Insulting humanity

May 8, 2023
Iran hangs two men for blasphemy
Reuters

DUBAI, May 8 (Reuters) - Iran has executed two people who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy, the judiciary's news website Mizan reported on Monday.

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were executed for crimes including blasphemy, insulting the religion of Islam, the prophet and other sanctities, Mizan reported. It did not say when they were executed.

The two were running dozens of online anti-religion platforms dedicated to the hatred of Islam, the promotion of atheism and insults to sanctities, Mizan reported.

U.N. experts have called on majority Shi'ite Muslim Iran to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities pointing out an Iranian policy of targeting dissenting beliefs or religious practices, including Christian converts and atheists.

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Harriet03 · 41-45, F

America's fundermentalists aren't that far behind!

bijouxbroussard · F

@Harriet03 Ironic. Individuals in places like Iran are risking their lives to throw off theocracies and their symbols while some people here are trying to embrace that madness. 🥺

originnone · 61-69, M

@bijouxbroussard Some, but I don't think there are many who would go to this extreme....which means that they 'are' far behind.

bijouxbroussard · F

@originnone Lawmakers proposing legislation where a woman could end up being executed for a miscarriage, because someone claimed she had an abortion ? That’s closer to that type of society than not. The idea of executing a woman for having an abortion in any case (in the name of "pro-life", no less) is [b]obscene[/b]. But some red state lawmakers have submitted such laws.

originnone · 61-69, M

@bijouxbroussard Oh, I think these people are a wacky as you do, but some ding dong proposing it and actually doing it are vastly different.

bijouxbroussard · F

@originnone Before Roe was repealed I might’ve taken it less seriously. Not anymore.

Kay Ivey as Alabama’s second woman governor signed off on an anti-abortion law prohibiting abortion even in the case of rape or incest, even if the victim is a child. Ivey said to the media, "This demonstrates that Alabama values [b]life[/b]."

When a reporter asked her about three convicts whose execution she’d also approved, her reply was,
"No comment." 😞

Elisbch · M

@bijouxbroussard.. I think people like Kay Ivy should be [b]MADE[/b] to experience first hand

[quote]even in the case of rape or incest, even if the victim is a child.[/quote]

what they are trying to make other people live by. Sound harsh? I don't think so. Because they will not learn until they experience what their beliefs and propaganda and laws have on other people's lives. A living hell.