Stoning Women for Adultery is not a phenomena invented by the Islamic Republic. It already existed in different periods in our history except under the Pahlavi Kings thanks to their emancipation laws. This Qajar painting depicts one such scenes.(circa 19th century)
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by MaryamJoon on Thu Sep 06, 2012 02:15 PM PDT.
Qajars were the biggest supporters of Akhoondery in Iran
by fozolie on Tue Feb 23, 2010 06:32 PM PSTAnd you can see it in the nostalgic attitude of Akhoonds for that period. Our glorious revolution has been most successful in turning the clock back. Iranians are realizing too late the scale of the achivement of modernists and Pahlavis. Knowing what I know now I am just amazed that so much was achieved yet so easily lost.
Mr. Fozolie
Subliminal Messages?
by Anvar on Sun Feb 21, 2010 02:55 AM PSTI wonder if there are hidden messages in this painting. For one, the woman’s top is so sheer that her navel seems to be showing through. It could indicate that she might have just been dragged out of her house without being given a chance to cover up properly. Also, the only man in a turban (rightmost) is serving the mob stones on a platter. I can’t tell if he’s a religious figure or just another duty-bound brave soul in the crowd.
Is there anything more hideous than a bunch of self-righteous, ‘Sigheh’ taking, polygamist men to kill a half-buried helpless young girl or woman by stoning her? The ultimate ‘Za’eef-Koshi’!
There are even guidelines as how big the size of each rock ought to be. Not too large and not too small either. God forbid if the seductress dies too quickly without first suffering enough; or worse yet, not die at all. Yeah, each stone must be just the right size!
Anvar
stoning is referred to in Islam, Christian & Jewish faiths
by MM on Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:07 PM PSTWikipedia has a complete section on stoning to death. Apparently, stoning to death is a capital punishment that was common in the ancient world “The practice is referred to in Islam, Christian and Jewish, texts of antiquity”. As a matter of fact, one attribution to Jesus is his famous saying “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone (John 8:7)”.
However, sadly, in modern times, stoning to death has been mostly practiced in Muslim countries; Iran, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and United Arab Emirates. I am not totally against capital punishment, but stoning to death is horrible, inhumane, barbaric and needs to be banned worldwide.
Horrible scene
by Azadeh Azad on Sat Feb 20, 2010 09:23 PM PSTThank you, dear Darius, for posting this.
I had not seen this painting before. A bunch of despicable men torturing to death a helpless woman in public. They were following their Islamic law, but I'm sure they didn't have four male witnesses (or 8 female witnesses) to at least "justify" their crime in the eyes of their Allah.
Azadeh