Las palabras fanatico y extremista son usadas tanto hoy en dia por
cualquier cosa (como lo hace el periodista Caballero) que se pierde el
verdadero significado de la palabra.
Fanatico religioso? Extremista? Lean lo siguiente. Aunque esta en
Ingl�s, si de verdad muestra un regimen fanatico y extremista. Lo se
porque vivi entre ellos (y eso cuando no lo eran tanto a finales de los 70).
Saludos,
Dario
Iran court upholds death sentence for German for sex affair
October 10, 1998 Web posted at: 4:07 a.m. EDT (0807 GMT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian appeals court Saturday upheld a death
sentence for a German businessman convicted of having a sexual relationship
with a Muslim woman, a decision that could worsen relations between Iran
and Germany.
Helmut Hofer, 56, will be executed for having "illegitimate relations" with
26-year-old Vahideh Qassemi, said the decision. Qassemi was sentenced to
100 lashes.
The decision can be appealed to the country's Supreme Court, but the
verdict still came as a shock to German diplomats and Hofer's lawyers, who
had expected him to be released.
"I'm surprised. I expected that today's verdict would clear Hofer of
all charges. But the case will go to the Supreme Court," said Hofer's
lawyer, Malekhoushang Qahhari.
Hofer was sentenced to death in January soon after his arrest for having
sex with Qassemi, a medical student.
Iranian law punishes sex between unmarried Muslims with flogging. If the
man is a non-Muslim, he faces the death penalty.
The appeals court had earlier assured German officials that Hofer would be
freed because the court was satisfied he was a Muslim and would marry the
Iranian woman.
Iran has been keen to improve its relations with the European Union,
especially its top Western trade partner, Germany. Bonn had warned Tehran
that if Hofer were executed, German-Iranian relations would deteriorate.
While there is no evidence that the government had influenced the decision
to retry Hofer, political considerations are generally taken into account
by Iranian courts.
