1. the first one--with the Muslim men beating the young guy--is he Jewish?
2. the one where they are half-burying the woman: is that preparatory to stoning? what was her "crime"?
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Regarding the gang of six Muslims attacking the white boy, I don't know. Funny how it didn't make it on the news, eh?
The Stoning Photo is of a woman who was accused of adultery after being raped. This photo was smuggled out of the town of Arak in Iran.
This poor terrified woman, in a particularly gruesome execution carried out in 1993 was to be stoned to death in front of her husband and two young children. After the stoning began, the woman was able to free herself from the hole in the ground, escaping death. According to Shariah laws, in such cases the woman must be let go, as her death sentence was revoked by divine intervention. Ten minutes after the failed stoning, however, the poor woman was chased down, apprehended and summarily executed anyway, by a firing squad.
As far as stoning goes, women have it harder: law prescribes that should a condemned adulterer manage to get away, he or she may go free. Thus, a man is buried up to his waist; a woman's arms are tied and she is buried up to her chest.
In stoning to death, the stones should not be so large that the person dies upon being hit by one or two of them, neither should they be so small that they cannot be called a stone.
Stoning is usually carried out in public and in many instances families of the victims have been forced to watch the execution. Although it is codified that a person will be pardoned if s/he manages to escape, the victim is re-captured by the authorities and killed in a number of cases.