The rapists in this case were likely working from assumptions articulated back in 2009 by the Iranian Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi: “If the judgment for the [female] prisoner is execution, then rape before execution brings the interrogator a spiritual reward equivalent to making the mandated Haj pilgrimage [to Mecca], but if there is no execution … Continue reading Saudi Arabia: Woman’s rights activist was allegedly raped repeatedly while in prison