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| Adulteress faces noose or stoning in Iran |
| 2004-12-19 |
| An Iranian official said on Saturday he was waiting for orders on whether to stone or hang a woman convicted of adultery, the latest in a chain of death sentences passed against women for "fornication". The official from Iran's conservative judiciary said Hajieh Esmailvand's prison sentence, that began in January 2000, would end in less than a month - a jail term in the northern city of Jolfa that was always intended as a precursor to execution. "Her (death) sentence is approved by the Supreme Court, but there are no orders to carry out the sentence. We do not yet know if it is by stoning or hanging," he told Reuters. Hanging is the most usual death penalty in Iran but some adulterers have been stoned. Stoning has sparked scathing international criticism, with victims being buried up to their midriffs and then pelted to death with medium-size stones that should not be so large as to kill instantly. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Stoning in it's traditional sense was used to share the death of the victim with an entire village. It went something like this. The victim was staked to the ground and a sturdy, but not to heavy board was placed on them. Each villager, in turn, would pick up a hand-sized stone and place it on the board, as the weight increased in small increments, the person was slowly crushed to death. Makes one part of the total justice system. No abstensions allowed! |
| Posted by: Whuling Sneth6118 2004-12-19 2:34:37 PM |
| #4 This people won't listen Klu. |
| Posted by: Jen Tile 2004-12-19 11:52:35 AM |
| #3 We must respect their culture. One man's stoning is another man's freedom fighter. |
| Posted by: Klu Less 2004-12-19 8:06:02 AM |
| #2 We are too trust these same people to not use nuclear weapons if they should obtain them? I am not sure who you are referring to here, the Iranian mullahs or AQ extremists. AQ loose cannons-yes, definitely they'd use nuclear weapons, in a heartbeat, but not likely directed at Europe. Why for? They gaining control through immigration and birth rates. Europe is their future state. As for Iranian mullahs, no, IMO. The mullahs are quite happy to be powerful and in control of a potentially very rich nation to feather their own secret Swiss bank accounts. The mullahs just want the nukes as a defensive deterrrent to US regime change ideas. It strikes me that the mullahs are similar to the weasel running N.K. - evil and power hungry but not committed to having their own faces blown off in a retalitory nuke strike from the West. But Islamic nation states are a concern because extremist individuals like AQ members, who hang out in places like Iran and Pakistan, could manage to get their hands on the nukes stored in those nations. |
| Posted by: joeblow 2004-12-19 7:46:32 AM |
| #1 The world should be outraged. But it's not. This is the religion of peace. No better eaxpmle can exists for the absolute seperation of church and state. Anyone who claims islam is trustworthy has feces for brains. We are too trust these same people to not use nuclear weapons if they should obtain them? Right. Europe get you head out of your ass. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-19 2:27:55 AM |