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Al Shabaab stones a man to death in southwestern Somalia
2012-03-24
(Sh.M.Network)- Al-Qaeda affiliated hard boyz have on Friday afternoon stoned a fellow fighter to death in a town in southwestern Somalia after accusing him of committing a rape, an official said.
Was it that American guy?
We live in hope...
The accused was killed in a square in Dinsor district of Bay region as hundreds of local inhabitants, including veiled women and elders congregated to watch the stoning event.

An Al-Shabaab
... Harakat ash-Shabaab al-Mujahidin aka the Mujahideen Youth Movement. It was originally the youth movement of the Islamic Courts, now pretty much all of what's left of it. They are aligned with al-Qaeda but operate more like the Afghan or Pakistani Taliban...
official said that an Islamic court of district has reached the decision after the man confessed he had forcibly raped a local young girl whose had not been released so far.

He said the killed man had already married and committed rape and that is why he was stoned to death according to the Islamic religion.

Generally, alleged spies and Christians have been publicly executed. Thieves have had their legs and hands cut off. Unmarried mature women and men accused of adultery have been beaten and stoned to death in Islam.
Posted by:Fred

#1  While I have no confidence in their trial system (and I do wonder how voluntary was his confession), there is something to be said for their punishment for rape.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-03-24 09:19  

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