The Daily Clue #1: Stonings in Iran
‘The Daily Clue’ will, day by day, shed some light on the Arab World. So without further ado, here is #1:
Article 116, penal law, Islamic Republic of Iran: “Stones used in stonings should neither be too big to kill the adulterous at first or second blow nor as small as a pebble”
From Apostates of Islam: In stoning to death, the victims’s hands are tied behind their backs and their bodies are put in a cloth sack. Then, this human “package” is buried in a hole, with only the victims heads showing above the ground. After the hapless individual has been secured in the hole, people start chanting “Allah hu Akbar” (meaning, God is great), and throw palm sized stones at the head of the victim from a certain distance (a circle is drawn). The stones are thrown until the person dies or until he/she escapes out of the hole and crosses the circle. Escaping is impossible, given that the individual’s hands are tied behind their backs and they are buried in a hole upto their necks or shoulders. Naturally, the procedure is extremely barbaric and bloody.

Woman being prepared for stoning to death in Iran



