Iranian Nutters Hang Man for Telling Truth About Bible Myth
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(Newser) Iran has executed a 37-year-old psychologist, apparently in part for the grievous crime of believing that the story of Jonah—which appears in the Koran as well as the Bible—is a symbolic tale instead of a true account of a prophet who survives three days in a whale’s belly. Mohsen Amir Aslani was arrested nearly a decade ago and was hanged last Wednesday on charges of “corruption on earth and heresy in religion,” reports HRANA.
Iran Wire quotes a source as saying Amir Aslani “gave classes on reading and interpreting the Koran,” but that the classes “did not meet the approval of the Intelligence Ministry, which is why he was arrested so suddenly.” Iran Wire describes an erratic timeline: Amir Aslani was arrested in 2006 and given a four-year sentence, which was reduced to 28 months then changed to death.
The death sentence was the result of new charges: Amir Aslani was originally arrested for his unorthodox take on the Koran, “but later he was accused of insulting prophet Jonah and also faced accusations of having sex outside marriage,” a source tells the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Authorities alleged that he had extramarital sex with women who attended sessions, though his wife says no evidence of this was presented, the Guardian reports. Iran Wire describes the “physical and mental torture” he underwent in prison, via a source: He “was repeatedly moved between the common ward and the quarantine ward to make him believe his execution was imminent. … He said that each time he was tortured by the fear of his own death.”
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Is anyone out there actually surprised by this? Just wondering…
I was a union negotiating committeeman for years. MadMike’s the toughest SOB I ever worked for. No benefits. No job security. He did give me a raise to two six packs of beer but he said they had to be Stag and I had to drive all the freaking way to Virginia to get them and buy his dinner. Man’s a better republican than me sometimes.
I learned from you Joe…the BEST republican ever 🙂
Crazy religious people are responsible for most of the world’s hate. Fuck the bible and fuck the koran. Hang me you scumbags.
Joe there have been a lot of people over the years trying to show MadMike who the boss is. None have succeeded.
Not that there’s anything funny about this but you’d think just one of the faithful would offer to live inside a whale for 3 days just to show the infidels it could be done and the power and glory of God would prevail over digestive acids and being underwater inside a whale for 3 days.
As a true believer myself I urge the Ayatollah to demonstrate his faith so that all may believe and show MadMike who the boss is.