[Polonius]

There is a story in the Islamic classical tradition about a man and a woman who came to the prophet Muhammad and said, "Messenger of Allah, purify us." Muhammad asked, "From what am I to purify you?" They replied, "From adultery." Muhammed asked the two people whether they were insane or drunk. Assured that they were not, Muhammad asked them again, "What have you done?" They confessed that they had committed adultery. Then Muhammad gave the order, and the two were stoned to death. While the couple was being buried, onlookers scorned them, but Muhammad chided the scoffers. The couple had repented, he said, and now they were with Allah.

If this is the example of a virtuous society, I find it difficult to take seriously. I think the vast majority of Americans would find this grotesque.

[Valin]

Lets bear in mind that this happened in (what) the late 7th century. Where this would not have been consided all that outragous anywhere in the world. It wasn't all that long ago here in America that people convicted of a capital crime were taken (pretty much) right from the court room too the gallows too the graveyard.
And yes I find it grotesque also.