Iran Denies Western Reports of Stoning Sentence…….
“Iran's embassy in London has denied claims by media and human rights groups that the country's judiciary has sentenced a woman to death by stoning. The embassy said in a statement that Iran's judicial officials have rejected reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will be stoned to death. "According to information from relevant judicial authorities in Iran, she will not be executed by stoning punishment," the embassy said in the statement carried by The Guardian. The statement also says such a punishment has not been included in the draft Islamic Penal Code being deliberated in the Iranian Parliament. "It is notable that this kind of punishment has rarely been implemented in Iran and various means and remedies must be probed and exhausted [by the judiciary] to finally come up with such a punishment," the statement said……….” Press TV (Iran)
Okay, stoning is not part of the new penal code in Iran. As I wrote earlier, stoning is never mentioned in the Quran as a punishment although a few Muslim countries apply it. That still does not mean the Iranian lady is off the hook: she could die by other mean. As I wrote earlier, conviction for adultery in Islam requires four male eyewitnesses who have seen “the act” or eight female eyewitnesses who have seen “the act”, not an easy thing to do no matter how creative a couple are. Otherwise, a repeated confession is enough. In some countries women are coerced, lied to, or beaten to get them to confess, especially women.
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