A 37-year-old man has been executed in Iran after being found guilty of heresy and insulting prophet Jonah, according to human rights activists. Mohsen Amir-Aslani was arrested nine years ago for his activities which the authorities deemed were heretical. He was engaged in psychotherapy but also led sessions reading and reciting the Qur’an and providing his own interpretations of the Islamic holy book, his family said. Amir-Aslani was hanged last week for making “innovations in the religion” and “spreading corruption on earth”, but human rights activists said he was a prisoner of conscience who was put to death because of his religious beliefs. He had interpreted Jonah’s story in the Qur’an as a symbolic tale. How about we all try and live with the idea that there is no omnipotent being and that all these fairy stories are a quaint anachronism that hold no place in the world today? Why dont we pretend that there is no afterlife, no heaven or hell and that were all in this together for this lifetime only and try to do the best we can to live together, share space on the planet and try not to kill each other? Wouldnt that be a novel idea?
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:15:04 +0000
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