Stoning in Islamic Law: Difference between revisions

'''Stoning to death''' (رجم ''Rajm''), according to traditional interpretations of [[Islamic law]], is primarily a punishment for persons who engage in unlawful sexual relations (which include [[Islam and Homosexuality|homosexual]] relationships), and is one example of [[Abrogation|abrogation]] (naskh) being applied to Qur'anic text. The criminals "hands are tied behind their backs and their bodies are put in a cloth sack." They are then "buried in a hole, with only the victims heads showing above the ground. If its a woman, she is buried upto her shoulders."<ref>[http://www.apostatesofislam.com/media/stoning.htm What happens in Stoning?] - apostatesofislam.com</ref> The stones which are to be thrown at the criminal "should not be so large that the offender dies after a few strikes, nor so small as to fail to cause serious  injury."<ref>[http://www.iheu.org/node/262 Should Sharia laws be reconsidered?] - Sandhya Jain - International Humanist and Ethical Union, March 9, 2004</ref>