The lamestream media told you:
Islam is the religion of peace.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
In an AP story that got surprisingly little coverage nationally, nine Iranians are scheduled to be stoned to death for having sex. Eight women and one man convicted of adultery will be buried (women up to their necks, the man to his waist), and be stoned with pieces of rock too small to cause death immediately, which means the guilty parties will suffer, and plenty of pieces can be thrown by those carrying out the sentence.
According to AP, “Six of the nine were convicted based solely on judges’ decisions with no witnesses or the presence of their lawyers during their confessions.” One, reportedly, confessed without understanding what the charge was.
Stoning, very popular right after the 1979 Islamic revolution, is less frequent now, though the ruling mullahs don’t issue press releases when sentences are carried out.
While some in Iran are seeking an end to the practice, “opposition from hard-line clerics has sidelined their efforts,” according to the AP.
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