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Death by Sharia

From the BBC:

A woman in Somalia has been stoned to death after an Islamic Sharia law court found her guilty of adultery.

The woman was buried up to her neck and then pelted to death with stones in front of a large crowd in Kismayo.

It was the first such execution in the southern port city since Islamist insurgents captured it from government-allied forces in August.

A local Islamist leader said the woman, Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow, had pleaded guilty to committing adultery.

"She was asked several times to review her confession but she stressed that she wanted Sharia law and the deserved punishment to apply," said Sheikh Hayakallah.

A group of men performed the execution in one of the city's main squares in front of thousands of people, AFP news agency said.

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3 responses to “Death by Sharia”

  1. Bob-B Avatar
    Bob-B

    Yes, these people have some quaint customs, but who are we to criticize with our consumer society, celebrity culture, etc., etc.
    Maybe I could flesh this out and publish it in the Guardian.

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  2. Dom Avatar
    Dom

    Bob-B, someone beat you to it.
    The rights of women, it turns out, (along with literacy for children), are just “supported by upper-middle class, educated, liberal, white, westerners unable to divorce themselves from their own cultural bias.”
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/26/humanrights-internationalaidanddevelopment

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  3. Bob-B Avatar
    Bob-B

    Yes, but the Guardian doesn’t mind publishing this kind of stuff over and over again.

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