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So I was listening to the radio and on came this story about I ran and that death by stoning is still a practice there.

I can’t imagine what it must be like to be buried up to your neck and a circle of people throw palm sized stones at your head. Horrific, to say the least.

Still Sorry

I’m still sorry I watched the Saddam Hussein hanging video. Personally I found it disturbing and regret having those final images in my head. So when I came across a video of someone being stoned to death, I’m just not going to watch it, but if you want to, go right ahead. You can find it online here

(This is an extremely sick and disgusting punishment, and thus watching this video can make you weak or possibly give you nausea and shock for several days. Please do not watch if you are weak-hearted.)

What Happens in Stoning

In stoning to death, the victims’s hands are tied behind their backs and their bodies are put in a cloth sack. Then, this human “package” is buried in a hole, with only the victims heads showing above the ground. If its a woman, she is buried upto her shoulders. This is to give her an seemingly equal (but nonetheless impossible) chance to escape recognizing her lesser physical strength.

After the hapless individual has been secured in the hole, people start chanting “Allah hu Akbar” (meaning, God is great), and throw palm sized stones at the head of the victim from a certain distance (a circle is drawn).

The stones are thrown until the person dies or until he/she escapes out of the hole and crosses the circle. Escaping is impossible, given that the individual’s hands are tied behind their backs and they are buried in a hole upto their necks or shoulders (in the case of males and females respectively).

Naturally, the procedure is extremely barbaric and bloody. - Apostates Of Islam Website

Isn’t the sentence of death bad enough without mandated palm sized rocks to prolong suffering? I’m not a huge fan of the death penalty to begin with and so a modern practice of death by stoning, even set in deep historic and religious roots, and sanctioned by law or government seems like something the world today can do without.

What do you think?

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