Friday, September 19, 2014

"Iranian blogger found guilty of insulting Prophet Mohammad on Facebook sentenced to death"

"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.”
Any clues as to how the legal minds arrived at 74 lashes?

10 comments:

The Dude said...

It's a good start.

Shouting Thomas said...

The court doesn't seem to understand the enlightened nature of Islam.

Perhaps they should consult Prez Obama.

Amartel said...

You'd need a Sharia legal specialist to answer why 74.

The Dude said...

Simple explanation - they hate the NFL.

ricpic said...

I wouldn't be surprised if the ferocity of Islam is related to the culturally condoned severe beating of children in that culture. Not spanking. Beating.

ampersand said...

It was that rare day when Mo's underwear wasn't filled with sand and he was feeling generous.

ampersand said...

A priest, a minister and an Imam walk into a bar











K A B O O M

bagoh20 said...

One for each virgin if he dies, and two more just because we're on a roll here.

edutcher said...

English (and later American) used 39 (40 less 1) "stripes".

I'm assuming that was all a man could take.

As for Sharia, probably the number of the chapter or something.

Lydia said...

This reminds me of Bill Mahr revealing the basic simpering foolishness of Charlie Rose a week or so ago during a discussion of Islam. Video clip here. If you haven’t seen it, it’s really worth five minutes of your time.