Written by Robert Spencer

Yet another indication of why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reformers. For the jihad imperative to make war against and subjugate unbelievers worldwide to be blunted, there would have to be a large-scale rejection of Qur’anic literalism, which is not remotely on the horizon. And virtually every time anyone appears who does advocate a rejection of literalism, this is the kind of thing that happens.

“Iran executes man for heresy,” by Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian, September 29, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):

A 37-year-old man has been executed in Iran after being found guilty of heresy and insulting prophet Jonah, according to human rights activists.

Mohsen Amir-Aslani was arrested nine years ago for his activities which the authorities deemed were heretical. He was engaged in psychotherapy but also led sessions reading and reciting the Qur’an and providing his own interpretations of the Islamic holy book, his family said.

Amir-Aslani was... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/10/iran-executes-man-for-interpreting-qur...