The Glory of Sharia
Charles Johnson
Mon Jan 7, 2008 at 1:46 pm PST • Views: 255
Here’s an article at Radio Free Europe on a sudden disturbing increase in sharia amputations in Iran: Iran: Criminals Lose Hands And Feet As Shari’a Law Imposed.
The amputation sentences were carried out in Zahedan, the capital of Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province. The five men were found guilty of armed robbery, hostage taking, and firing at police, though officially they were convicted of “acting against God” and “corruption upon this Earth.”
Amputation as a punishment is legal in Iran but there have been no reports of it being used for several years. It is unknown if the meting out of such a punishment now is a new trend or if this was an isolated incident in only one region of the country.
With doctors watching, the convicted men’s right hands and left feet were amputated. Traditionally, the right hand is amputated for a first serious offense and the left foot for a second serious offense. The right hand-left foot amputation is referred to as “cross amputation.”
The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) reported the amputations on January 6, though it is not clear when the sentences were carried out or if the amputations were done in prison or in public.
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