The Islam-sanctioned treatment of gays:
http://images41.fotki.com/v1253/photos/1/1222605/5440024/publichanging-vi.jpg
(These men were hanged in Iran for “Homosexuality”)
There’s a serious problem with this post. It’s not clear at all that the photo is what it is claimed to be. Posting photos of serious trauma without accurate contextual information (source, date, location, etc) is irresponsible. The only contextual information provided here is the claim that these men were hanged under “Islam-sanctioned treatment” for being gay. This is a serious accusation against an entire religion. But is it true?
2. Flip it around to see it from the point of view of the spectators in the photo.
3. Get a rough translation: “Carrying out justice = Increasing security”
4. Do a logical Google search.
5. We find that these five men were, according to the New York Times and other mainstream sources, hanged in Mashad, Iran, on August 1st, 2007 for “rape, abduction, taking drugs and armed robbery.”
6. Capital punishment is wrong and most of the world opposes it (the U.S. and Iran are exceptions). The whole world opposes dishonesty.
(via apack)
