Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)
27 October 2008
Mogadishu — The Islamic courts union administration in the town of Kismayo carried out death penalty on Somali woman for allegedly committing adultery, officials said on Monday.
Residents report said that the woman whose name Aisha Ibrahim that was 23 years old was stoned by villagers to death at Vekio stadium when she was found guilty of making adultery - this kind of punishment allowed under Islamic law and more commonly reported under the Islamic countries.
The edict was issued by a leading cleric but the Islamic officials in the town told Shabelle that the girl asked them to castigate on her crimes according to the Islam.
They also said that they've lastly decided to carry out death sentence on her.
It's the first kind of punishment carried out by the Islamists occurred in Kismayo.
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This law was not created by god but by tired old men trying to control their women. I don't know of any god in any religion that would advocate for killing. If you look deeper into god you will find that the message is of peace, love and forgiveness. It is the rules of man that have been replaced by the true message. What happened to the man that raped this poor child...or put in another way....the man that dismissed his vows of marriage for his own selfish pleasure?
What about reports emerging now that this girl was only 13yo - and had just reported being raped by three men. And was then dragged off to be stoned to death.
it wasn't a WOMAN committing adultery it was a 13 year old child who was raped. i would suggest bombing Somalia back to the stone age but it is still there.
This is rule of law created by god,unlike many manmade demoracy rules in many westen countries.This is good for her and Kismayo in the long run.If this happen longetime ago and she new the rules she would,nt committed adulery. This rule shuold also appley to men who rape women or commite adultery.
However truth should be establish befor this practise is carreid out.