Iran Infuriated by Film of Woman's Stoning

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Iranian Woman Sentenced To Death By Stoning Confesses To Killing Her Husband On Iranian TV

Mahmoud Ahmamembersonlyjacket on Paul the Octopus

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Islam & Legal Stoning

MSNBC - Where is stoning legal, and how is it done?

(Stoning) still exists on the law books in Afghanistan, Iran, sections of Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates.

The law specifies the size of the stones in Sharia Law in Iran to ensure the execution does not take too long or occur too quickly. When Iranian officials have faced substantial public outcry over a stoning sentence, as was the case in the case of Makarrameh Ebrahimi in 2007, they have freed accused adulterers, according to the Human Rights Watch.

In order to be convicted of adultery, judges can rely upon eyewitness accounts and evidence, or, under Article 105 of the Islamic Penal Code, their “judicial knowledge." Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, whose execution by stoning is expected any day now, was convicted on judicial knowledge.

(Article 102. The stoning of an adulterer or adulteress shall be carried out while each is placed in a hole and covered with soil, he up to his waist and she up to a line above her breasts.)
- from Islamic Republic of Iran: Penal Code Excerpts

The use of stoning as a method of execution finds its roots in ancient Greece and in Judeo-Christian religious texts, and has been used to punish those accused of adultery, prostitution, murder, and blasphemy. It is referenced in the Torah and Old Testament, but has no explicit mention in the Quran.

Iranian Woman Sentenced to Death by Stoning

Iran Cleric says Promiscuous Women Cause Earthquakes

OK I just gotta be an Ass here. Muslims, you guys gotta get your shit together, cuz this is just too fucking stupid. And, please before every liberal ass-hole jumps on me and states their ignorant hippy bullshit that "oh, but not all Muslims think this way". Well, No Shit Sherlock. That's not the point. The point is that this is so God Damn dumb that every Muslim with half a brain should be coming down on this guy as a crazy idiot. But they don't. And until the intelligent Muslims start to man up and criticize the stupid population of their religion, I have no respect at all for anybody!

I don't know what I gotta do? Take you to see the wizard so he can give you a brain!?

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