MORE ABOUT IRAN

After the interval we are straight in with John's passionate political speech. Before he comes on the stage is set to feel slightly like a protest, people are giving flyers out, others are enthusiastically waiting for John. I have to hold a banner up which says on it "Death is not the answer", as the audience come in and gather round the stage we all discuss about Iran with the audience and so I could successfully involve the audience I needed to read a book or two in order so that I could talk about the issues in Iran.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sSmrLhiDa4

The link above is to a documentary about the Sharia law, the Sharia laws Islam's legal system, taken from the Koran and the word of God. The Sharia law informs every aspect of a Muslim's life. The Sharia law is to help Muslims guide their lives in God's wishes.

This young boy stole some bread from a market, his punishment was for his arm to go under wheel of this vehicle.

A woman receiving her punishment, she is about to be stoned to her death. Horrible facts about Sharia Law:  A Muslim who leaves Islam must be killed immediately.
A Muslim will be forgiven for murder of: an apostate, an adulterer, a highway robber. A Muslim will not get the death penalty if he kills a non-Muslim, but will get it for killing a Muslim. Sharia never abolished slavery, sexual slavery and highly regulates it. A master will not be punished for killing his slave. Sharia dictates death by stoning, beheading, amputation of limbs, flogging even for crimes of sin such as adultery. It is a crime for a non-Muslim to sell weapons to someone who will use them against Muslims. Non-Muslims cannot curse a Muslim, say anything derogatory about Allah, the Prophet, or Islam, or expose the weak points of Muslims. But Muslims can curse non-Muslims.
Homosexuality is punishable by death. There is no age limit for marriage of girls. The marriage contract can take place anytime after birth and can be consummated at age 8 or 9. Divorce is only in the hands of the husband and is as easy as saying: "I divorce you" and becomes effective even if the husband did not intend it.  A man has the right to have up to 4 wives and none of them have a right to divorce him.
The dowry is given in exchange for the woman's sexual organs. A man is allowed to have sex with slave women and women captured in battle, and if the enslaved woman is married her marriage is annulled. The testimony of a woman in court is half the value of a man. A woman loses custody if she remarries. To prove rape, a woman must have 4 male witnesses. A Muslim woman must cover every inch of her body, which is considered "Awrah," a sexual organ. Not all Sharia schools allow the face of a woman exposed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R97e6d0CNPk&feature=youtu.be

This is a link to the film Persepolis which is about a young outspoken Iranian girl during the Islamic Revolution. It gave me a different outlook on what was going on in the Iran than I initially thought. This film is based on a comic book series by Marjane Satrapi. This film is very unusual and bold, the truth behind the contrasting animation of the film was brilliant. This film gave me an insight into the issues of Iran in the eyes of a woman, showing the difficulty and challenges faced when being a woman in Iran.