Stoning, for example, is not mentioned in the Koran as a punishment for adultery.
Stabbing for stabbing, stoning for stoning, an eye for an eye.
Various sharia laws are on the books in Kelantan (including stoning for adulterers and rapists), though the federal government has blocked their enforcement.
He and his allies are demanding strict prohibitions against interest-bearing loans, alcohol and "fornication," with traditional Islamic corporal punishment like stoning for adultery.
A stricter Shariah code that includes death by stoning for adulterers was passed by legislators last year but the governor has refused to sign it.
Iranian officials have been struggling for months to defend their handling of a controversial case involving a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
In some Muslim countries, including Bangladesh and Somalia, rape victims may themselves end up being punished (including by flogging or stoning) for taking part in illicit sex.
Though around three-quarters endorse it in both Indonesia and Egypt, less than half of those Indonesians support stoning for adultery; in Egypt, 81% do.
A woman, choosing to act a front for a gang of thugs who uphold the punishment of death by stoning for adulteresses!
Huddud refers to the corporal and capital punishments that are laid down in traditional Islamic law for certain offences, including death by stoning for adultery.
Especially when talking to Western journalists, it avoids contentious issues such as the imposition of sharia law and its harsher punishments, such as stoning for adultery.
