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originally posted by: ElectricUniverse
a reply to: and14263
You forgot "under Sharia a woman needs 2 male witnesses to confirm she was raped, and if it's just the word of the woman vs the word of the rapist, the rapist is believed"...
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Under Iran's interpretation of Islamic Sharia law in force since its 1979 revolution, adultery is punished by the stoning of convicted adulterers.
Women are buried up to the their shoulders, but men only up to their waists. They are spared if they manage to free themselves before dying.
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According to local media, MPs had removed stoning altogether from the bill that they adopted. But the hardline Guardians Council of clerics and jurists, which must approve all legislation before it enters into force, reinserted it, with the new amendment.
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By Will Stewart for MailOnline
Updated: 09:15 EST, 31 May 2011
A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.
Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home.
Friends said she liked wearing fashionable clothes and had come seventh in a beauty contest.
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