Iran – routine rape of prisoners defies sharia law

Word has seeped out from Iran on what happened to some of the people who wore the green wristband of the opposition and protested against the election result.

In particular, a story about a group of teenage boys, about 15 or 16, who were arrested, held for several weeks, beaten and subjected to other torture, and raped repeatedly.    Some did not survive.   Those who did, are completely broken, and want to die because of the hurt and the shame.   It is said to be routine for both male and female prisoners to be raped.

Two questions to be posed to these hard-line Islamists in Tehran:-

Surely it is against sharia law to have sex outside marriage, so the guards carrying out these rapes broke Islamic law.

Even worse, when they raped the males they were carrying out homosexual acts.   Homosexuality is against Islamic law.

So the prison guards and the interrogators are allowed to break sharia law themselves in order to pursue their persecution of the opposition.