The Barack Obama Seal of Approval.
Posted on 09/19/2014 3:50:08 AM PDT by markomalley
A blogger in 'poor psychological condition' has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of insulting the Prophet Mohammad on Facebook.
According to an 'informed source', speaking to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Soheil Arabi, 30, had kept eight Facebook pages under different names and admitted to posting material insulting to the Prophet on these pages.
Arabi, who was arrested along with his wife in November last year by agents from the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), is said to have written the "material without thinking and in poor psychological condition".
Branch 75 of Tehran's Criminal Court, under Judge Khorasani, found Arabi guilty of insulting the Prophet, or "sabb al-nabi", on August 30.
Article 262 of the Islamic Penal Code states insulting the Prophet carries a punishment of death, however, article 264 of the Penal Code says if a suspect claims to have said the insulting words in anger, in quoting someone, or by mistake, his death sentence will be converted to 74 lashes.
The anonymous source claims: "Unfortunately, despite this Article and the explanations provided, the judges issued the death sentence.
"They didn't even take any notice of Soheil's statements in court in which he repeated several times that he wrote the posts under poor (psychological) conditions, and that he is remorseful."
Although Arabi's wife was released a few hours after the couples' arrest in November, Arabi was kept in solitary confinement for two months inside IRGC's Ward 2-A at Evin Prison, before he was transferred to Evin's General Ward 350.
"The way he was arrested was illegal. It is not clear how the agents were able to enter their home at that time in the morning. All the doors were locked and family members were asleep. Agents entered his home and bedroom.
"He and his wife were arrested and some of their photographs and personal belongings were taken after their home was searched," the source also alleges.
Arabi will be able to appeal against the decision until 20 September.
“His kind of party” donchaknow?
They’re the arabized, shia version of the saudis. Take ‘sabb al-nabi’ (from article), for instance, it’s not even a persian term or word, it’s arabic.
How is he a “blogger”?
I see mention of Facebook, no mention of any blog.
The Barack Obama Seal of Approval.
I routinely insult no only the pedophile pederast prophet, but every one who worships him and his god.
Can I get a praise Jesus and pass the ammo.
“Winston, What do you think of Big Brother?”
“I hate him.”
“Can I get a praise Jesus and pass the ammo.”...
You got it, “PRAISE JESUS”, now pass the ammo.
John Kerry will step up soon and explain the Iranians made a mistake - that Islam is ONLY a religion of peace...
Mohamhead is a pedophile, liar, and goat molester. Come get get me.
The Prophet Mohamed is a pedophile, liar, and goat molester. My name is Spartacus too.
Those ignorant savages sure wouldn’t want to read FR. Their heads would explode...wait...someone send them a link!
My mistake.
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