Quote:hile this is not 'by the Koran', that doesn't mean it has nothing at all to do with Islam.
If someone is convicted by a law that's not Islam, then I would really struggle to see how it has anything to do with Islam. Kind of like saying this is related to America, because they have death penalties too.
Quote:For example, if it wasn't for Islam, the punishment of stoning to death for adultery would have probably died out by now.
Speculation, and nothing more. Several Christian countries till this day still have laws that diminish the responsibility of a man who kills his adulterous wife (no court, no witnesses, no judge, no conviction, just decides to kill his wife).
Quote:Abu, even if she was a 13 year old adulteress and there were four witnesses, stoning her to death would still be a horrendous crime.
She doesn't even appear to be married, and since the man who she supposedly committed adultery (or was raped by) with isn't known, then she's not even an adultress according to Islam, it would be fornication (if the witnesses even existed). Such circumstances clearly show this has nothing to do with Islam, but is just some lawless Somali militias implementing whatever they like.
Quote:It is saddening that you seem more concerned about whether this evil crime was done by the book.
Nope, it's a crime, pure and simple, and those who committed it are nothing but murderers, and should be punished. Nowhere have I stated anything that indicates otherwise. Speculation is about the best you've got, for this article, and for my opinion about it. And when you base all your beliefs on speculation, you're opinion is worth squat.