Faith in Humanity: Restored

[Antigone]

From The Guardian:

When he felt the noose around his neck, Balal must have thought he was about to take his last breath. Minutes earlier, crowds had watched as guards pushed him towards the gallows for what was meant to be yet another public execution in the Islamic republic of Iran. ...

But what happened next marked a rarity in public executions in Iran, which puts more people to death than any other country apart from China. The victim's mother approached, slapped the convict in the face and then decided to forgive her son's killer. The victim's father removed the noose and Balal's life was spared. ... Balal's mother hugged the grieving mother of the man her son had killed. The two women sobbed in each other's arms – one because she had lost her son, the other because hers had been saved.

I was truly touched by this article. What a wonderfully magnanimous gesture.

 

[Tallguy88]

 

[Michie]

Great article.

 

[MikeK]

From The Guardian:



I was truly touched by this article. What a wonderfully magnanimous gesture.

Beautiful article

 

[Sword of the Lord]

I saw this maybe a week ago. It was and remains an awesome story.

 

[LivingWordUnity]

I heard about this. Good story.