1 wow, that was something to read... made me apreciate being in the west. definately the strangest most cognatively dissonent ending to this little drama played out by the islamofascists was the questionare on how to improve things during a prisoners horrible terrifiying ordeal, im thinking a mint chocolate on the pillow after interogations might be nice.....

2 Dude, are you back or checking in from Peru??

3 Shows how religion is used to enslave people. The Koran and Allah are being misused by these religious fanatics, who want to keep women in a subservient role. It will hold back progress in Iran and any other country that uses such tactics. Shame and dishonour on them. I salute this brave woman and wish her well. Publicize this and show how tyrannical these so-called religious people are.

4 Yes religion is used to enslave people, then again it was religion that caused the downfall of slavery. So 'religion' actually is not to blame. Just as 'religion' was not to blame for the Thuggies but a PARTICULAR religion was. There is, however, a PARTICULAR religion to blame here. One that has a core doctrine of the non-seperation of Church and state and the establishment of religious law. Unlike another PARTICULAR religion in my mind which takes as a core doctrine the inherent seperation of church and state.....

5 Since I have an AP class at 7 AM, this item in the paper sure woke me up for the day. Question is: Is she still being watched, and how can she have her ordeal published in foreign papers while still in an oppressive country?

6 "Yes religion is used to enslave people, then again it was religion that caused the downfall of slavery." Rusty nice arguement, but faltering on the fact that religion is the one single tool used for anyone who wants power ... from the time of shamans in cavemen days to the present Holy See. No difference just now there is money involved. Best to use George carlins 10 commandments then no one would argue. As too the whole issue of summary arrests and detainments with assistance from local authorities, this is nothing new to us ... we have been doing it for a long time. If you guys have some time you should read up about one US Ambassador Comer and the mis-adventure that resulted when he was posted to the embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The issue here with arrests of the general population for offences considered to be counter-administration, well if that person ever gets too out of control they have an excuse at a later time to say "Today a known counter revolutionary was arrested and punished once again for crimes against the people". As to voicing these issues, the United States does not voice sides so as not to intervene in internal policy. When you break the law, you know the punishment, its going to sound harsh but thats the fact. You dont go to China and stand in front of Chairman Mao's Tomb and burn a Little Red Book while renouncing the regime, that is unless you want to be re-educated and then turned into a government show piece after coming back in the fold. Sometimes the best thing is not to rock the boat, or if you must rock the boat you do it from outside the country until it is safe enough inside the country.

7 Oh, goody! I always wanted my own Fatwa! Cecile has a point: how did this article come to be in the LA Times?