Afghanistan considers public stoning for adulterers

[The Straight Story]

Afghanistan considers public stoning for adulterers


Kabul — Afghanistan is considering bringing back stoning for adultery, Human Rights Watch and the justice ministry said Monday, possibly restoring a punishment in force during the Taliban's brutal regime.

The penalty for married adulterers, along with flogging for unmarried offenders, appears in a draft revision of the country's penal code being considered by the ministry of justice.

Ashraf Azimi, the head of ministry's criminal law department, confirmed to AFP that stoning to death is included in the draft.

The draft provisions state that the "implementation of stoning shall take place in public in a predetermined location".

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[Iggo]

1. Our staunch allies in the war on terror!

[CFLDem]

2. Why do we even waste our time with these fools?

[Brigid]

3. But only the women, right?

[etherealtruth]

6. Likely

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce_%28Islamic%29

In Islam, there are separate rules for divorce for men and women under the terms of Islamic law (sharia). When a man has initiated a divorce, the procedure is called ṭalāq (Arabic: الطلاق‎ . When a woman has initiated a divorce it is called khula (Arabic: خلع‎ .

[eissa]

4. Is this restricted to fornicating with humans, or are farm animals included?

Because if it's the latter, there's going to be a whole lot of flogging of Afghani men.

[struggle4progress]

5. Afghanistan: Reject Proposal to Restore Stoning

Donors Should Withhold Funds if Law Passes
November 25, 2013

... A working group led by the Justice Ministry that is assisting in drafting a new penal code has proposed provisions on “moral crimes” involving sex outside of marriage that call for stoning ... The draft provisions, seen by Human Rights Watch, provide that if a couple is found by a court to have engaged in sexual intercourse outside a legal marriage, both the man and woman shall be sentenced to “stoning to death if the adulterer or adulteress is married” ... If the “adulterer or adulteress is unmarried,” the sentence shall be “whipping 100 lashes” ... The proposal to allow stoning comes while Afghanistan is negotiating an agreement with the United States to ensure continued US support for Afghanistan over the next 10 years ... “Donors need to make clear that international support to Afghanistan’s government is not a blank check” ...