Iraqi woman executed by public stoning
Shalid Maliquhe | 24.10.2006 21:06
Iraqi woman executed by public stoning
A 22-year-old Iraqi woman was stoned to death in the town of Al-Qaim, 320 km northwest of Baghdad, according to a report released by various news agencies based in the Iraqi capital. An Iraqi doctor, who asked to remain anonymous, told the news agencies that the young woman was accused of adultery and sentenced to death by a local al-Qaeda branch.
The sentence was then carried out by public stoning, according to the Islamic Sharia law, after a large crowd gathered in Al-Qaim. It is though this is the first time that this kind of execution, typical of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, actually occurred in Iraq.
Meanwhile, in the Western Iraq city of Hit, the Mujahedeen Council, an Iraqi insurgent group associated with al-Qaeda, reportedly handed out leaflets against coeducational schools and with death threats against every girl who attend any kind of school.
A 22-year-old Iraqi woman was stoned to death in the town of Al-Qaim, 320 km northwest of Baghdad, according to a report released by various news agencies based in the Iraqi capital. An Iraqi doctor, who asked to remain anonymous, told the news agencies that the young woman was accused of adultery and sentenced to death by a local al-Qaeda branch.
The sentence was then carried out by public stoning, according to the Islamic Sharia law, after a large crowd gathered in Al-Qaim. It is though this is the first time that this kind of execution, typical of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, actually occurred in Iraq.
Meanwhile, in the Western Iraq city of Hit, the Mujahedeen Council, an Iraqi insurgent group associated with al-Qaeda, reportedly handed out leaflets against coeducational schools and with death threats against every girl who attend any kind of school.
Shalid Maliquhe
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