It is often difficult for us as Westerners to understand
Muslim law and how it works. A prime
example is now unfolding in Iran.
A park ranger who was working in the remote province of Dena
confronted five illegal poachers who had killed a protected wild goat. In the ensuing confrontation the poachers
shot at the park ranger attempting to escape.
Reacting to protect himself the park ranger returned fire apparently killing
one of the poachers. This incident that occurred
in 2007 has now resulted in park ranger Asad Taghizadeh being convicted of
manslaughter and condemned to death, a sentence that is to be carried out
within two weeks.
According to the Iranian Mehr News Agency:
Following the shooting,
Taghizadeh was condemned to a retributive death sentence (Qesas), something the
family of the deceased hunter have been demanding insistently
.
The sentence of death has now been affirmed by the Iranian
Supreme Court.
In Iran more than one hundred park rangers have been killed
on the job in the past thirty years.
Iranian park rangers are looked down on as lower members of society due
to their poor economic compensation.
This contributes to their treatment by fellow Iranians and disregard for
their mission of protecting natural and cultural resources.
For more information you can go to the following links. The second includes an online petition should
you wish to take some action.
I'm going to go throw up somewhere. What on God's green earth makes some people believe this is okay?
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