“The thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah.” (Qur’an 5:38)
But remember: if you believe Sharia is incompatible with Western values, you’re a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.”
Iran has reportedly sentenced four men, who were tried in juvenile court, to have their fingers amputated for stealing, a brutal punishment still on the books under the country’s Islamic penal code.
According to the London-based Iran International, the three minors — Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian, Kasra Karami and Mehdi Shahivand — lost their appeals in the Iranian Supreme Court this week and were subsequently ordered to have four fingers severed from their right hands. The boys were initially tried last November on charges of four counts of robbery in the northern city of Urmia and have remained behind bars ever since.
It is unclear when the judicial measure will be carried out, and authorities have not issued any further details about the extent or nature of their crimes.
A June report released by the Iran Human Rights Monitor (IRM) underscored that Rostami, Karami, Sharafian and Shahivand claimed that they were forced to confess under torture, and one of the prisoners — Rostami — was in a dire health condition in the Central Prison of Urmia and had cut his wrists in protest of the upholding of his sentence earlier this year.
“Article 278 of the Islamic Punishment Law, the four fingers of their right hands will be cut off for four counts of robbery,” IRM noted. “The fingers must be cut off from the bottom, leaving only the palm and the thumb. According to Article 667 of the same law, they were also ordered to return the stolen goods.”
As a strict Islamic Republic, amputation is legal in Iran based on the Sharia law, which enables “amputation of the full length of four fingers of the right hand of the thief in such a manner that the thumb and palm of the hand remain” — although it remains relatively rare, with the death penalty the more common sentence handed down by the courts…aa
“Iran upholds sentence to amputate the fingers of 4 teens convicted of stealing,” by Hollie McKay, Fox News, September 19, 2020:
But remember: if you believe Sharia is incompatible with Western values, you’re a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.”
Iran has reportedly sentenced four men, who were tried in juvenile court, to have their fingers amputated for stealing, a brutal punishment still on the books under the country’s Islamic penal code.
According to the London-based Iran International, the three minors — Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian, Kasra Karami and Mehdi Shahivand — lost their appeals in the Iranian Supreme Court this week and were subsequently ordered to have four fingers severed from their right hands. The boys were initially tried last November on charges of four counts of robbery in the northern city of Urmia and have remained behind bars ever since.
It is unclear when the judicial measure will be carried out, and authorities have not issued any further details about the extent or nature of their crimes.
A June report released by the Iran Human Rights Monitor (IRM) underscored that Rostami, Karami, Sharafian and Shahivand claimed that they were forced to confess under torture, and one of the prisoners — Rostami — was in a dire health condition in the Central Prison of Urmia and had cut his wrists in protest of the upholding of his sentence earlier this year.
“Article 278 of the Islamic Punishment Law, the four fingers of their right hands will be cut off for four counts of robbery,” IRM noted. “The fingers must be cut off from the bottom, leaving only the palm and the thumb. According to Article 667 of the same law, they were also ordered to return the stolen goods.”
As a strict Islamic Republic, amputation is legal in Iran based on the Sharia law, which enables “amputation of the full length of four fingers of the right hand of the thief in such a manner that the thumb and palm of the hand remain” — although it remains relatively rare, with the death penalty the more common sentence handed down by the courts…aa
“Iran upholds sentence to amputate the fingers of 4 teens convicted of stealing,” by Hollie McKay, Fox News, September 19, 2020:
