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May 18, 2007

130 Lashes for Two Beers

(Drammen, Norway) This is sickening. A 35-year-old Kurdish man, Mamand Mamandy, was visiting his mother in Baneh, Iran, when he was caught drinking beer by the police.

"We were on an outing with family and friends, six or seven in the evening, and were having a barbecue and enjoying ourselves. Altogether I drank two beers. The police happened to drive by," Mamandy said.
He said that he was immediately arrested and taken to the police station where he was sentenced to 130 lashes. This sentence, for beer drinking, was carried out publicly according to news agency Iran Focus.

Mamand Mamandy - After 130 lashes for drinking beer

"I received 130 lashes on the back of my body. Police whipped me," Mamandy said. He came to Norway as an asylum seeker in 1999. He lives in Drammen with his wife and they are awaiting Norwegian citizenship.

Mamandy is recovering back in Norway, likely satiated with tolerance for the religion of peace. In the meantime, I suspect that every time I pop open a cold one, I'll think of this poor guy's experience.

Posted by: Mike Pechar at 01:49 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 And just where do you get beer in a country that lashes you for drinking it?

Posted by: Fred Fry at May 18, 2007 07:15 AM (7GYWw)

2 Good question.. was wondering that, too.

Posted by: JeepThang at May 18, 2007 07:31 AM (yZQoS)

3 Fred,
In Iran it's not what you know but who you know that decides your fate. As with other totalitarian regimes there is a black market for certain items, whether you get prosecuted for an infringement or not depends on who you are (or who catches you).

Posted by: blackflag at May 18, 2007 09:29 AM (Mq5jS)

4 ETA: There is also plenty of heroin, opium and prostitution to be had but you don't hear much about that either.

Posted by: blackflag at May 18, 2007 09:30 AM (Mq5jS)

5 I was on the way back from the UAE one summer. Was flying over the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia and I took special delight in the beer I was drinking at the time.

Posted by: Marcus Aurelius at May 18, 2007 09:51 AM (Aj6tl)

What a bunch of barbarians i meantheir still whipping people there and just think IRAN is in the UN and their ambasaders are still entering american soil and meeting there as well

Posted by: sandpiper at May 18, 2007 10:00 AM (g1M1/)

If thats what you get for 2 beers, I'd hate to see the punishment for a glass of wine or a shot of the hard stuff. These people are fucking barbarians with absolutely no class. What a bunch of jerk off, hand-ass wiping, ignorant, unenlightened, douche bags. I hope they all rot in hell.

Posted by: DrTheopolis at May 18, 2007 10:33 AM (9ZqGe)

8 I hope those weren't light beers at least.

Posted by: Randman at May 18, 2007 10:55 AM (Sal3J)

9 He knew the law. The dork is lucky they didn't behead him for leaving Islam. Norway! My God they are moving to my beautiful Norway.

Posted by: greyrooster at May 21, 2007 04:46 PM (dHAkw)

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