This is the recompense of those who fight against Allah and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth to do corruption there: they shall be killed, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall be struck off on opposite sides; or they shall be exiled from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement.” (Qur’an 5:33)
Many news outlets have covered the judicial murder of Ruhollah Zam. I found none that noted that his crime, “corruption on earth,” is a death penalty offense in the Qur’an. Why did they all ignore this? Probably because they don’t know it, and if they did know it, they’d still spike it, as the establishment media has dedicated itself to the proposition that no news can be published that might make anyone think ill of Islam.
“Iran’s execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam, briefly explained,” by Cameron Peters, Vox, December 12, 2020:
Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam, whose reporting helped spur large anti-government protests, was executed by Iran on Saturday morning, according to reports by state media.
Zam, 47, was found guilty of “corruption on earth” and sentenced to death in June 2020. The sentence was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court on Tuesday this week, shortly before his execution.
The vague charge of “corruption on earth” is often used “in cases involving espionage or attempts to overthrow Iran’s government,” Al Jazeera reported Saturday….
clive delmonte says
The nightmare rolls on. Let’s hope and pray that Mr Biden does not attempt to appease or formulate a compromise with Teheran. We all know where appeasing Hitler ended up.
Duck Holiman says
Are you kidding me? He will do what ever his master Obama tells him to do. He was a huge supporter of Iran
Veracious_one says
+1…
what are the odds on Harris becoming President in less than 2 years…
jca reid says
If Biden is sworn in as President, he’ll hasten the demise of Western Democracy. During his Presidential Campaign he quoted verses from the Quran. He’d no idea what the verses meant. Basically, ‘don’t like Islam, we chop you up with a sword. He won’t be President for long as the Democrat Party will replace him.
JANET says
BY the left not learning from HISTORY -then there is blocking of TRUTH AND NAZISM THAT HITLER used as an excuse to execute so many innocents . The Arabs brought Hitler and Nazism to the Arab -Shariah believers and made evil-Islam even more toxic/ Biden has said he intends to let more Nazi-Islamics into our land to destroy us and if there is not an uprising to stop this treason then of course we lose TRUTH AND FREEDOM and our country.
tim gallagher says
A charge of “corruption on earth”. What a fucking bad joke Islam is, this grotesque primitive throwback to mankind’s earlier days. You couldn’t get a vaguer charge than the all encompassing “corruption on earth”. It could cover pretty much any type of supposed transgression by any human being. And the charge leads to a person being executed. islam and all its nonsensical, primitive crap should have been consigned to the rubbish bin of history ages ago. A 7th century Arabian way of life should not be still stinking up the 21st century world with its disgusting, evil garbage
Westman says
In wondering where a rogue runaway AI entity, one intent on eliminating humans, would begin, it seems obvious that it would seek out the most unenlightened and dangerous human societies. Iran, Boko Haram, Hamas, other terrorist groups, and Islam would be high in its priority for elimination.
Islam, particularly in Iran, appears to be in a crisis caused by exposure to a more rational world, a Western world that has a dim view of Islam. Western government propaganda attempts to change the image; ignoring the common source of civil disruption, and declaring violence as an exception. The citizens of all nations are rightly suspicious of government propaganda themes.
The genie of Muslim behavior, brought out by the internet and modern communications, isn’t going back into the bottle. Islam, and everything done in its name, is permanently on display. The Kabuki of bad ideas continues.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comment, Westman. I certainly do hope that Islam is in a crisis because, as you say, it is being exposed to a more rational world. When I hear the type of unbelievably primitive garbage that makes up islam in its attitude to all areas of human life, I really do find that it is just a load of completely outdated crap. As you say, we can now see so much of the utterly barbaric garbage done in Islam’s name. Hopefully, this disgusting throwback of an ideology will go off into a terminal crisis and actually die out. I guess it will take a long time for that to happen. It should have happened long, long ago. Islam is full of such primitive, inhumane crap.
DavidR says
Corruption on Earth. It’s not just vague. Unlike the second amendment it’s intentionally vague. However, it absolutely doesn’t have anything to do with ecology. It’s the kind of phrase a cult leader would abuse, readily, to imprison or eliminate any challenger. Generally one must have disobeyed God but specifically one must have disobeyed some old man who has nicer things he wants to keep, along with a set of silly notions he uses to protect himself from reality that are collectively called Shariah. Just like their prophet these old men will never be martyrs for their own cause, just like their prophet, but will dip into the booty stash more than the enshrined 20%. Muhammad probably never did this, mostly because his army was in it for the loot and women and he needed them to trust him. Plus he would have had the headache of making up some more “recitations” to justify it.
Peter Buckley says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0af5QnjxD6Q
gravenimage says
Iran’s execution of dissident gets worldwide coverage, but media ignores fact that his ‘crime’ was based on Qur’an
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Yes–I noted this–that “corruption on earth” is held to be anything that stands against Islam–and that’s how the Mullahs see themslves–as the representatives of Islam. They are certainly brutal enough…
Rod says
‘Worldwide” coverage, but somehow not a mention of it in my little backwater.
But I did read about another US execution – apparently another victim sacrificed to mark the end of the Bonespurs Presidency.
What is making news, worldwide, is the horrifying tally of 300,000 Covid deaths in USA, and steadily increasing. Thanks of course to a pathetic lack of leadership, pathetically uncoordinated procedures, misinformation spread by arrogant fools, and a determined refusal by leaders to accept and follow scientific advice or even common sense. My heart goes out to all those innocent victims of American stupidity.
And, brutal lessons ignored, US deaths per capita tragically up with the world’s worst.
So folks, keep your donations rolling in for the reelection of your Liar-in-Chief. You know he will save the day, if just given another four years. The dead will come back to life, the virus will disappear “like a miracle”. One year would be enough, or just another week.
Remember, the infallible Spencer says he’s the greatest president of all time?
Infidel says
Yeah, the death penalty of someone who raped his 2 year old daughter, and another person who burned 3 people alive in a car. Yeah, go ahead, defend all that in the name of your precious ‘opposition to all death penalty’
In the meantime, nothing against the Iranians for executing someone guilty of far lesser crimes (except by islamic standards)
Rod says
300,000 and counting. So, let’s focus on Iran, much easier.
Of course I am opposed to executions in Iran.
This man was, however, suspected of espionage or attempts to overthrow the government. Charges for which even the USA has in the past awarded severe punishments, including death (though Infidel regards them as “far lesser” crimes).
Infidel says
300,000 and counting… and not a word against the neo-Maoists of this century, the Chicoms, who made this happen!!!
We know how much you love the US. So F? off!!!
Rod says
Whoever made it happen did so in those countries which managed the pandemic sensibly and effectively.
(Which they did without the advice of the arrogant fool who told you to drink bleach, told you not to wear masks, told you the virus would go away, refused to organise PPE supplies, held mass infection sharing rallies, attacked those who disagreed with him, and posed as an expert while behaving like an idiot. Shouldn’t you be just a little critical? Instead of obsessing about Islam? Or blaming the Chinese?).
gravenimage says
“Rod” is desperate to distract from Jihad, because he knows apologia for it will not work here.
terry sullivan says
us popn=350 million +
Giacomo Latta says
”Of course I am opposed to executions in Iran.”
Rod is opposed to news reports escaping Iran concerning the death of someone by a catch-all phrase. He has not shown any grief for innocent Canadians and Iranians at the hands of the IRGC. He must think all passengers were guilty of corruption on earth.
”So let’s focus on Iran.”
The name of this website is spelled J-i-h-a-d (space) W-a-t-c-h. What’s that spell, Rod? It spells Jihad Watch, not USA Watch, not Trump Watch, not even COVID Watch.I am sure you are stunned by that bit of information, not that we all don’t know that about you already. So that is why we are focusing on Iran and things Islamic.
Why don’t you try to display your knowledge of Islam so that we may even do something other than laugh at the fact that you are so out-of-league on that and most other subjects.
Start by citing one verse in the koran, just one, then interpret it for us including the de rigueur nonsense of how Islam is a religion of peace. Annihilation of all that is not Islam by Islam does not count, although it warms my heart to know that that would include you in the slaughter.
Richard Finlayson says
Wait till the real fools are running the government! It’s Obama 2.0
gravenimage says
Rod wrote:
‘Worldwide” coverage, but somehow not a mention of it in my little backwater.
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This story has been covered by many mainstream news outlets, including the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, Reuters, the New York Times, and CBS:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55285301
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/12/middleeast/iran-execution-journalist-rouhollah-zam-intl/index.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/12/iran-executes-dissident-journalist-ruhollah-zam-state-tv
https://www.reuters.com/article/iran-execution-dissident-int/iran-executes-french-based-dissident-journalist-captured-last-year-idUSKBN28M0QW
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/world/europe/iran-execution-Ruhollah-Zam.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-executes-journalist-ruhollah-zam-over-his-online-work/
Also the Guardian, the TImes of India, the CBC, ABC, JPost, the New York Post, Al Arabiya, the Jakarta Post, France24, SkyNews, the Telegraph, Vatican News, the Daily Mail, the LA Times, Barrons, Voice of America, Japan Today, the Times of Malta, the Bangkok Post, Tehran Times, PressTV, New Zealand Times, the Baghdad Post, the Australian, Haaretz, and many others, all over the world.
It seems that “Rod” is just terribly ignorant and ill-informed, and seems to like it that way.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage says,
“It seems that “Rod” is just terribly ignorant and ill-informed, and seems to like it that way.”
It’s either that or he is being deliberately deceptive…
gravenimage says
James, of course you are correct.
annonymos says
Mullahs are the most corrupted on earth. They brought Iran , misery, killings, of DR Shapoor Baktiar last PM of shah, All Army officers were shot in hour trials. This regime brought to world also terrorism , terrorism,
and supports Hamas, PLO, and Yemanis, and Al Shabab . Iranian are gotten richer time of Reza Shah of Iran. He died in Egypt , If he was alive would be 100 years old. Shah of Iran did not kill protests majority of bullets were put on air may be on in to protestors. Today Iranian every one are mad as hell, When Khomeini , was taken all guns from people of Iran and next day killed or hanged in front of people officers of SHAH.
This regime has Robert Levinson ex FBI agent and all time they lie. We want his freedom ASAP.
We give condolences to people democratic of Iran and his family for loss of his son under most brutal regime in history of mankind.MR Zam is hero.
gravenimage says
The Shah’s regime was pretty bloody–but not nearly as bad as the Mullahs’.
OLD GUY says
For all of those who are opposed to the death penalty, beware under Islamic law the death penalty is handed out for what you would consider minor crimes. Thats right burning a book, not wearing the correct clothing, speaking your mind about Muhammad, cheating on your husband, if you are a women leaving your house with out a male’s approval.
The list goes on, it seems that anything the islamic leaders deem harmful to their power results in a death sentence. The religion of love and peace in action.
gravenimage says
Quite so, OLD GUY.
And not just for minor crimes like petty theft, but also for *non-crimes* as you note–including being raped and reporting it.