Sharia Law on the Street in Iran

Most of the people of Islam faith that I have met are kind, polite, and likable. Some that I know who come from Iran, now tell people they are from Turkey or some other Mid East country. Many have adapted well in our community, and are respected citizens.

I cannot help to understand, the reason they deny their country of origin. If I was from Iran, I would do the same. Muslims in Iran, have embraced Sharia law, and while all Muslims do not condone the strict practice of Sharia law, many do.

Sharia law can be brutal, cruel, and unforgiving. Thieves lose their hands, and homosexuals lose their lives. It may be a compelling argument against lawlessness, but in my mind it just goes to far. It is an example of man's inhumanity to man. It is what we should be all against, and we should not even entertain the idea of tolerating the practice of Sharia law, anywhere in the world.

A recent series of pictures came out of Iran. It was about an eight year old boy who stole some bread. This cannot be verified if this is what the boy actually did, but there was street justice. And this boy who is apparently young suffered a punishment, that no eight year old should ever have to endure. It is just plain wrong. These pictures came out of Iran with little explanation, it is up to you to decide for yourself what has happened.

I won't show you the pictures here, I will provide the link, but before you go to this site realize this is not something for the faint at heart, and it is not for children. It is for the people who people who want to know why we should be totally opposed to the practice of Sharia law in any place in the world. Here is the link, travel carefully friend.

This was one comment about the post on the original site, and we should consider this as a possibility:

"I'm an Iranian and I've seen these pictures in a report in a local newspaper before. It's not a 'punishment' or anything like that. If it was a punishment they wouldn't put the soft thing under the boy's arm. According to the report, the man in the picture is making a show of the boy's abilities just to make money from the people standing there. This is their everyday activity. Very Very sorrowing. Please be careful not to post anything that you don't have enough information about. And don't post such things which are to make hate in the hearts of the people rather than sympathy.Last edited by Mohammad on Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:32 am; edited 1 time in total"

While this may be as the person says a performance, this form of Sharia law is practiced in Iran, and the cruelness cannot be denied.