Sharia law's answer to alleged adultery

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...-death-penalty

A 43-year-old Iranian woman is facing death by stoning unless an international campaign launched by her children forces the authorities to quash what her lawyer calls a bogus conviction.

Under Iranian sharia law, the sentenced individual is buried up to the neck (or to the waist in the case of men), and those attending the public execution are called upon to throw stones. If the convicted person manages to free themselves from the hole, the death sentence is commuted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7232661.stm

Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4's World at One that the UK has to "face up to the fact" that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.

Dr Williams argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law would help maintain social cohesion.

For example, Muslims could choose to have marital disputes or financial matters dealt with in a Sharia court.

I disagree with him

[asthmatic camel]

Rowan Williams is a professional doofus.

[DrS]

Oh *******, I wish I hadn't read that Guardian article. I know it happens, but reading about it makes me feel so impotently enraged ...

[Mojo]

Dr Williams argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law would help maintain social cohesion.

For example, Muslims could choose to have marital disputes or financial matters dealt with in a Sharia court.

They already can, in the same way as any civil dispute can be privately arbitrated if the parties so wish.