“Iran’s rival Saudi Arabia also implements such medieval punishments.”
Yes, because they both implement Sharia.
“Most modern Islamic countries, however, have justice systems compatible with international human rights law.”
Yes, because they don’t fully implement Sharia.
We’re constantly told in the West that there are numerous different versions of Sharia, and that it is so multifaceted as to deny simple characterization. Yet whenever and wherever it is implemented, it looks like this.
“The thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.” (Qur’an 5:38)
“Iran authorities amputate man’s hand as punishment for thefts,” by Mohammed Rwanduzy, Rudaw, October 24, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – An Iranian man charged with 28 counts of theft had his hand amputated at a prison in the northern province of Mazandaran on Thursday, the local judiciary announced.
A judicial statement from Mazandaran said the gruesome punishment had been carried out at Sari Prison in the northern Iranian province under Article 198 of the Islamic Republic’s Penal Code, according to Fars News Agency, an outlet close to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The man was also charged with possession and sale of drugs as well as selling stolen property. The judicial statement claimed the man had robbed 28 houses in the city of Mahmudabad.
“The policy of the judiciary is to seriously, without hesitation, confront those who disturb the public order and the security of the society and those who steal people’s properties,” the Mazandaran judiciary said.
Article 198 of the Islamic Republic’s Penal Code has a number of conditions for the amputation sentence. Among the main conditions is that the individual being punished is sane, not coerced, and had not committed the crime at a time of famine.
Economic crimes like theft have been on the rise in Iran as US sanctions on the nation’s economy, particularly those targeting its oil and banking sectors, take their toll on the public’s purchasing power.
Iran has been controlled by a strict Islamic theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Amputation of hands is a prescribed punishment for thieves in Islam’s holy book, the Quran.
Iran’s rival Saudi Arabia also implements such medieval punishments. Most modern Islamic countries, however, have justice systems compatible with international human rights law…
Some of Iran’s hardliners want to see more of the sentences carried out.
“Unfortunately, so as not be condemned of human rights issues in the United Nations, we have abandoned some of the divine laws,” Mohammed Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s Attorney-General, said on January 17, 2019, according to Iran Human Rights Monitor….