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| The Grindstones of Islamic Justice Work Slowly But Exceedingly Fine |
| 2004-02-20 |
| Bihnam Mithaqi and Kayvan Khalajabadi, two believers in the Bahai faith, were released from prison after serving almost 15 years on charges related to their religious beliefs .... Imprisoned on 29 April 1989 for associating with Bahai institutions, the men were initially sentenced to eight years in prison, but their sentences were subsequently reduced to three years and 50 lashes. They appealed again, and in April 1991 were sentenced to death; that sentence was confirmed in February 1996. In February 2001, the judiciary chief reportedly reduced the sentences to 15 years and set a release date of February 2004. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #7 AP - I was trying to be tongue in cheek -- but I think it would be rather interesting to re-read at 50+ what blew me away at 16-20... I agree Shari'a Law is Around the Bend - to quote the title of one of my all-time favorites from someone a tad better rooted in reality than Franz, Albert, or Little Mo! ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-20 10:30:10 PM |
| #6 .com---Kafka's work was pretty bizarre, but not as insane as Sharia. I was thinking of The Trial, but its content was pretty tame compared to the wierd changes of sentence in the article above. The Castle was one about this nameless bureaucracy that finally obsessed a surveyor who was called to work for the Castle. The Metamorphosis was the one about the bank clerk that woke up one day and found out that he had turned into a giant insect. Franz Kafka had turbuculosis and died relatively young. Themes like why do the innocent suffer go through his stories. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-2-20 8:47:14 PM |
| #5 Hmmm. Do you really think Kafka was this insane? I'll have to go back and re-read some of his stuff... I always thought he was only about an arm's reach beyond Camus. ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-20 7:08:32 PM |
| #4 three years and 50 lashes. That's 16.67 lashes p.a., or do you want them all at once, sir? They appealed again, and got some more/less, now without being spanked, although threatened with a spanking. Mum's the word, not a whisper from your dead body. |
| Posted by: Rhodesiafever 2004-2-20 4:22:14 PM |
| #3 I think the charges are pretty bogus, but I am intrigued by the result of the appeal being an increase in the sentence time after the second appeal. The appeal process in America has always struck me as arbtration with no downside. The system, as it is, probably should be left alone, but in teh cesspool that is the Islamic Judiciary this may be a nugget of gold - or maybe its a call for an increase in dietary fiber. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-20 2:05:50 PM |
| #2 Sounds like a Kafka novel......... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-2-20 11:47:09 AM |
| #1 The wonderful tolerance of Islam. |
| Posted by: TS 2004-2-20 8:49:45 AM |