“If you insult the Prophet you will get executed, because he’s dead and he can’t defend himself”

They don’t live in Iran, but were still sentenced to years in prison for “insulting the sanctity of Islam.” We are much more enlightened in the West: “insulting the sanctity of Islam” won’t get you imprisoned or executed (yet); it will just get you vilified, defamed, deplatformed, and branded a “hate group leader.”



Iran Sentences Music Band to 14 Years in Jail and 74 Lashes
Al Bawaba
July 14, 2019

Iran has sentenced an Iranian metal band to 14 and a half years in prison and 74 lashes for the crime of playing metal.

The Revolutionary Tribunal of Tehran sentenced the two members of the band Confess – Nikan Khosravi and Arash Ilkhani – in July, reported The Wrap.

Khosravi was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison with 74 lashes while Ilkhani’s six year sentence was reduced to two years.

The duo currently reside in Norway, having fled Iran in 2017, two years after they were arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on multiple charges.

These charges included blasphemy for expressing anti-religious and anti-regime sentiments in their music.

A legal document from the General Judiciary of the Province of Tehran, obtained by Loudwire, shows the detail of the July 3 sentencing.

Khosravi received five years for “insulting the sanctity of Islam”, one year for “propoganda” against the regime, two years for “insulting the Supreme Leader and the president” and four years for leaving the country.

Six months of Khosravi’s imprisonment and 74 lashes were ordered for allegedly disturbing public opinion through the production of music containing anti-regime lyrics and insulting content and for participating in interviews with the opposition media”.

Ilkhani’s six years imprisonment, five years for “insulting the sanctity of Islam” and one year for “propoganda” against the regime, was reduced to two by the court.

According to Khosravi, the duo narrowly escaped execution because of a detail in Iranian law.

“If you insult the Prophet you will get executed, because he’s dead and he can’t defend himself. But if you blaspheme God and question his existence, he can forgive you. That was why we didn’t get executed,” Khosravi told Loudwire….

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