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Africa Horn
Woman stoned to death for adultery after Somali court ruling
2008-10-28
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Thousands of people gathered Monday to witness 50 Somali men stone a woman to death after an Islamic court in the southern port of Kismayo found her guilty of adultery, witnesses said. Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow, who had been found guilty of extra-marital intercourse was buried in the ground up to her neck while the men pelted her head with rocks.

"Our sister Aisha asked the Islamic Sharia court in Kismayo to be charged and punished for the crime she committed," local Islamist leader Sheikh Hayakallah told the crowd. "She admitted in front of the court to engaging in adulterous sexual intercourse," he added.

"She was asked several times to review her confession but she stressed that she wanted Sharia law and the deserved punishment to apply."
Who moved her mouth for her when she 'said' this?
The execution was carried in one of the city's main squares.

The port of Kismayo was seized in August by a coalition of forces loyal to rebel leader Hassan Turki, and the Shebab, the country's main radical Islamist insurgent organisation. The new administration formed there began implementing a strict form of Sharia (Islamic law). "This afternoon we are telling the people of Kismayo that we are practising a punishment that is rare in this region and was carried out in Kismayo for the first time," Sheikh Hayakallah said.

Cameras were banned from the public stoning but print and radio journalists were allowed to attend.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Coming to a Western country near you...in your lifetime.
Posted by: anymouse   2008-10-28 16:18  

#5  The phrase "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" is frequently taken way out of context. So allow me a brief diversion from the main news item to explain.

The two most powerful groups in Roman Palestine were the Pharisees, the people who kept the law meticulously and were, unfortunately, often self-righteous about it. The Saducees were the political elite, cynical and self-serving. Neither group could tolerate John the Baptist and Jesus's calling them on their attitudes.

The Pharisees tried to set Jesus up by bringing "a woman taken in adultery." They thought that if he said "stone her" it negated his talk about love and forgiveness; and if he said to let her go, he would be denying the validity of the Law of Moses. Jesus stumped them by telling them, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Slowly they left, beginning with the oldest among them. When they had all left, Jesus asked the woman, "Where are they who condemned you?...Neither do I condemn you. Go therefore and SIN NO MORE (emphasis mine)." John 8 1-11

Jesus doesn't condone sin here. Instead, he offers mercy and a second chance.
Posted by: mom   2008-10-28 15:55  

#4  So, she committed adultery on her own... because, obviously, there didn't seem to be any male co-adulterer along her when she was piously stoned to death. Gee.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-10-28 15:21  

#3  She was murdered. Point.
If the only comment you can give is stupid, don't give any comment. The girl was 23... May God or Allah have her soul. This makes me vomit. A young life destroyed for something that does not exist, or rather for pure male macho-ism.
Posted by: Goober Whuger9698   2008-10-28 12:04  

#2  Isn't this one of the ports we should arclight for harboring pirates? Yes? No? Bomb it anyway.

No. No. Forget I said that. Let he who is without sin...well, you know.

Sorry. Just trying to work my way through some very disturbing images.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2008-10-28 10:57  

#1  oh... I thought this was in Britain.
Posted by: Betty   2008-10-28 06:37  

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