Islamists Now Know Bitterness and Arbitrariness of Death Penalty, Should Work to Abolish It

Islamists have strongly opposed abolishing capital punishment (death penalty) for decades. Generation after generation of their leaders (and scholars) argued that the penalty is cornerstone of Islam principles (known as Qasas) and can’t be subject to even discussion. Rights activists in Arab countries (as part of the larger Islamic world) defense has been merely built…

Brief Talking Points on Morsi Death Sentence

  Capital punishment is an absolute punishment that  human rights defenders seek abolishing as being cruel and inhuman. As classical this may sound, but boundaries to discuss capital punishment end there. Morsi trial is an unfair trial, which essentially means that defendant’s due process rights have been violated in what is no less than messy…