An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says.

It has let us map what happened to 16-year-old Nika Shakarami who vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022.

Her body was found nine days later. The government claimed she killed herself.

We put the report’s allegations to Iran’s government and its Revolutionary Guards. They did not respond.

Marked “Highly Confidential”, the report summarises a hearing on Nika’s case held by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - the security force that defends the country’s Islamic establishment. It includes what it says are the names of her killers and the senior commanders who tried to hide the truth.

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    Islamic law allowed the distribution of female captives as spoils of war and for them to be bought and sold, becoming sexually lawful after a short waiting period to confirm they were not pregnant.

    You are also allowed to rape your wives and slaves.

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      The old testament says a lot of the same shit. Acting like this shit is exclusively Islam’s domain is big bigot energy.

      The whole situation is unbelievably fucked up. Fundamentalist Islam is in the mix but Islam in and of itself is not the cause.

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        It’s not being bigoted to point out the dangers of the current form of Islam. You only have to have eyes to see the extent of jihad, mercy killings, beheadings for drawing Mohamed, etc. or to see the stats from polls where large numbers say it is justified, or sometimes justified.

        It absolutely doesn’t apply to all Muslims but it’s not a tiny minority, and other religions do not have anywhere near the same violence today. Burying your head in the sand and calling people bigots and racists is pathetic and doesn’t help.

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        I thought the point you were making was they were behaving exactly like islamists?

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          The point I was making is that they aren’t behaving in accordance with their own stated ideology.

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          did you even read the article you posted? It says that the women who are taken as prisoners of war and not freed or ransomed are to be protected under the same protections as slaves, which includes not getting raped.

          You really think quoting what ISIS(the most hated group in the world even by muslims and islamic scholars) did proves the point? You’re either mentally challenged or trolling. Either way go back to reddit.

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            Seriously. Some people seem to be incapable of understanding nuance. Literally billions of people follow various religions that at some point have condoned some pretty fucked up behavior. These religions have contemporary offshoots that still believe this fucked up behavior is acceptable, typically because it directly benefits them, but the vast majority do not. Then you get some yahoos who see the worst of the worst and paint entire religions with a broad brush based on them.

            People aren’t shitty because of religion. Shitty people use religion as an excuse to be shitty and would fabricate something else if religion and other forms of magical thinking were quashed.

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              Blowback is a bitch ain’t it? It was the US led invasion of Iraq that birthed ISIS. An invasion based on lies about terrorists being in Iraq drummed up by neocons and neolibs, and that would actually help to create a more virulent terrorist plague in the end. And it was the US that armed and trained Bin Laden for its proxy war with Russia in Afghanistan.

              When you say “true story”, how much history and context do you really know? Try not getting your news and ‘facts’ watching fox and oan news and alex jones types.

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                  I looked it up and can’t find anything. Can you link sources? Or are you parrotting IDF propaganda as usual? I can’t even find anything about Hamas being at war with ISIS.

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      anon987, this is a troll. Someone who makes excuses for and supports the genocide against Palestinians by Israel. Basically using this tragedy to dehumanize people.

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      It allows women (and men) which actively fight in wars and are captured to be sold as slaves. Not random civilians.

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          Capturing people that try to kill you is a lot different than randomly kidnapping people from the street.

          And the entire sex slave rape fantasy people are writing about doesn’t check out either. But I would not expect any less from people that verbatim repeat any Islamophobic propaganda they have read and never fact check it.

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            Some Islamic fun for ya, straight from the scripture.

            Restriction on prisoner/sex slave rape (which is unfortunately not a ban on it, rather an acknowledgement, why is it only forbidden when pregnant?):

            Narrated Umm Habibah bint 'Irbad bin Sariyah: From her father who told her that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited intercourse with female prisoners, until they deliver what is in their wombs."

            (Hadith’s, 3:19:1564, https://quranx.com/Hadith/Tirmidhi/DarusSalam/Volume-3/Book-19/Hadith-1564/)

            Child rape:

            As for your women past the age of menstruation, in case you do not know, their waiting period is three months, and those who have not menstruated as well. As for those who are pregnant, their waiting period ends with delivery.1 And whoever is mindful of Allah, He will make their matters easy for them.

            (Quran 65:4, https://quran.com/at-talaq/4)

            Gay murder:

            The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If you find anyone doing as Lot’s people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done.

            (Hadith’s, 38:4447, https://quranx.com/Hadith/AbuDawud/USC-MSA/Book-38/Hadith-4447)

            Murder of those who question Islam and decide it’s wrong:

            Surely those who reject Our signs, We will cast them into the Fire. Whenever their skin is burnt completely, We will replace it so they will ˹constantly˺ taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

            (Quran, 4:56, https://quran.com/4/56)

            More “religion of peace” moments:

            Surah 3:151: “We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve (all non-Muslims) …”

            Surah 2:191: “And kill them (non-Muslims) wherever you find them … kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers (non-Muslims)

            Jews and Christians will be in the fire of Hell. They are the worst of creatures - Quran 98:6

            Surah 9:5: “Then kill the disbelievers (non-Muslims) wherever you find them, capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush …”

            Jews & Christians, believe in Islam before We destroy your faces & twist them toward their backs & curse you - Quran 4:47

            Those who disbelieve in Islam, We will drive you into a fire & roast your skins over & over - Quran 4:56

            Those who resist Islam - Kill them, crucify them. Cut off their hands & feet from opposite sides - Quran 5:33

            For the thief, the male & the female cut off their hands - Quran 5:38 Allah turned the Jews into apes and pigs - Quran 5:60

            What is the matter with you that you do not fight Jihad in the cause of Allah? - Quran 4:75

            Disbelievers worship Satan. So Muslims! fight against the disbelievers - Quran 4:76

            Non-Muslims wish you would disbelieve like them. Do not be their friend until they emigrate for the cause of Islam. But if they turn away, seize them & kill them wherever you find them - Quran 4:89

            And kill the unbelievers wherever you overtake them. Fitnah is worse than killing - Quran 2:191

            Fight them until there is no more disbelieving of Islam & until all worship is for Allah alone - Quran 2:193

            Fighting Jihad warfare has been ordered upon you. Perhaps you hate it, but its good for you - Quran 2:216

            Those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah will have a severe punishment - Quran 3:4

            Muslims! Do not take non-Muslims as friends - Quran 3:28

            You will not enter Paradise before Allah tests those who fought Jihad in His Cause - Quran 3:142

            We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve - Quran 3:151

            If you are killed in Jihad in the cause of Allah it is better than anything else in this world - Quran 3:157

            Never think of Jihadists who have been killed as dead. They are alive in paradise - Quran 3:169

            Jihadi Martyrs receive good rewards and favour from Allah - Quran 3:171

            Women who have unlawful sex. Lock the guilty women in their houses until they die - Quran 4:15

            Men are in charge of women. Those wives from whom you fear arrogance - Advise them, forsake them in bed, Finally, beat them - Quran 4:34

            Allah prefers those who fight Jihad in the Cause of Allah with their lives above those who sit at home - Quran 4:95

            The disbelievers of Islam are ever to you a clear enemy - Quran 4:101

            And the worldly life is not but amusement; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah. Quran 6:32

            We destroyed many cities, Our terror came to them at night & while they were sleeping - Quran 7:4

            The homosexuals, We rained upon them a rain of stones. Then see how the end of the criminals - Quran 7:84

            Non-Muslims are comparable to dogs - Quran 7:176

            Those who deny Our Quran - We will lead them to destruction from where they do not know - Quran 7:182

            Terrorise & behead those who do not believe in Islam & strike off their fingertips - Quran 8:12

            We will behead those who have wronged and others, know that Allah is severe in penalty - Quran 8:25

            Keep Fighting the disbelievers until there is no more disbelief in Islam - Quran 8:39

            The worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are non-Muslims - Quran 8:55

            When you capture the unbelievers, punish them severely to deter the rest - Quran 8:57

            Prophet Mohammed! To keep prisoners of war you must inflict a great massacre - Quran 8:67

            Those who emigrate to an Islamic State & fight Jihad will go to paradise - Quran 8:74

            And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the unbelievers - Quran 9:5

            Fight unbelievers. Fight them until they give the jizyah Muslim Tax - Quran 9:29

            Jews and Christians are perverts, may Allah destroy them - Quran 9:30

            Praise the Muhajireen fighters - Quran 9:100

            Allah has purchased from the believers their lives & their properties in exchange for paradise - Quran 9:111

            Muslims! Fight those disbelievers next to you and be harsh! - Quran 9:123

            Jihadists the enemy won’t kill you, only Allah can do that - Quran 9:151

            To disbelievers - Should we force Islam upon you? Against your will? - Quran 11:28

            Whichever Muslim leaves Islam, upon you is wrath from Allah, and for you a great punishment - Quran 16:106

            For those who disbelieve in Islam, garments of fire, boiling water will be poured over their heads - Quran 22:19

            We will melt your skin and burn your stomach. And hooked rods of iron to punish you - Quran 22:20

            O Muslims, abstain from sex, except with your wives & slave girls. Sex with them is lawful - Quran 23:6

            Adulterers - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, & take no pity for them in the religion of Allah. Let a group of the believers witness their punishment - Quran 24:2

            Muslims you may enter houses not inhabited, and take goods that you need - Quran 24:29

            And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution - Quran 24:33

            Do not obey the unbelievers but launch a great campaign against them with the help of the Quran - Quran 25:52

            And this worldly life is not only a diversion and amusement, but paradise is also the real-life - Quran 29:64

            Allah cast terror in the hearts of the Jews and Christians - Quran 33:26

            Accursed, wherever found, they shall be seized and killed with a (terrible) slaughter - Quran 33:61

            And if We willed, We could have deformed them, [paralyzing them] into lifeless objects, in their places so they would not be able to proceed, nor could they return (As it happened with the Jews see Verse 7:166) - Quran 36:67

            Those who worshipped other than Allah, guide them to the path of Hellfire - Quran 37:23

            Indeed, that is how We deal with the criminals - Quran 37:34

            Indeed, you disbelievers of Islam will be tasters of the painful punishment - Quran 37:38

            Those who deny the Quran, When the shackles are around their necks & chains; they will be dragged In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be burned - Quran 40:70

            Those who disbelieve in Islam, strike off their heads. Take them as captives. The command of Allah - Quran 47:4

            Thus you are ordered by Allah to continue in carrying out Jihad against the disbelievers till they embrace Islam or at least come under your protection. If it had been Allah’s Will, He could certainly have punished them (without you). But he lets you fight, to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost. - Quran 47:4

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              You just pastebinned a generic unresearched islamophobia comment and did not manage to quote the scripture for any of your claim. Good job proving my point.

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                Everything I posted is quite literally either part of the Quran or Hadiths. They all are cited too so yeah, I did quote the scripture and you’re free to flick through scripture yourself to find them.

                The first citations are ones I researched myself to refute your comment, and the others are from a list I saved a while back of the lovely… poetry of the Quran.

                I’m very sorry they make Islam look bad. Take it up with the authors.

                … Oh wait

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                    Uhh, yes? The hadiths are in fact part of Islamic scripture. Some considered more trustworthy than others, but they are all Islamic scripture in some form. I believe this specific Hadith I quoted for the initial point is considered “Sahih” (essentially, trustworthy).

                    And wow. The only response you have to me is to argue the semantics of “scripture”? What’s next? Certain parts of the Quran don’t count either? Because I posted a lot of Quran verses.

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          If they were following Islamic law and this actually happened these three men would now have to be stoned to death.