How about we break it down allrite, SINCE YOU MENTIONED RELIGION HERE, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING TO YOU.

I AM A SHIA MUSLIM WHO FOLLOWS A LEADER THAT COMES FROM EITHER IRAN OR IRAQ, EITHER WAY THERE IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE IN BOTH OF THE RULES THAT WE FOLLOW. ACCORDING TO THE RULES THAT WE FOLLOW AS SHIAS IN GENERAL FOLLOW, BEATING A CHILD WHO HASN'T REACH HIS PUBERTY IS NOT ALLOWED AND THERE IS A BIG PRICE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY TO THE KIDS WHEN THEY GROW UP IN RETURN, NOT ONLY THAT... THERE'S ALSO SOME SORT OF PUNISHMENT ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT, HENCE CRUSHING A KID'S HAND IS SOMETHING VERY FAR. NOW AS YOU KNOW MOST OF THE IRANIANS ARE SHIAS AND THEY TEND TO BE VERY RELIGIOUS, HENCE THEY FOLLOW THE RULE OF NOT BEATING UP THE CHILDREN VERY STRICTLY.
SECONDLY, WE AS SHIAS FOLLOW THE HOUSE HOLD OF PROPHET (SAWS) WHO'S 3 YEAR OLD GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER DIED ASKING FOR WATER, WHO'S 6 MONTH OLD GRAND SON WAS SHOT WITH AN ARROW AFTER BEING KEPT THIRSTY FOR 10 DAYS. WE MOURN UPON THEIR DEATHS FOR 2 WHOLE MONTHS, NOW IF THAT PERSON WAS A SHIA, HE WOULD HAVE TO BE HEARTLESS TO DO SUCH A THING AND WOULD BE ONE OUT OF A BILLION. MY POINT IS DONT EVEN THINK OF GENERALIZING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. FORGET THE SHIAS, ANY MUSLIM IN GENERAL WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING. DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER SECTORS IN IRAN, BUT FROM WHERE I SEE IT, IT COULD'VE BEEN A JEW OR QADIYANI ASWELL, WHICH DO EXIST IN IRAN. THAT IS IF THIS SCENE HAPPENED IN IRAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. I HOPE I AM CLEAR.

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