If Hitler were alive today he would be a Muslim
Posted on 10/09/2006 6:24:00 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Iran's Crimes Against Humanity
By Alison Langley
Inter Press Service News Agency | October 9, 2006
BERLIN, Sep 29 (IPS) - Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal calling on its members to write letters to the Republic of Iran asking them not to stone seven women.
Nearly all of the women have been sentenced to die by stoning for adultery. Officially Iran had placed a moratorium on the cruel and painful practise in 2002, but Amnesty claims sentencing continues. The group has received credible reports that two people were stoned to death in May.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that treating adultery and fornication as criminal offences does not comply with international human rights standards.
"The sentence of execution by stoning for adultery breaches Iran's commitment under article 6(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights that death sentences will be imposed ‘only for the most serious crimes'," Amnesty wrote in its appeal.
Under Shari'a law, a prisoner is buried up to her breast, her hands restrained. Rules also specify the size of the stones which can be thrown so that death is painful and not imminent. Both men and women can be sentenced to die by stoning. In practise, however, an overwhelming number of women receive that penalty.
"It's high time this brutal practise ends. Not only are people deprived of their right to life by the state but they are tortured in the process," Nicole Choueiry, Amnesty's Middle East press officer, told IPS.
"Iran should review its legislation as a matter of urgency to bring it into line with international human rights standards," she added.
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And I'll bet the evidence against them was not strong. Just crummy husbands looking for younger wives without having to pay divorce settlements.
"hang the ones throwing the stones"????
They should be drawn and quartered!
Stoning for adultey? Isn't adultery breaking a commandment? According to a Baptist preacher she's going to burn in the fires of eternal damnation....so why not kill her now?
"Zhila Izadi, a 13 year old girl from the north-western city of Marivan had been condemned to death by stoning after being found that she had been pregnant from her 15 years-old brother."
The brother raped her. She should have murdered her brother!
Muslims and Jews aren't Christians.
That said, the portion of John you use does not appear in the earliest dated versions of Scripture.
If you know the punishment prior to committing the crime, then there is no excuse for having a problem with the result.
I'm a Christian, so I am not for this, but I'm also against marrying someone divorced as that is adultery, too.
But many Christians don't follow the very Bible they use to condemn others.
I stand corrected!
Are you serious?
You guessed it - they're too busy worrying about "abortion rights."
Does Adultry include being raped?
Sorry to thread cap but does Adultry apply to the man involved too?
What, are you nuts? Clearly if her brother raped her, she asked for it. She probably exposed an ankle, or a wrist. What a hussy. She deserves what she gets. The brother, a male and therefore superior (of course, he simply cannot control himself but he is nevertheless superior) fell victim to her evil femininity. She had to be stopped.
(/typical Islam bullshit)
Adultry=adultery
It does to these heathens!
Hell no!
"(/typical Islam bullshit)"
The religion of Pea....uh MURDER!
We may have to kill about 5 million of these bastards before they get the clue that we are willing to kill 1/2 of the 1.2 billion of them, if necessary.
"crimes against humanity"?
I don't think muzzies consider women human, so I don't suppose they will ever consider stoning a crime.
I don't know. I've been brainwashed with too much backwoods fundamentalist mumbo jumbo to know anymore. Sometimes I can't tell if the Religion of Peace has more in common with hardcore thumpers or not.
I'll get back to you on it.
If Hitler were alive today he would be a Muslim
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