family. These marriages last any where from 1 hour to years.) to a man old enough to be her father. For her Sigheh, her family only received enough money to cover one day's meals. ..... She was nine when she became pregnant and was condemned by an Islamic judge to one hundred lashes from a whip for a crime committed against her. .... Once she was 12 her poverty-stricken family sold her again under the law of "Sigheh". Her new owner (husband) began prostituting her body at once. She was 14 when she became pregnant again and was once again condemned bay Islamic judge to one hundred lashes for unwillingly being involved in prostitution. The very last time this desolate child was sold to a 55 year old man whom also prostituted her for his own benefit. Now the Islamic regime has issued her execution order. .... |