Okay, so admittedly yesterday’s post was petty (though I remain annoyed with the Mormon Times). But my grievance in this post is most definitely not petty. From Fox News:
An Iranian woman faces being stoned to death after being accused of committing adultery with two men involved in the killing of her husband, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.
If the barbaric sentence is enforced it would be the first stoning to take place in the hardline Islamic Republic in years, the Israeli paper said.
The Press Trust of India reports:
Authorities in Egypt have arrested a number of American youths on charges of preaching the Mormon doctrine, a faith regarded as a supplemental testament to the Bible.
The youths were arrested by the State security intelligence service in the Luxor Governorate on June 8.
The arrest came after several Egyptians, who saw them exercising their weird rites, made complaints against them.
The number of people arrested has not been disclosed as yet and it is not known whether they were taken to the State security service in Cairo or referred to the supreme State security prosecution on charges of contempt of religions.
Moreover, no information was disclosed about the deportation of the American youth to their country.
The restrictions on religious freedom in Egypt are a joke. Atheism is also criminalized in Egypt, so we ought to be especially sympathetic to these Mormons’ plight.
This is a developing story that has yet to be confirmed by the State Department. I’ll update this post as details become available.
Just a reminder: Our sister group SHIFT at the University of Utah is hosting a huge event in SLC this weekend. Here is the event info, via SHIFT’s blog:
Hey, look at this:
How about that bishop at the end, huh? What a tool. I mean, I know dissenting opinions are not really allowed in the Mormon church (or pretty much any other), but I’m always kinda dumbfounded when I see this sort of censorship in action.
I really wonder what the congregation thought. Most were probably relieved that someone shut up the mean guy who was making their brains hurt, but I have to wonder he didn’t spark more than a few thoughts.
Todd himself seems to have left the church, according to the video description.