Terse Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 BBC STORY A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people. A judge working for the militant group al-Shabab said she had had an affair with an unmarried 29-year-old man. It is thought to be the second time a woman has been stoned to death for adultery by al-Shabab. The group controls large swathes of southern Somalia where they have imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic law which has been unpopular with many Somalis. According to reports from a small village near the town of Wajid, 250 miles (400km) north-west of the capital, Mogadishu, the woman was taken to the public grounds where she was buried up to her waist. She was then stoned to death in front of the crowds on Tuesday afternoon. al-Shabab's interpretation of Sharia law, anyone who has ever been married - even a divorcee - who has an affair is liable to be found guilty of adultery, punishable by stoning to death. An unmarried person who has sex before marriage is liable to be given 100 lashes. Could someone please remind me what year/century we're living in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierrot Lunaire Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Could someone please remind me what year/century we're living in? It's 1430 AH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Could someone please remind me what year/century we're living in?One where religion is an ever present threat to human decency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Roo Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 BBC STORY A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people. she had had an affair with an unmarried 29-year-old man. Have i read that right? If so i dont see what the problem was because it wasnt an affair as such! Either way its dreadfully sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I've often been stoned so much I could hardly remember anything for days but this is a bit extream, what a way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I am just wondering whether the same posters as usual will drop by to lecture on how she break the law and therefore she should have been stoned because those are the laws of that country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananaman Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I am just wondering whether the same posters as usual will drop by to lecture on how she break the law and therefore she should have been stoned because those are the laws of that country. It isn't the laws of that Country though. Just a bunch of fantatics impletmenting their version of a load of bollocks, not the Somali Government (such as it is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 They are the laws of a powerful group, an elite, who use their military force to impose control over the population and impose their laws on the people. Not any different from what you have in any other country. Underpinning these rules is religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Roo Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 These so called laws are there to keep "the women" in place, the men it seems can do as they wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 This is small fry in a country which has witnessed mass genocide and has soldiers still wearing nappies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunkylover Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I am just wondering whether the same posters as usual will drop by to lecture on how she break the law and therefore she should have been stoned because those are the laws of that country. i'm surprised that's not your opinion tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarface Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I am just wondering whether the same posters as usual will drop by to lecture on how she break the law and therefore she should have been stoned because those are the laws of that country. It hasn't had a government for years and still less any laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 what and it wasent live on sky sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarface Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 They are the laws of a powerful group, an elite, who use their military force to impose control over the population and impose their laws on the people. Not any different from what you have in any other country. Underpinning these rules is religion. Your use of english is very careless for someone who aledgedly works in media. As I understand it, the shabab militia who organized the stoning, are the ones who wish to impose sharia law. The "government" as much as it can be called that, would be far less severe. But then again I can remember seeing a film on the BBC news, of a mullah in Afghanistan summarily executing a man with an AK47 for adultery, when the taliban ruled the place. They had stonings and all sorts, but people here do have short memories. If the Yanks, Russians and Chinese jointly invaded the place to stop the piracy, it wouldn't be long before someone was up on his soapbox to say the people of Somalia should be left in peace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 I am just wondering whether the same posters as usual will drop by to lecture on how she break the law and therefore she should have been stoned because those are the laws of that country. It hasn't had a government for years and still less any laws. Well whose governing who in this situation? And what are these rules that are being applied to the people? It doesn't have a representative government that is voted for by the people and it doesn't have a State apparatus that results from this, but there doesn't mean there are no laws and no government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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