“Alongside the photos, a statement reads: ‘Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment.'” That’s Qur’an 33:57.
The advocates of stoning are universally described as “extremists,” as in the IBT headline on this story, but they can and do claim that they are simply implementing Islamic law. The caliph Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, maintained that the punishment of stoning for adultery (this story doesn’t specify the method of punishment, but the outcome of the punishment is the same in any case) was originally in the Qur’an:
‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, “We do not find the Verses of the Rajam (stoning to death) in the Holy Book,” and consequently they may go astray by leaving an obligation that Allah has revealed. Lo! I confirm that the penalty of Rajam be inflicted on him who commits illegal sexual intercourse, if he is already married and the crime is proved by witnesses or pregnancy or confession.” Sufyan added, “I have memorized this narration in this way.” ‘Umar added, “Surely Allah’s Apostle carried out the penalty of Rajam, and so did we after him.” (Bukhari, vol. 8, bk. 82, no. 816)
“Allah’s Apostle” is, of course, Muhammad, who did indeed carry out stonings. Here is the hadith in which he challenges the rabbis about stoning, and in which there is amidst the barbarism and brutality a final act of love and compassion:
The Jews came to Allah’s Apostle and told him that a man and a woman from amongst them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah’s Apostle said to them, “What do you find in the Torah (old Testament) about the legal punishment of Ar-Rajm (stoning)?” They replied, (But) we announce their crime and lash them.” Abdullah bin Salam said, “You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order of Rajm.” They brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his hand on the Verse of Rajm and read the verses preceding and following it. Abdullah bin Salam said to him, “Lift your hand.” When he lifted his hand, the Verse of Rajm was written there. They said, “Muhammad has told the truth; the Torah has the Verse of Rajm. The Prophet then gave the order that both of them should be stoned to death. (‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said, “I saw the man leaning over the woman to shelter her from the stones.” (Bukhari, vol. 4, bk. 56, no. 829)
Even the monkeys practiced stoning, according to another hadith:
During the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them. (Bukhari, vol. 5, bk. 58, no. 188)
Muhammad’s example is, of course, normative for Islamic behavior, since “verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much” (Qur’an 33:21).
“Isis in Syria: Photos show extremists stoning a couple to death for adultery and beheading four men,” by Thomas Wyke, International Business Times, December 13, 2014 (thanks to Twostellas):
New photos have emerged on social media showing Islamic State fighters carrying out horrific executions in accordance of their radical interpretation of Sharia law.
The extremist group have released photos showing the stoning to death of a couple who were accused of committing adultery, as well as the beheading of four men for blasphemy in Syria.
The stoning happened in the small Syrian town of Manbij, in the province of Aleppo. It is believed to be the ninth time that Islamic State has documented a stoning and posted the photographs online.
According to the statement which accompanied the photos, a married man and a married woman were found guilty of committing adultery and were punished by stoning, a punishment known as the “Hadd of Zina”.
The photos show a huge crowd, consisting almost entirely of men and children, watching the shocking event from the slopes of a roadside. Masked fighters, carrying their weapons can be seen among the hordes of people.
The photos come just days after a man was stoned to death for adultery in the Islamic State held province of al-Furat in Iraq. Photos show a man with his hands tied behind his back and a white blindfold over his eyes. He is seen kneeling in a large trench, dug out from the rocky earth.
Another photo shows how a crowd of locals gathered to watch the horrific event. Several Islamic State soldiers in military fatigues are shown holding large rocks in their hands. They are photographed hurling rocks at the man in the trench until he is dead.
As well as the stoning of adulterers, Islamic State have regularly beheaded anyone who insults Islam. Images have been circulating since yesterday, showing the beheading of four men, accused of committing blasphemy. The beheading were carried out in a small village in the Syrian province of [sic]
Images circulating since yesterday show the beheading of four men accused of blasphemy. The killings were carried out in a small village in the Syrian province of Homs.
The photos show a crowd of men and young boys watching the event at an open paved square. An Islamic State fighter announces the crimes of the victims before the executions are carried out.
All four of the men are shown with their hands tied behind their back and a chequered scarf covering their eyes.
The executioner, wearing all black and with his face covered by a hood, can be seen in the photograph, swinging a large cleaver-like blade. The final photos, showing the beheaded bodies lying on the ground, are too graphic to be published.
Alongside the photos, a statement reads: “Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment.”
PRCS says
Does Joe Biden know about this?
cs says
This is the tiny minority who gives a bad name for the religion of “peace”.
The religion of flower power and hippie stuff.
cs says
typo: to instead of for.
mortimer says
Joe Biden in all conscience must immediately go there and tell the executioners ‘TWO THINGS ABOUT ISLAM’…1) no compulsion-religion of peace 2) jihad isn’t war against disbelievers…it’s improving your gold stroke!
Salah says
“Does Joe Biden know about this?”
At least he knows about the Saudis!
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2011/07/woman-beheaded-in-saudi-arabia.html
albert says
These men aren’t muslims, its all a right wing conspiracy to cast Islam in a bad light, ask Ben Afleck
derline smithson says
could Ben Afleck actually be That stupid?? No way! He must be possessed by satan’s demons…Derline
Michael Copeland says
Oh dear, “their radical interpretation of Sharia law”.
Here is a simple, non-radical interpretation:
Kill means kill.
Stone means stone.
Cut off means cut off.
London Jim says
Anyone who pertains to be a Christian, and gives Islamic eschatology a free pass, needs to have their silly faces rubbed in this evil faeces.
Angemon says
The word “extremist” misleading. In no way saying ISIS are extremists implies that they don’t follow islamic law the way it has been interpreted in “mainstream” islam.
PRCS says
““their radical interpretation of Sharia law””
And–apparently unbeknownst to so many journalists–the phrase ‘shari’ah law’, taken literally, means:
Islamic law law.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
This is awful, but it’s just a band of out of control extremists acting on one of the less fortunate aspects of one of the world’s great religions, one of the three Abrahamic faiths. Also, it’s not mainstream enough to be alerted to the Western public. It’s an unfortunate anomaly.
Swinehund says
I misused the word ‘eschatology’ in Jim’s comment above. . . Should’ve stuck with dear Hugh Fitzgerald’s ‘texts and tenets’ rather than being a glutton for words unresearched.
Confuses says
Question I do not understand why rape is not considered adultery? They can sell and rape women and girls but if the woman consents then it is adultery? Can some explain this one?
Ayatrollah says
Believers need to catch the lady in war or buy her and this takes the place of the marriage contract. If they simply meet a muslim lady on the street and they do it, it could be zina.
But if a believer catches a non muslim women who is not protected by a dhimmi contract, he can enjoy her and there is no fault.
Allah knows best
Jay Boo says
Because Muhammad was a rapist.
Allah was his alibi.
Islam was his excuse.
The Koran was his condom.
Islam is a pig bath
gravenimage says
Confuses wrote:
Question I do not understand why rape is not considered adultery? They can sell and rape women and girls but if the woman consents then it is adultery? Can some explain this one?
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It’s here, Confuses, Qur’an 4:3:
“And if you fear that you cannot act equitably towards orphans, then marry such women as seem good to you, two and three and four; but if you fear that you will not do justice between them, then marry only one or what your right hands possess; this is more proper, that you may not deviate from the right course.”
“What the right hand possesses” are Infidel women raped in Jihad, taken captive, or purchased as sex slaves. And notice there is no concern over whether any justice is done to these victims, sine they are just “filthy Infidels”.
Here’s more in Qur’an 4:24:
“And also prohibited to you are all married women except those your right hands possess. This is the decree of Allah upon you. And lawful to you are all others beyond these, provided that you seek them desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse…”
Notice that there is no prohibition even against raping married women, since an Infidel women’s marriage is considered null and void as soon as she is taken captive. Notice, also, that a Muslim man can still be considered “chaste” if he is married to four women—including prepubescent girls—and regularly raping captives.
There is much in the Hadiths, Sira, and other texts of Islam, but this gives you a good sense of how perverse Islam is—where a consensual relationship can be punished by stoning to death, but raping Infidel women is perfectly Halal.
andrew sapia says
What is the question? You seem to already have the answer. It is not adultery because they are filthy infidels.
Kate says
Seriously, why would one engage in “adultery” in Such an appallingly punitive society???
Our western outrage has not only to do with the obscene antiquated punishments, but give me a break Catholicism in particular is seriously potentially excommunicatingly clear. l disapprove but that’s just short of stoning.
The is Being chucked our of ones church.
Doesn’t get more serious than that short of a stoning.
I’d be grateful for a Christians comment on that.
IslMisdeath says
Christians are against adultry but we do not believe in punitive punishment let alone something so horrific and savage as stoning. We believe the offending parties can repent and return to God. I am protestant so I am unfamiliar with Catholic rules in this regard. You seem to be saying Catholics excommunicte adulterers but I have never heard of them actually doing so.
Jay Boo says
IslMisdeath.
I can’t believe you bit on that one — falling for the old Protestant vs Catholic bait.
Jay Boo says
Kate
“Seriously ”
Can’t we get some better quality trolls than you?
gravenimage says
Really? Being “chucked out of one’s church” is just short of stoning? In what world? What witless false moral equivalence.
Besides, even this is extraordinarily rare in the West.
And stoning is not just for adultery in the sense that we mean it, but any sort of “Zina” (unlawful sexual activity), including consensual premarital sex or speaking with an unrelated male.
It even applies to rape victims, since anyone who reports a rape has “admitted” to sex outside of marriage. Recently a little 13-year-old victim of gang rape was stoned to death in Somalia.
Moreover, false accusations of “adultery”, as well as blasphemy, abound.
The idea that there is *anything* similar is Catholicism is just calumny.
Ayatrollah says
The noble Qur’an 33:57 is interesting. It is clear not Only allah needs to be respected but also PBUH and muslims need to keep things straight here on earth. So while “no compultion in religion” is quoted by muslims, 33:57 explains a lot of behavior.
Sam says
Islam is a religion of piece of shit. We must fight this evil to eradicate it once for all.
Champ says
islam is an evil death cult …
Dave J says
Its simple, never annoy a Muslim. They are sensitive creatures and so prone to explosions and beheadings over the least little thing. Which is why they should not live amongst us.
cynical1 says
I guess there is no moderate Sharia…….
Alissa says
This has got to be the only religion in the world that uses an example of the behaviour of monkeys to support their own religious beliefs.
” Even the monkeys practiced stoning, according to another hadith:
During the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them. (Bukhari, vol. 5, bk. 58, no. 188) “
Andrew Sapia says
I wish someone with credentials like Robert would write a book or detailed article about the affect of the hell fire on the Islamic psyche and how it motivates their actions. For many a Christian the thought of hell can be unsettling to say the least and yet the Christian scriptures give very little detail about the punishments of hell and still it affects Christians. To the psychologically unstable this can cause all kinds of bizarre actions. Take the case of the guy in the 60s who killed his entire family because he was afraid his kids were leaving the faith and would end up in hell. He escaped capture for like 30 years, I forget his name.
Anyway, the Islamic descriptions of hell are very detailed and horrific and the talk of hell fire is constant and I am just wondering if anyone has written in detail on this subject and how it contributes to Muslim fanaticism. I really wish that someone would take up this project since I am sure it is a major and yet under-considered in the analysis of fanatical Muslim behavior. Remember this hell fire in all its gory details is constantly drilled into Muslims from birth and especially important when you consider western Muslim immigrants who begin to fall away and absorb western ideas or even doubt their faith always have hell fire in the back of their minds. They must always think, what if the imam is right. Then there is the idea of expiation of ones sins and a guarantee to escape said hell fire by jihad, killing and being killed. I have yet to read any detailed article or book on the subject of hell fire and its influence on the Muslim psyche
gravenimage says
Why has a thread about such clear Islamic evil brought out so much witless false moral equivalence?
andrew sapia says
I am the last person to make a moral equivalence argument with Islam. I hate Islam, as a Christian I think Islam is a false religion and Muhammad a barbarian. I can see where you might have gotten that impression it was not my intention at all. I was just wondering if anyone had written on the subject and was using the guy who killed his family as an example of someone who was tortured with the idea of hell even though in Christianity hell is hardly elaborated on. In Islam it is front and center all the time in great detail of the tortures. Imagine that being drilled into your head from childhood. I see zero moral equivalence between Christianity and Islam. Even the crusades were not morally equivalent but a long over due defense of Christians in the East. I’d be all for a new crusade but don’t think the French have it in them. Shame since the Franks were once the greatest warriors on the planet.
gravenimage says
OK, Andrew—sorry I misread your comments.
Actually, you bring up a very important point, Besides Hell, Muslins fear a bizarre concept known as the “Torments of the Grave”.
No Muslim can be sure of paradise and freedom from the “Torments of the Grave”, which include such tortures as being eaten “alive” and being hit repeatedly with a giant iron hammer—no amount of praying, fasting, or going on Hadj is enough.
The *only* sure way is to die a “Shahid” while waging violent JIhad, or to have a close loved one who dies in this manner who will get them into paradise. This is one reason why so many Muslimahs seem perversely thrilled when their sons commit suicide bombings.
Frequent JIhad Watch contributor Raymond Ibrahim has written a brilliant piece on this very phenomenon and how it serves as a central motivation for waging violent Jihad:
“Jihad, Martyrdom, and the Torments of the Grave”
http://www.meforum.org/2102/jihad-martyrdom-and-the-torments-of-the-grave
Here’s a salient quote from the piece:
“The martyr is special to Allah. He is forgiven from the first drop of blood [that he sheds]. He sees his throne in paradise, where he will be adorned in ornaments of faith. He will wed the ‘aynhour [wide-eyed virgins] and will not know the torments of the grave and safeguards against the greater horror [hell]. Fixed atop his head will be a crown of honor, a ruby that is greater than the world and all it contains. And he will copulate with seventy-two ‘aynhour and be able to offer intercessions for seventy of his relatives.”
This last explains the sick exultations of Muslims over their suicide attacks, and one reason why Muslims ‘love death’ so much.
andrew sapia says
It is the perfect way to create an army of unstoppable warriors. Pope Urban almost had to offer a similar indulgence and thank God he did. My worry is can you get an entire generation of feminized secular western young men who live only for this life to fight this war. In 20 years the fighting age male population of Europe will be 50%. The 50% Muslim population will have been schooled in mostly private Islamic schools or dhimmized public schools that cater to the idea of Islamic supremacy.
It is quite scary and in the US most people hardly know about it and could care less. America still has a lot of church attendance and yet barely a peep for the persecuted Christians.
I can’t imagine the French republic becoming an emirate, could it really happen? It keeps me up at night.
Jae M says
They have sadistic pleasures in “punishing” all perceived wrongs. They happily behead and stone people everyday in countries where Sharia law is in place. What a contrast to what Jesus said when the people brought forward a woman that had committed adultery and they wanted to stone her to death. Jesus said, (John 8:7) “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her ” And they all walked away because they all had sinned in some form or another. They always say Allah is the most merciful and compassionate one. Their actions speak otherwise, showing his followers to be the most sadistic and hateful one.
gravenimage says
Islamic State stones couple for adultery, beheads four for blasphemy
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God, I hate Islam. This is what naked Islam looks like.
Daniel Sebold says
Chris Hedges, the leftist Pulitzer Prize winner, argues that the brutality in the Middle East is caused by America’s brutal history in the region. This seems rather non sequitor when talking about Syria. Why not blame the Russians for supporting Assad? Had some Middle Eastern dictatorship been able inflict an Al Falujah style execution on my home town of Minneapolis, would the Methodists behead the Baptists in response?