'St Michael and the Satan' by Raffaello Sanzio ca.1518, The Louvre, Paris
This is a moving story of a sixteen year old girl, who was executed in Iran for 'crimes against chastity'. Told in a BBC documentary in great detail here, we get introduced to what is perceived to be the ignominious life of young innocent girls in Iran who are subjected to the most degrading acts, in return for which they receive the punishment of imprisonment and one hundred lashes at a time at best, and execution by hanging at worst.
As we speak, there are as many as fourteen or more young girls waiting to be executed under the misogynistic barbarism of Shari'a law for 'the crime' of being raped considered a 'crime against chastity'. And where are the men charged along with these girls? Nowhere to be seen....
Iran, the country proclaiming to advocate the 'religion of peace' where the law of Shari'a rules that the age of sexual consent is to be NINE. Well if the 'holy book' of Qur'an written by the pedophile Muhammad says it's nine, it must be so. I mean why not legitimize the Prophet's own marriage to a child if it was in his power to do so.
Who is this God of theirs who would put its innocent children through such horrors, only to have the so called 'moral police' be the biggest offenders of any morality left in that sordid Godless world, more akin to Satan's hell in life than anything we look forward to in our death. Shame on you, and shame on us for not fighting this evil with all we've got to give.
Watch it all, and pray very hard that our children's children and our future generations will not be subjected to this hell when we are gone...
I was moved to tears of desperation, anger and sadness; tell me what you thought and felt, I'd like to know....
(h/t Charles Johnson via Michael van der Galien)












When the time comes, and they crawl out of the ruins and beg for mercy, I hope that we give them justice instead.
Posted by: Lance de Boyle | Thursday, August 31, 2006 at 02:08 AM
Jihadists voices from Hell (Islam) are the most popular... so, the muslim peoples themselves (Sunni and Shiite alike) is so 'moderate' as their 'heroes' and idols...
Nelson Ascher:
Leftists intellectuals (Chomsky, Hobsbawn, Vidal, Sontag) 'translate' Jihad statements:
When Bin Laden launches "jews, crusaders, christians", his words are translated as 'zionists, conservatives, capitalists'.
When a clerig makes sure "homossexuals, adulteress females, no-beard men and no-veil women deserves die by stoning", the unique interpretation to his sermon is 'a metaforic-metaphysic attack against Hollywood and George Bush'.
And that classic sentence which the Afgan mujaheedin Maulana Inyadullah said to a reporter "Americans like movies and Pepsi-Cola, but we really like death." means 'Proletarians worldwide, unite you!'
Nelson Ascher is a conservative Brazilian journalist, essayist and poet.
http://inferno_.blig.ig.com.br/
Posted by: Ernesto Ribeiro | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 07:38 PM
another excellent (moving) post...
thank you.
(* i actually use the image painted by Mr. Sanzio for my desktop backdrop)
i share your sadness, anger, frustration, amazement with this nightmare "Shari'a law"...
Posted by: hNAV | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 02:48 PM
I'm not planning on having children. It would be a crime to inflict such pain on them as they would receive, being forced to grow up and live in the brave new world that is now coming to light.
I will not have children because at this point, children are just more human grist for the mill of Dar al Islam.
Posted by: Michael Andreyakovich | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 02:41 PM
I wrote about this in 2004, here.
See also my post Noose, Bomb, and Rocket.
Posted by: david foster | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 10:33 AM
The religion of Lucifer is prospering.
Posted by: Crusader.NoRegrets. | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 09:31 AM
LilMissIndie,
That was truly a moving comment, thank you for that. You described everything I felt myself, and yes it depressed the hell out of me.
I literally could have written that verbatim today!As is evident"Rezaii, the religious judge who issued the original sentence, personally pursued Ateqeh’s death sentence, beyond all normal procedures. He personally put the noose around her neck as she was taken to the gallows. After Ateqeh was hanged, Rezai said her offense did not call for execution, but that he had her executed for her “sharp tongue”."By that standard all teenagers around the world would be executed forthwith.
I am in the middle of penning another post on a different subject for today, but struggling with overwhelming emotions that are making my job more difficult. It is hard not to hate right now, it really is...
Posted by: Alexandra | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 07:59 AM
Isn't it about time we made honor killings and sharia law illegal. In England we have secret sharia courts who deal out verdicts and the government turns a blind eye. Don't tell me they don't have them in all Muslim communities everywhere. Why are we systematically ignoring it. This is barbaric and should be fought, but start with your own back yard.
Posted by: MarkT | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 07:47 AM
My God, that was something else. I don't know whether it has hit me harder being a mother or being a woman, or simply being fed up with this digusting despicable Islamic excuse for sovereign law written by "a pedophile" (strong words there Alexandra, but I am sure glad you said what we are all thinking).
Like MissIndie above, I was moved to tears and angry wanting to avenge all these girls whose lives have become desperately worthless. And like her, and she says it so well, the hopelessness comes in "Whether you're liberal or conservative, extreme or not, Republican or Democrat, you have to know that there is no amount of diplomacy or military might or soldiers in the world to stop what's coming down the road. I might be dead by then, but I have generations behind me that I had hoped wouldn't have to face the impending disaster."
What can we do, what must we do? We have honor killings everywhere, this is not just their problem, it has become ours, and what are we going to do about it and when? Making everlasting deals with the devil masked as diplomacy will just prolong our pending painful death under the law of Sharia.
Posted by: Ann | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 07:41 AM
Alexandra, I see that this documentary was run at least on August 2, but I hadn't seen it or heard of it until now. At first, I thought "oh, here we go, another 'true story'..." But now, after watching the entire video, my stomach is clenched and I'm in tears. As I watch the news, I am disheartened by the violence and bloodshed across our world. These days, I sway between being a cynical harpie and wide-eyed optimist, but I think this morning I am feeling as hopeless as I have ever felt.
As a Christian, I am convinced that there will never be an all-encompassing peace on earth but I had always held a glimmer of hope that we would see something tantilizingly close to it in our lifetime. Technology has brought so many people across our world in touch with one another, offering avenues for discussion and opportunities for cultural exchange.
But there will be evil, whether it is hanging young women in Iran or at cemeteries across America, where Fred Phelps and his daughter and their minions celebrate the deaths of U.S. troops while invoking the name of God. I believe those sorry creatures would happily hang people here for what they would judge crimes against morality.
I suppose my anguish stems from the fact that the very technology I had hoped would help us communicate has also served to bring horrific images into our homes and allowed people with nothing but hate in their hearts and minds to attempt to infect others with their rotting condition. Forgive me my somewhat simplistic view, but if people can't even engage in civil discourse in the comments section of a blog, what hope do we have of convincing fanatics not to try to kill everyone who doesn't agree with them?
Watching that video made me want to retaliate for that Iranian girl, and anyone who offers up the drivel that we don't have any business in other country's justice and penal system may be right, but it wouldn't be advisable to stand within striking distance if you say it to me in person. Not today. This would be the day the neutron bomb looks like a good product...except I wonder how many people I would consider acceptable collateral in the righting of that wrong?
This is where hopelessness comes in. Whether you're liberal or conservative, extreme or not, Republican or Democrat, you have to know that there is no amount of diplomacy or military might or soldiers in the world to stop what's coming down the road. I might be dead by then, but I have generations behind me that I had hoped wouldn't have to face the impending disaster.
Thanks for the post, but you depressed the s**t out of me.
God bless.
Posted by: LilMissIndie | Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 07:13 AM