Call me an Islamophobe, please. Seriously. DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN FOR CHILDREN IS THE LAW

This is not a very recent story, but I had to post it anyway. Interesting, that in Iran the age for eligibility to receive the death penalty for males is 15 years old... and for females NINE years old.

You may have seen my recent posts on the girl who now faces the gallows for killing one of the men gang raping her and her cousin here:

http://jillosophy.blogspot.com/2007/01/moderate-my-ass-islam-is-death-cult.html

and here:

http://jillosophy.blogspot.com/2007/01/moderate-my-ass-islam-is-d_116837871754241261.html

So don't think it can't happen. They do this every day.

This is a cold-blooded system of totalitarian government. This is a system that tries children who have no lawyer and executes children, rape victims, homosexuals and University Professors who dare question the bloodthirsty Koran.

I'll say it again - Islam is not compatible... not with life... not with freedom... certainly not with democracy... not with logic.

Islam is a sick-freakin'-death-cult-system-of-government and nothing more. I do not want any part of Islam in my life or in my country. Period.

Here are a couple of new sites to visit:

http://muslimsout.org/

http://avoiceofdissent.blogspot.com/

**

THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC CONDEMNS A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL TO STONING
By Safa Haeri Posted Saturday, October 16, 2004

PARIS, 16 Oct. (IPS) Almost two months after having hanged a 16 year old girl, the ruling Iranian ayatollahs are to commit another human crime by condemning another young girl to stoning.
According to Iranian and foreign press, Zhila Izadi, a 13 year old girl from the north-western city of Marivan had been condemned to death by stoning after being found that she had been pregnant from her 15 years-old brother.
The independent Iranian online newspaper “Peyke Iran” (http://www.peykeiran.com/) that had first revealed the news last week reported on Saturday 16 October 2004 that the girl has given birth two weeks ago in prison.
While Zhila as been sentenced to stoning, her brother, jailed in Tehran, is to receive only 150 lashes, in accordance with Islamic laws.
Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian outspoken lawyer and human rights activists who became the first Iranian and Muslim female to win the prestigious Nobel Peace Award for 2003 disclosed the news about the case of Zhila Izadi during her recent tour of Scandinavian countries.
The circumstances under which Zhila became pregnant from her brother is still not known, but independent Iranian sources outside the country said it was the father, a devout Muslim, who informed the authorities about the “disgrace” the young girl had caused the family.
Human rights activists in Denmark said though Zhila’s sentence had not been confirmed yet, but the fear is that, with the family’s approval, she faces the same faith as that of Ms. Ateqeh Rajabi, the 16 years-old girl hanged in public by the judge, a cleric, who condemned her on charges of prostitution.
“A court in Marivan has condemned Zhila to death by stoning and the family, which is very fundamental, has agreed”, confirmed Ms. Nahid Riazi of a Copenhagen-based human rights group that fights to the rights of women, adding that the young girl had been separated from her new born baby after the birth.

**

http://www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2004/october/izadi_161004.shtml