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Death Penalty - Medieval Relic

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That's the title of an editorial in today's Charleston Gazette of West Virginia.  LINKAFTER the Ayatollah Khomeini and other mullahs took control of Iran in 1979, they vowed to create "the government of God on Earth" - but they actually created a stunningly cruel regime. Bahais were hanged for refusing to convert to Shiite Islam. Women were stoned for adultery. Gays were put to death. Torture, flogging and chopping off hands and feet under Islamic law became rampant. Amnesty International counted 5,195 Iranian executions in the first four years of the new government. "60 Minutes" reported that, because the Islamic code forbids execution of virgins, some condemned young women were raped by guards before being shot. Today, almost three decades later, Iran still is a repulsive place where Islamic courts sentence hundreds to death, mostly for murder or drug-trafficking, but sometimes for sexual straying...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).