PeaceJam | Shirin Ebadi Op-Ed: When Adultery Means Death

Shirin Ebadi Op-Ed: When Adultery Means Death

Posted 8/9/2010 at 9:49 AM by Bradlee A in Laureates News
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Shirin Ebadi recently penned an Op-Ed weighing in on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the mother of two sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

Shirin Ebadi, Huffington Post wrote:
The practice of stoning, in particular, is so abhorrent that even political allies like Brazil have been roused into action. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered Ashtiani asylum over the weekend in a direct appeal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran has yet to respond formally, and a foreign leader can have no direct bearing on a domestic legal proceeding. But the Brazilian intervention sends a powerful message to the Islamic Republic: its human rights record can never be divorced from its nuclear diplomacy.

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Kate P wrote:
I highly recommend everyone read not only Shirin's entire op-ed, but some of the first few comments beneath it. The piece, which is both very well written and incredibly informative, draws some very unexpected reactions from people who (in my opinion) are very much lacking in compassion.
posted 8/9/2010 at 11:46 AM

Jasmin M wrote:
Shirin dos a great job of laying out the laws and showing just how unjust they are towards women. This was a very well-written op-ed piece, and I hope more attention to the injustice in Iranian law draws some action to change it.
posted 8/9/2010 at 12:40 PM

Penpa D wrote:
Indeed Kate! Many of those comments lack empathy and compassion.Many just refuse to recognize the injustice for what it is, instead they just give excuses - be it in the form of quote from Qur'an or throwing mud at each other. I have seen so many times where comments would go like this "Why not ask your country to stop death penalty, or you guys have done it, why can't we?" As if these reasoning justify the actions. I often wonder why they never ask "If that happen to me, how would I feel?"
posted 8/9/2010 at 1:47 PM

Bradlee A wrote:

Jasmin M wrote:
Shirin dos a great job of laying out the laws and showing just how unjust they are towards women.

Absolutely Jasmin! This piece revealed how biased the law really is. I knew it was slanted towards men, but I didn't exactly know how. That loophole is ridiculous! I literally can't believe the stuff men can get away with in Iran. Disgusting.

posted 8/9/2010 at 3:00 PM