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Islamic Republic of Iran: Students throw graduation dance party, get 99 lashes each

May 28, 2016 1:58 pm By Robert Spencer

“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran

“Iranian students threw a graduation dance party. It cost them 99 lashes each,” by Brian Murphy, Washington Post, May 27, 2016 (thanks to Cecilia):

It happens behind closed doors in Iran all the time: Young people get together to play music, flirt and generally relax, hidden away from hard-liners who definitely would not approve. Mostly, the parties wrap up without incident: the guys cleaning up any incriminating clues, the girls putting their headscarves back on. Then they all go their separate ways.

This time, however, someone tipped off authorities that a group of students was throwing a bash to celebrate graduation. More than 30 were taken into custody. Their punishment: 99 lashes each.

The report by Iran’s Mizan News Agency gave no details about the students, their ages, their school, or when the arrests took place. But it noted that lashings were carried out with almost unprecedented swiftness: within less than 24 hours after officials raided the villa on the outskirts of Qazvin, a small city about 80 miles northwest of Tehran.

Such sentences have been an issue before — in October, two Iranian poets were sentenced to lashes and prison terms for shaking hands with the opposite sex at a literary event in Sweden — yet the speed of the students’ punishment suggests that authorities are being given even more leeway to enforce hard-line codes and send messages intended to put liberals on notice….

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  1. dwight hogg says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:04 pm

    big surprise there – way to go Obama – cave in to this evil genocidal theocracy!!!! Anyone who doesn’t think they are working on getting atomic weapons is an idiot. Why else were they in Korea.

    • bytheway says

      May 29, 2016 at 1:37 am

      and we’re importing this ideology by the millions into Europe…

    • MTMLA says

      May 29, 2016 at 9:56 am

      On Memorial Day Week-end the traitor monster Obama openly criticizes the US in Japan for using the atomic bomb on the” poor Japanese people”, yet he provides the Iranian regime the path for building an atomic bomb. Such a hypocrite. The choice of the timing of the trip was not a coincidence. This man hates the US and stabs it in the back anytime he can while enjoying and having a good old time with his family and friends on the back of the American tax payers. Life is a party in the WH, jetting the world in the 2 AF 1 and 2 and golfing, thanks to the American people who foolishly voted him in not once but twice.And he is on the path of transforming this country into an islamic nation. But he said his aim was to fundamentally transform the US, but the stupid people still voted for him twice…What else can I say.. it’s heart breaking.
      We see what is going on in Europe. Will the same happen to the US?

  2. D J says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:21 pm

    Going out on the lash means something different in Teheran.

  3. Walter Sieruk says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    This heinous Islamic regime of Iran is even false in its name. For it has the title of “The Islamic Republic of Iran.” It is Islamic for sure, but its falsely called a “republic.” This is because a real Republic comes from the Latin word; res-publica meaning “The property of the people” This is one thing that this brutal and harsh Islamic tyranny is not. For the mullahs and ayatollahs who have the strong and terrible power in this Islamic have much control. Even the Iranian parliament is much influenced by those ruling Muslim clerics. Those mullahs and ayatollahs of this Islamic dictatorship come down very hard on the human rights of the Iranian people through their ruthless gang of thugs who are called “The Republican Guard.” Furthermore, this hideous type of hard and oppressive tyranny is taught about in the Bible .For in Ecclesiastes 4 :1 in teaches about “the tears of the oppressed.” and about all the power being “on the side of the oppressors.” Likewise, in that same Bible book in 5:8 it informs the reader not to be naïve about such awful wickedness. For it teaches “If you see the poor oppressed…and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things.” Moreover in Proverbs 15:15 it also teaches “All the days of the oppressed are wretched…” In addition, the Iranian president, Rouhani and ayatollah Khamenei may be described in Proverbs 28:15 which reads “Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people.” In short, the brutal and vicious Islamic regime of those two characters, just mention, as well as the other mullahs , ayatollahs and other Muslim tyrants who have such harsh and brutal control with their terrible oppression over the lives of the Iranian people , Proverbs 29:2 is thus very appropriate . For it teaches “When the wicked rule, the people groan. “ [N.I.V.]

    • MTMLA says

      May 29, 2016 at 9:42 am

      The oppressed people of Iran have to blame it on their murderous cult of ISLAM, their parents for throwing out the Shah and replacing him with the fanatics and depraved Ayatolah and good old Jimmy Carter who helped create this whole hell in Iran. The people chose the situatikn they are in, they cannot blame anyone else but themselves. A friend told me jokingly that Jimmy Carter traded his young grandson to the devil so he would have more time here. The grandson died but JC survived cancer in the brain…that could very well be…

  4. Trico says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    “There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam.”
    No humor, no fun, only Peace?
    Uh Oh, I guess then the folk at CAIR won’t find my comment on “The Hounds Of CAIR”posted elsewhere on JW amusing.

  5. Walter Sieruk says

    May 28, 2016 at 2:29 pm

    As for those cruel harsh and oppressive mullahs and ayatollahs who have such power in this tyrannical Islamic regimes of Iran. they are so very hideous vicious and oppressive they are similar to ,in character , those heinous villains described in the Bible in Psalm 73: 6-9. Which reads, “Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their mind know limits. They scoff and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.” [N.I.V.]6-9.

  6. DFD says

    May 28, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Ayatollah Khomeini said: “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.”

    Run like bloody hell!
    ================

    • Trico says

      May 28, 2016 at 3:35 pm

      “An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam.”
      I don’t know, picturing Muhammad, peace be upon him, in Aisha’s clothing I kind of find funny. Maybe allowances are made for Infidels.

  7. linnte says

    May 28, 2016 at 3:23 pm

    Soon, everyone will have lash scars in Iran to prove they want to be human. What a travesty!

  8. Angemon says

    May 28, 2016 at 4:55 pm

    Iranian students threw a graduation dance party. It cost them 99 lashes each

    Authorities are lashing out at “crime”, I see…

    This time, however, someone tipped off authorities

    Start by looking into the that one student that missed the party…

  9. Senthil Kumar says

    May 28, 2016 at 5:29 pm

    It was an integral part of the party!

  10. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 28, 2016 at 6:22 pm

    And this is why the Underground Church grows in Iran.

    Indeed, I remember reading somewhere that the *meetings* of that church – because many of its members come from the younger set – use similar precautions to those observed by the participants in this underground dance party.

    some who sneak off to ‘underground’ dance parties are apostasising altogether and then they sneak off to ‘underground’ Christian gatherings, to which they bring their extensive experience at operating ‘under the radar’….

    • linnte says

      May 28, 2016 at 8:41 pm

      General Dumbledore, this is off topic completely, bit I am taking a break from JW for a while. It’s just too much for me to take in day in and day out. I will be back. Much affection!

      Linnte

      • Westman says

        May 28, 2016 at 11:04 pm

        I understand how you feel Linnte. We’ll miss you.

        As for there being no humor in Islam, here’s a reminder that there is always an exception:

        http://tinyurl.com/hnj7ooh

        • linnte says

          May 29, 2016 at 12:03 am

          Hahahahahahaha! Thanks and see you later!

        • Champ ♥ says

          May 29, 2016 at 3:01 am

          Take care, Linnte! And don’t be a stranger! xo, Champ 🙂

  11. Jay Boo says

    May 28, 2016 at 7:02 pm

    Why couldn’t Islam’s top A-Hole handle this all by himself?

    If Allah is so angry all the time over this, why no action from the Islam’s disgrace the Rage Face of hate Allah?
    Is one of Allah’s 99 names beside A-Hole the Wimpy Buffoon.

  12. WorkingClassPost says

    May 28, 2016 at 11:08 pm

    This story is very reminiscent of the old Soviet Union, when the youth would buy Levi’s on the black market, and listen to Western music in secret.

    They always worried about the snitches too, so were cautious about talking politics and being overheard.
    .
    That regime met it’s end.

    • bytheway says

      May 29, 2016 at 2:15 am

      You know I have considered that too. It all unravelled so quickly.
      The Berlin wall came down almost in the blink of an eye.
      Oppressive regimes NEVER last – people who want to live, breathe and grow as individuals persevere.
      It is sad that so many have to suffer and die in pursuit of their freedom to choose and all this in the modern era – it seems we have learnt nothing from history.

      On reflection it is why I hate islam so much, its self importance with the ‘best of people’ nonsense, whatever happened to simply being kind and trying to build others up regardless of what they believe.
      The misogyny and belief that women are half that of a man.
      Honour killings, FGM, rape, stoning gays, Jew hatred and the list goes on.

      Anyone who remains part of this belief system, or who joins it, must be genuinely deluded, or really naive.
      It took me all of a couple of hours, asking questions on the muslim run, islamqa website to find out what is haram and what isn’t.
      islam is hateful on every level, it’s a shame that so many good individuals have been duped and have bought into this oppressive and hateful ideology, especially women.

      • MTMLA says

        May 29, 2016 at 10:17 am

        Read A GOD WHO HATES , by Wafa Sultan, a Syrian apostate who immigrated to the US. It reads sometimes as a horror book about how Islam treats women and how it teaches that women are inferior to men etc. It also shows how Islam views Christians and Jews with contempt and hatred and commands their destruction.
        The sad reality is that Europe and the US traitor politicians are flooding their countries with young men, and even women who support this ideology and want to impose it on non muslim people. Islam is intolerant and does not accept any deviation of its doctrine as prescribed by old degenerate pedophile barbaric murderous Mohammed, under the penalty of death.

  13. Cecilia Ellis says

    May 29, 2016 at 12:01 am

    After reading this article and drinking what appears now to have been an insufficient amount of Pepto Bismol, I first thought of Anni Cyrus and how glad I am that she made it out of that country. While I might be wrong, I seem to recall that Anni addressed this savagery. The administration of 99 lashes is no gentle punishment and the number of lashes awarded seems rather severe, even by demonic sharia standards. The consequent physical impact might well be nerve damage, internal injury to organs and an inordinate potential for a lifetime of unabated PTSD. In short, a time for celebration has been turned into a hastily enacted torture marathon.

    The following extract is taken from the Iranian “Regulatory Code on Sentences of Qisas, Stoning, Crucifixion, Execution, and Flogging pursuant to Article 293 of the Criminal Code of Procedure for Public and Revolutionary Courts on Stoning, Crucifixion, Execution, and Flogging”:

    “Chapter III – Enforcement of Sentences of Flogging

    Article 27- Flogging will be administered by a woven leather belt of approximately one meter in length and one-and-a-half centimeter in width.

    Article 28- To the extent possible, the convict’s hand and feet must be securely tied so as to avoid unwanted movements that would cause impact of the lash on other parts of the body.

    Note: The term ‘other parts’ refers to the head, face and private organs.

    Article 29- If enforcement is carried out indoors, the temperature of the room where flogging is administered should be moderate. If enforcement is carried out outdoors, the temperature should neither be too hot nor too cold. In cold climates, enforcement should be carried out during warmer hours, and in hot climates during cooler hours.

    Article 30- With respect to strength used in flogging: flogging for adultery and tafkhiz[5] is more forceful than flogging for consumption of alcohol, and flogging for consumption of alcohol is more forceful than flogging for qazf[6] and pandering.

    Article 31- Enforcement of flogging is subject to the provisions of Article 300 of the Criminal Code of Procedure for Public and Revolutionary Courts in accordance with the provisions of the Islamic Penal Code.

    Article 32- Enforcement of hadd for female convicts will be carried out while the convict is in a sitting position with her body fully covered by clothing.

    Article 33- Flogging for male convicts will be administered while the convict is in a standing position. For adultery, sodomy, and consumption of alcohol, there will be no clothing other than coverage of private organs, and for qazf or pandering, flogging will be administered over regular clothing.

    Article 34- Floggings under the law of ta’zir[7] will be enforced pursuant to Article 288 of the Criminal Code of Procedure for Public and Revolutionary Courts as follows:

    a) Flogging will be administered while the convict is lied down on his or her stomach, over regular clothing, to the back, avoiding head, face and private organs;

    b) Flogging will be administered with steady pace and moderate strength;

    Article 35- This regulatory code, in application of Article 293 of Criminal Code of Procedure for Public and Revolutionary Courts, adopted on 19 September 1999 by the Commission for Judicial and Legal Affairs of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, with 36 Articles and 7 Notes, was approved by the Head of the Judiciary.

    Head of the Judiciary – Seyed Mahmoud Shahroudi
    ….

    [5] Article 235 of the Islamic Penal Code defines tafkhiz as: “placing a man’s sex organ between the thighs or the buttocks of another man.” A proviso to Article 235 states that if penetration does not reach the point of circumcision, the sex act is considered to be tafkhiz.

    [6] Article 245 of the Islamic Penal Code defines qazf as a false accusation of adultery or sodomy against someone else.

    [7] Under Iranian law, ta’zir punishments are a class of punishments for crimes that do not have explicitly stated punishments under Shari’a law.”

    http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/human-rights-documents/iranian-codes/1000000517-english-translation-of-regulatory-code-on-sentences-of-qisas-stoning-crucifixion-execution-and-flogging.html

    For more disgusting reading, check out the link and read the provisions for stoning, crucifixion, and execution. Perhaps more repulsive is the fact that Obama and Kerry appallingly have engineered an indefensible gift of nuclear technology to a primitive, sadistic, wicked and lying cult of tyrants.

    • bytheway says

      May 29, 2016 at 2:25 am

      Excellent post.

    • WorkingClassPost says

      May 29, 2016 at 6:46 am

      That’s institutionalised cruelty, at least there’s no water boarding allowed…

  14. mortimer says

    May 29, 2016 at 4:04 am

    Quote: “More than 30 were taken into custody. Their punishment: 99 lashes each.”

    What Western elites refer to as ‘freedom of religion”.

    Why bring this attitude to the West?

  15. duh swami says

    May 29, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Music, singing and dancing are early signs of moral decay…
    Next will come drumming on table tops, then dancing on table tops…
    Obviously this is not normal behavior and must be stopped…Did Mahound ever tap dance on a table top? Well, from time to time he did do so0me fancy footwork, but none of it was set to music…

  16. WorkingClassPost says

    May 29, 2016 at 8:31 am

    Could this be what muzzies mean when they say IS is not islamic?

    Because the jihdis enjoy rape, murder and slavery, when they’re only supposed to do it out of solemn duty to their demon prince.

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