Religious Law

[William T Goodall]

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7516238.stm

"At least eight women and one man are reported to have been sentenced  
to death by stoning in Iran.
The group, convicted of adultery and sex offences, could be executed  
at any time, lawyers defending them say."

[...]

"Under Iran's Islamic law, stoning to death is the punishment for the  
crime of adultery.
In 2002 Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi  
imposed a moratorium on stoning, but at least three people are  
reported to have been executed by stoning since then."

[...]

"In theory the penalty of stoning to death applies to both men and  
women.
But the lawyers say that in practice, many more women than men receive  
the sentence because they are less well educated and often poorly  
represented in court.

Human rights group Amnesty International earlier this year called on  
Iran to abolish "this grotesque punishment" and said many facing  
execution by stoning were sentenced after unfair trials.

Under Iran's strict penal code, men convicted of adultery should be  
buried up to their waists and women up to their chests for stoning.  
The stones used should not be large enough to kill the person  
immediately."



God's Law Maru

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William T Goodall
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