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On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering the same thing.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dr. Ernest Prabhakar > *Sent:* Monday, September 30, 2013 1:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [RC] Stoning to death as punishment for "crimes" not > recognized as crimes in America**** > > ** ** > > Hi Billy,**** > > ** ** > > So, do you approve or disapprove? :-/**** > > YEMEN: Stoning is the prescribed punishment for adultery and for > homosexuality by married men **** > > -- Ernie P.**** > > ** ** > > On Sep 30, 2013, at 11:25 AM, [email protected] wrote:**** > > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *FACTBOX: Stoning – where does it happen?* > Emma Batha (Reuters, September 29, 2013)**** > > London (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Stoning, a form of execution where a > group throws stones at a person until they are dead, still happens in parts > of the Muslim world, mostly as a punishment for adultery. Most victims are > women. Stoning, which is not mentioned in the Koran, violates international > law. Below is a list of countries where stoning is legal and/or practised. > **** > > AFGHANISTAN: Stoning became an official punishment for certain crimes such > as adultery during the Taliban’s 1996-2001 rule. It was abolished after > their overthrow, but is still practised in areas controlled by the Taliban, > warlords and tribal leaders. Last year, a 21-year-old woman, Najiba, was > stoned in front of more than 100 cheering men after being accused of “moral > crimes” by local warlords in Parwan province. In 2011, a mother and > daughter were stoned in Ghazni city. In 2010, the Taliban stoned a couple > in Kunduz. Some stonings have been filmed. Campaigners say the Taliban, > insurgents and warlords are misusing religion to create terror and spread > their influence.**** > > INDONESIA: In 2009, the conservative province of Aceh passed a law > stipulating that adulterers be stoned to death. But the governor refused to > sign it, so it has no legal force. No stonings have been carried out. It > has been reported that the Aceh government will remove the stoning > provision but activists remain worried given the level of public support > for stoning.**** > > IRAN: Stoning is a legal punishment in Iran, which has the world’s highest > rate of execution by stoning. Men are customarily buried up to their waists > and women up to their chests. Since proving adultery is very difficult, the > law allows a judge to act on gut feeling rather than testimonies or > confessions. In 2010, the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman > sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery, caused international > outcry. The authorities have suspended her sentence but she remains in > prison. Officials withdrew stoning from a new draft penal code last year, > but have since reinserted it.**** > > IRAQ: Stoning is not legally sanctioned but extrajudicial stonings appear > to be increasing. In 2008, a 16-year-old girl, Kurdistan Aziz, was stoned > to death in Iraqi Kurdistan. After eloping to marry a man her family > disapproved of, she asked the police for help. They referred her to the > department in charge of ending domestic violence, which, instead of > protecting her, returned her to her family. Her relatives stoned her to > death saying her actions had brought shame on them. The authorities refused > to intervene in what they called a “tribal issue”. In April 2007, Du’a > Khalil Aswad, a teenager from the Yazidi religious minority, was stoned to > death for her alleged involvement with a Sunni Muslim boy. The stoning was > filmed and the video reportedly shows that security forces were present but > failed to intervene.**** > > MALAYSIA: Two states, Kelantan and Terengganu, approved bills in 1993 and > 2002 to bring Islamic criminal laws – including stoning as a punishment for > adultery – into their legal systems. But opposition by the federal > government means these laws cannot be applied. No one has been sentenced to > stoning.**** > > MALI: An al Qaeda-linked Islamic militant group in northern Mali, Ansar > Dine, said last year it had stoned a married couple accused of engaging in > extramarital affairs. The couple were executed in Aguelhok, near the border > with Algeria, a spokesman for the group said. Islamist extremists applied > their interpretation of sharia law after taking control of two-thirds of > Mali's desert north.**** > > MAURITANIA: Stoning is legal for “acts against nature” between men and for > adultery by a married woman or man. Sharia law became the basis for > Mauritania’s penal code in 1983, but there have been no reports of any > stonings.**** > > NIGERIA: Stoning is a punishment for adultery in Nigeria’s 12 northern > states, which adopted sharia penal codes between 1999 and 2001. At least > six people have been sentenced to stoning. But every case has been won on > appeal. In a case that received international attention in 2002, divorcee > Amina Lawal was convicted of adultery on the basis of a pregnancy, even > though the alleged father swore he did not have a relationship with her and > was acquitted. Lawal won her appeal in 2003 and there have been no adultery > prosecutions since, but the stoning law remains in force.**** > > PAKISTAN: Stonings have been legal since harsh interpretations of Islamic > law were incorporated into criminal law in 1979. Although no stoning has > ever been carried out within the legal system, extrajudicial stonings > happen in some tribal areas. In July, a mother of two was stoned by her > relatives on the orders of a tribal court for having a mobile phone. > Earlier this year, a soldier was stoned on the orders of a tribal court in > the northwest Kurram region for an alleged affair with a local girl. In > 2008, militants stoned a couple in the northwest Khwezai-Baezai region > after a tribal court found them guilty of adultery. A group connected to > the Taliban had captured the couple.**** > > QATAR: Stoning is legal, although it is believed no stonings have occurred. > **** > > SAUDI ARABIA: Adultery, which is considered an offence against God, is > illegal and punishable by stoning. There are no accounts of stonings in the > past decade, but there have been reports of courts sentencing people to be > stoned. In 2010, a Filipino worker was sentenced to stoning over an > extramarital affair. The ambassador persuaded the judge to reconsider his > decision. In 2009 two Sri Lankans were sentenced to stoning for adultery. > The sentences were reduced to 700 lashes and six years in prison.**** > > SOMALIA: Stonings happen more regularly in Somalia than many other > Muslim-majority countries, primarily in areas under the control of Islamist > groups like al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam. In the most notorious case, a > 13-year-old girl, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow, was partially buried and stoned to > death by 50 men in front of 1000 people at a stadium in Kismayu in 2008. > Amnesty International reported that she had been raped by three men but was > accused of adultery when she tried to report the rape to al Shabaab > militants in control of the city. None of the men was arrested. Homosexual > relationships are also punishable by stoning.**** > > SUDAN: Stoning is a legal form of punishment for adultery under the 1991 > penal code. Two young women, Laila Ibrahim Issa Jamool and Intisar Sharif > Abdallah, were sentenced to stoning for alleged adultery in separate cases > last year. Both convictions were based on confessions and both women lacked > legal representation, according to reports. Human Rights Watch said > Abdallah appeared to be under 18 and only confessed after she was beaten by > a family member. Both women had given birth not long before and were held > in jail with their babies and with their legs shackled. They have since > been freed on appeal. HRW says judges have sentenced several women to > stoning in recent years, but courts have overturned the sentences on > appeal. Most stoning sentences have been imposed on women.**** > > UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Adultery is punishable by stoning under the penal > code enacted in 1987. Courts rarely issue stoning sentences but it has > happened occasionally. In 2007, the courts upheld a stoning sentence of a > man convicted of having sex with his four stepdaughters. It’s not known > whether the sentence was carried out. The girls were sentenced to 80 lashes > each even though they had been forced into the relationships. In 2005, a > Bangladeshi man was sentenced to stoning for adultery. An Indonesian woman > was similarly sentenced in 2000 even though she told the court she had been > raped. Both sentences were later reduced to one year and deportation.**** > > YEMEN: Stoning is the prescribed punishment for adultery and for > homosexuality by married men under the penal code enacted in 1994. Although > no known stonings have taken place, it is still a legitimate punishment. > Reports suggest impoverished women are the most likely to be sentenced to > stoning.**** > ------------------------------ > > ** ** > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community < > [email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: > http://RadicalCentrism.org<http://radicalcentrism.org/> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.**** > > ** ** > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community < > [email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.**** > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community < > [email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Lennart Johansson Webstix, Inc . http://www.webstix.com Office: 608-277-7849 Mobile: 608-628-5662 Blog: http://www.webstix.com/lennart-blog.html Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. 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