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Yemen: Amid coronavirus crisis, Islamic court sentences Baha’i to death for being Baha’i

Mar 25, 2020 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“The Baha’i faith was founded in the 19th century by an Iranian, the Baha’u’llah. Believers consider him a prophet, a sharp contrast with the orthodox Islamic view that Mohammed was God’s final messenger.”

The mainstream Islamic view is that Muhammad was the last prophet, an idea that is based on this Qur’an verse: “Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but the Messenger of Allah and seal of the prophets” (33:40). Accordingly, the Baha’is are considered heretics or apostates, and thus must be put to death in accord with the Sharia death penalty for heresy and apostasy.

“Yemen Huthis uphold death sentence for Baha’i, community says,” AFP, March 23, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Washington (AFP) – A court run by Yemen’s Huthi rebels has upheld the death sentence of a Baha’i over his religion in defiance of international appeals, the community said Monday.

Hamed bin Haydara, who has been detained since 2013, was not allowed into Sunday’s hearing in the capital Sanaa that rejected his appeal against the sentence imposed more than a year ago, the community said.

The Baha’i International Community in a statement said it was “utterly dismayed at this outrageous verdict” and urged the court to overturn it.

“At a time when the international community is battling a global health crisis, it is incomprehensible that the authorities in Sanaa have upheld a death sentence against an innocent individual solely because of his beliefs instead of focusing on safeguarding the population, including Baha’is,” said Diane Ala’i, the community’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva.

The United States and other nations as well as human rights groups have voiced alarm over the Huthi rebels’ treatment of Yemen’s small Baha’i community.

The rebels are linked to Iran, whose Shiite clerical regime bans the Baha’i faith, even while granting religious freedom to other minorities including Christians and Jews.

The Baha’i faith was founded in the 19th century by an Iranian, the Baha’u’llah. Believers consider him a prophet, a sharp contrast with the orthodox Islamic view that Mohammed was God’s final messenger….

Haydara is one of six Baha’is detained by Yemen’s Huthi rebels and has spent months in prison where he suffered beatings and electric shocks, according to the community.

Huthi courts have started prosecution of more than 20 Baha’is and called for the dissolution of the faith’s institutions in Yemen….

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  1. CogitoErgoSum says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 3:12 pm

    The Baha’i and everyone else need to realize that Islam is as great a threat to humanity as any virus and it’s a constant struggle to keep it from infecting the minds of people. Muhammad was no prophet. He was a carrier of a disease of the mind and spirit.

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 3:56 pm

      Yeah, I know. You are going to take Islam down by nuking a large part of the world. Maybe all the radiation in the atmosphere will kill the coronavirus too. But it’s kind of like cutting off your nose and ripping out your lungs to get rid of the flu, don’t you think?

    • mortimer says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 4:13 pm

      Dan, before you do that, why not finish the COMPLETE COURSE OF IRRADIATION of your brain that you started?

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 4:27 pm

      Dan Roley is also claiming that he is out enslaving Jihadists.

      Never mind that this is just bizarre projection–it isn’t civilized Infidels enslaving Muslims, but barbaric Muslims enslaving unbelievers.

    • End PC says

      Mar 26, 2020 at 11:32 pm

      Yep, the most lethal virus is the Quranovirus.

  2. Michael Copeland says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 3:28 pm

    “….ferociously intolerant”

    George Bernard Shaw

    • mortimer says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 4:09 pm

      Atheists and Agnostics, kindly take note. As far as Islam is concerned, YOU’RE NEXT.

      The greatest of sins in Islam is NOT worshipping Allah ‘correctly’. Since Atheists do not worship Allah AT ALL, they are most worthy of EXTERMINATION … according to Islam.

      This Islamic attitude of INTOLERANCE against free thinkers is called GHEIRA … an outraged jealousy to defend Islam’s doctrines and ‘honor’.

      That’s the state of discriminatory Sharia law in YEMEN.

      How many Western Muslims want to move to YEMEN-BERZERKISTAN ??? Anyone for strict Sharia?

      • FYI says

        Mar 25, 2020 at 4:31 pm

        Atheists:that includes Ex-muslim “apostates” too.

        And Hindus,Buddhists,Sikhs:

        There was a recent attack on a Sikh Gurdwara in Kabul:islamic state admitted responsibility.

        Anybody who is not a muslim is an “infidel”.

      • Aussie Infidel says

        Mar 26, 2020 at 6:47 am

        Mortimer, I’m quite sure that all atheists, agnostics and humanists who blog on this site understand – probably better than anyone else – that we are on Islam’s hit list. We all know that Jews and Christians (People of the Book) could be offered the protection of dhimmitude by paying the jizya tax (Quran 9:29) and obeying all the other humiliating requirements of the Pact of Umar.

        But are you saying that it’s all our fault, for not believing in some invisible, imaginary deity? Or that we are any less committed to the fight against Islam? I for one, have been fighting against this menace for over 50 years – long before most people had even heard of Islam, or knew anything about it.

        And what would you have us do about it? Become hypocrits and just start believing in something whose existence defies all scientific and logical evidence? That might be possible for people who have no scientific background, but for those of us who have had a lifetime of involvement in the sciences, any idea of abandoning the evidence and personal experience of a lifetime in favor of faith, would be a non-sequitur. My background is in physics, astronomy, electronics, psychology and teaching, none of which would compel me to believe in the existence of some supernatural deity.

        If it comes to a showdown with Islam, I guess I’ll just have to take my chances like millions of others. But who knows? The Covid 19 virus might yet reduce the number of Allah’s followers to the point that they reconsider their jihadist ambitions.

        • James Lincoln says

          Mar 26, 2020 at 8:13 am

          Aussie Infidel,

          Excellent post, my compliments.

          And this is coming from a devout Christian….

          You are correct. Atheists, agnostics, and humanists can be as committed to the fight against islam as Christians., etc.

          I respect your background in the hard sciences – and I respect your right to believe or not believe in a supernatural deity.

          And I also have a background in the hard sciences…

          All I ask is that you and others respect my right to be a Christian.

          Best wishes.

        • Karajan says

          Mar 26, 2020 at 8:04 pm

          “reconsider” ??? AHAHAHAHA HAHAHA

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 26, 2020 at 8:11 pm

          Aussie Infidel, Mortimer has also taken Jews and Christians to task at times for not taking the threat of Islam seriously enough. I don’t believe he is singling out Agnostics and Atheists.

  3. Palladini says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    Islam is not here to integrate, unlike every other religions who have come to North America, who all got along with each other, muslims do want to integrate, they are here to Dominate us
    Islam is NOT a religion, maybe a cult at most, but more of a Political system then a Religion
    Since the start of islam, 270 million People have died by at hands of muslims worldwide, it is not a religion of peace.
    To back up my facts watch this video and see for yourself – https://youtu.be/t_Qpy0mXg8Y

  4. Old Fat Bald Socially Inept Ron says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 3:45 pm

    Koran’avirus

    Fourteen centuries of infecting feeble minds, with no cure in sight.

    This deadly contagion thrives where ignorance and fear resides.
    💣 🔪 🧨 🗡 ⚰️ 🕋 ☠️

  5. GreekEmpress says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 3:57 pm

    Off topic, but just wanted to wish you all at JW well, and hope you are safe and have enough of what you need. We are sheltering in place, but celebrating Greek Independence Day—the anniversary of our freedom from the Ottoman Empire!
    🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 4:20 pm

      Hey, happy independence day. May you be always in good health and forever free.

      • GreekEmpress says

        Mar 25, 2020 at 6:29 pm

        Thanks CogitoErgoSum!
        You too!

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 4:39 pm

      Yay for Greek Independence Day! A number of Englishmen, like Lord Byron, also fought for Greek independence. This is one of the great incidents of the West successfully freeing itself from Muslim conquest.

      Thanks for the reminder, GreekEmpress. I’m making Greek food tonight–coincidentally, it wasn’t planned.

      • GreekEmpress says

        Mar 25, 2020 at 6:32 pm

        Hi gravenimage,
        Opa!
        I’ll have a shot of ouzo tonight and toast all of you here at JW!

        • gravenimage says

          Mar 26, 2020 at 8:13 pm

          🙂

    • Janice Mermikli says

      Mar 26, 2020 at 3:24 am

      Happy Independence Day for yesterday, from another Greek. Χρόνια Πολλά!

      • GreekEmpress says

        Mar 26, 2020 at 8:40 am

        👍👍👍🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

    • Aussie Infidel says

      Mar 26, 2020 at 7:05 am

      GE, Hope you have a happy Greek Independence Day. I’ve been to Greece a few times – first back in the 1970s when I was doing some solar astronomy and researching the Antikythera device; and most recently three years ago. I’ve always found it a wonderful place, so civilized in contrast to the surrounding Islamic countries. The new museum in Athens is simply fantastic – well worth a visit.

      • GreekEmpress says

        Mar 26, 2020 at 8:45 am

        Thanks Aussie Infidel!
        This year we had to shelter in place,
        so couldn’t have usual festivities, but did get the flag hoisted on the front patio.
        Hope you are safe in Australia and have enough of everything you need. Take care—

  6. gravenimage says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    Yemen: Amid coronavirus crisis, Islamic court sentences Baha’i to death for being Baha’i
    …………………..

    This *poor man*.

    No matter how dire things are, Muslims always take time out to murder Infidels.

    God, I hate Islam.

  7. Val says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    There’s never been any reason to think Muhammad was a prophet. The story about jibril in a cave is for children – completely ridiculous. Let Principle be Your Guide: Anyone who commits murder, rape, and robbery is no messenger from god, unless your god is Satan.

    • Jerry says

      Mar 25, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      All Jewish prophets received revelation from YAHWEH, not from Jibril or Lucifer impersonating him.

      Balaam’s She Ass first observed an angel with his drawn sword blocking her path.

      Only when Balaam continued to whip her she was given by YAHWEH the gift of human speech.

      It thus follows that Balaam’s She Ass was a far more authentic as God’s Messenger then Mohammad, the self proclaimed and totally fake prophet.

      • Val says

        Mar 26, 2020 at 12:19 am

        I want to hear a donkey talk. But as we know from all sources, Muhammad could not perform any kind of miracles. The leaders of Mecca went to Muhammad saying “We want to believe in your “Allah”, show us a miracle that we may believe.” Muhammad replied “I cannot”.

  8. Keys says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    Regarding the photo –

    Are those guys the executioners ready to spray the Baha’i with corona viruses ?

    Or are they Yemeni InfidelBusters ?

    ****************

    If there’s a strange Baha’i in you neighborhood,
    Who you gonna call? InfidelBusters !
    If there’s something weird and it don’t look good,
    Who you gonna call? InfidelBusters !

    If there’s a strange Jew in you neighborhood,
    Who you gonna call? InfidelBusters !
    If there’s something weird and it don’t look good,
    Who you gonna call? InfidelBusters !

    [too many verses to note]

  9. Battle says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    Baha’aphobia. Baha’iphhobia. Baja’aphobia.

  10. Battle says

    Mar 25, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    (Typo) Baha’iphobia. Baha’iphobia. Baha’iphobia.

  11. jca reid says

    Mar 26, 2020 at 11:12 am

    Where is the uproar from the UN/International Community on this sickening issue? It’s long overdue that the non-Muslim World get their act together & deal with this degenerate, retrograde force!

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