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Iran's penal code contains stoning as a possible form of punishment and allows punishment to be based on fiqh (traditional Islamic jurisprudence), which includes provisions for stoning. [24] Although the Iranian judiciary officially placed a moratorium on stoning in 2002, various instances of stonings in Iran have been documented since then.
[197] [198] A map showing countries where public stoning is a judicial or extrajudicial form of punishment, as of 2013. [ 199 ] Zina is an Islamic law , both in the four schools of Sunni fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and the two schools of Shi'a fiqh, concerning unlawful sexual relations between Muslims who are not married to one another through ...
Maliki school of jurisprudence holds that stoning is the required punishment for illegal sex by a married or widowed person, as well as for any form of homosexual relations among men. [13] Malik ibn Anas , founded of Maliki fiqh, considered pregnancy in an unmarried woman as a conclusive proof of zina .
[5] [6] Iran carried out at least 977 executions in 2015, at least 567 executions in 2016, [7] and at least 507 executions in 2017. [8] In 2018 there were at least 249 executions, at least 273 in 2019, at least 246 in 2020, at least 290 in 2021, at least 553 in 2022, at least 834 in 2023, [9] and at least 226 so far in 2024. [10]
Stoning. Stoning is the form of execution for only one crime in Iran - adultery. [81] From 1980 to 2009 150 people were reportedly stoned to death in Iran, [citation needed] but in 2002, authorities placed a moratorium on this form of execution. [81] As of 2018, women were still being sentenced to stoning in Iran. [82]
Hamas' military wing released a propaganda video Saturday showing an Israeli American hostage.. It was the first video of its kind shared in months. The undated video, posted on the secure ...
In 2012 a Sudanese court sentenced Intisar Sharif Abdallah, a teenager, to death by stoning in the city of Omdurman under article 146 of Sudan's Criminal Act after charging her with "adultery with a married person". She was held in Omdurman prison with her legs shackled, along with her 5-month-old baby. [52] (She was released on July 3, 2012 ...
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (Persian: سکینه محمدی آشتیانی; born 1967) is an Iranian woman convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and adultery.She gained international notoriety for originally being sentenced to death by stoning for her crimes.