This could have been worse. Shi’ite Islam, like Sunni Islam, prescribes the death penalty for apostasy: Shaykh al-Kulayni narrates a sahíh (correct) hadith from `Ammãr as-Sãbãti who said: I heard (Imam) Abu `Abdullãh (as-Sãdiq) (a.s.) saying, “A Muslim from among the Muslims who renounces Islam and rejects the prophethood of Muhammad and considers him untrue, […]
Iran releases 85,000 prisoners because of coronavirus, but keeps Christians locked up
Priorities, priorities. The Islamic Republic, quite understandably, wants to keep the most dangerous prisoners locked up. “Iran refuses to release Christian prisoners despite coronavirus outbreak,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2020: BERLIN – Iran’s mullah regime refused on Tuesday to grant a temporary release to four imprisoned Christians amid a release of some […]