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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:34 am Post subject: Iran executes 16 year-old for 'crimes against chastity' |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/5217424.stm
Namely, being raped and taking off her veil in court. I hope we can all read this and be reminded that America really is the worst country in the world. I mean, think about the savage barbarity that must exist in a country which still has yet to achieve total perfection in all human affairs. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:08 am Post subject: |
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Sharia Law
In terms of the number of people executed by the state in 2004, Iran is estimated to be second only to China. In the year of Atefah's death, at least 159 people were executed in accordance with the Islamic law of the country, based on the Sharia code.
Since the revolution, Sharia law has been Iran's highest legal authority. Alongside murder and drug smuggling, sex outside marriage is also a capital crime.
However, the age of sexual consent for girls under Sharia law - within the confines of marriage - is nine, and furthermore, rape is very hard to prove in an Iranian court.
Execution of a teenage girl, BBC NEWS (July 27, 2006)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/5217424.stm
A'isha: Mohammed's Nine-Year Old Wife
http://www.muslimhope.com/AishaNine.htm |
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:03 am Post subject: |
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That's truly disgusting. Iran also recently hung two teenage boys for the "unIslamic crime" of... being homosexual.
America has a lot to answer for (i.e. Bush Jr. executing retarded criminals, Bush Sr. sponsoring death squads in Central America etc.) but yeah there are worse places. Try living in Tibet under the Chinese or up north with Dear Leader KJI. Bad as the US can be, we're at least free to criticize our leaders openly. |
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