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July 21, 2008

Cast the First Stone

Eight women and one man convicted of adultery are set to be stoned to death in Iran, activists said Sunday.

Lawyer and women's rights activist, Shadi Sadr, said the nine were convicted of adultery in separate cases in different Iranian cities.

"Their verdicts are approved, and they may be executed at any time," she told reporters.

...Most of the nine come from areas of Iran that have low rates of literacy and some did not understand the cases against them, she said.

One of Sadr's colleagues, Mohammad Mostafai, said his client, Malak Qorbani, had plead guilty to adultery even though she did not know the meaning of the charge.


Amazing what those 7th century secret religious police types can persuade someone to do.

Posted by tree hugging sister at July 21, 2008 09:48 AM

Comments

Bleah. And some folks are actually surprised at opposition to the creeping coverage of Islamic law.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 21, 2008 10:05 AM

The irony is that a tenant in the Quran is to learn to read and write. That's supposed to be a bloody muslim duty. Ironic considering Mo was illiterate and had someone else take down his ramblings for him, but whatever.

Posted by: Ebola at July 21, 2008 11:25 AM

And these are the yahoos that Obama wants to negotiate with unconditionally.

Double bleah.

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 21, 2008 04:58 PM

We cannot kill these bastards fast enough.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at July 21, 2008 05:06 PM

Why you evil conservative bastard you! Don't you have any respect for third world cultures? I am wet with compassion for the oppressed Muslim peoples.

Oh, wait. Sorry. I forgot. I'm not a traitor or a hippie. I'm taking my meds now. All better.

Posted by: Cappy at July 21, 2008 08:22 PM

Has no one gotten the gist that EIGHT WOMEN and ONE MAN are being charged?! Where are the other eight men? Because I assume this wasn't a four-on-four type deal.

Posted by: WordGirl at July 22, 2008 07:22 AM

Hey, WG ~ they all look alike in a black sack, so they probably gathered them all up, vice the particularly guilty party. After all, what's six or seven more dead women mean?

Posted by: tree hugging sister at July 22, 2008 09:45 AM