The man who is conducting the inquiry into what Afghanistan’s President calls a “heinous act” is in favor of that act, and says, “If you’re married and you commit adultery, you have to be stoned.”
The advocates of stoning are universally described as “extremists,” 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 “truly in the messenger of Allah you have a good example for him who looks to Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah often” (Qur’an 33:21).
“Afghan Mullah Leading Stoning Inquiry Condones Practice,” by Rod Nordland and Jawad Sukhanyar, New York Times, November 7, 2015 (thanks to Thomas):
KABUL, Afghanistan — After men believed to be Taliban fighters forced a 19-year-old named Rukhshana into a freshly dug pit and methodically stoned her to death for adultery, a video of the killing surfaced on the Internet and incited outrage.
Western embassies and human-rights groups denounced the attack as another example of abusive treatment of women by the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan called it a “heinous act” and ordered an investigation, sending a delegation to the central province of Ghor, where the attack took place.
One of the leaders of that presidential delegation, however, is a prominent, pro-government mullah who believes the stoning and flogging of adulterers is perfectly justified — as he made clear both in a sermon on the Ghor killing at Friday Prayer and in a subsequent interview on Friday.
“If you’re married and you commit adultery, you have to be stoned,” said the mullah, Maulavi Inayatullah Baleegh, during his sermon at Pul-e Khishti mosque, Kabul’s biggest, on Friday. “The only question was whether this was done according to Shariah law, with witnesses or confessions as required,” he said. “It is necessary to protect and safeguard the honor of women in society, as it was done in the past during the time of the prophet.”
In the interview later, Maulavi Baleegh also declined to criticize the Taliban over the Ghor stoning or to give an opinion on whether a Shariah trial held by the insurgents would be considered religiously valid. “Do you want me to have a fight with the Taliban?” he said, when a reporter asked about the Taliban role in the killing, and he declined to say anything further about the insurgents’ actions.
Maulavi Baleegh, who is a prominent member of the National Ulema Council, the country’s highest religious authority, and is an adviser to Mr. Ghani on religious affairs, said he was told he would lead the presidential investigating commission when it goes to Ghor this week.
His theological support for the sort of stoning he is being sent to investigate is emblematic of the national conundrum over the role of Shariah law, particularly when it comes to punishment for so-called moral crimes. The Afghan Constitution recognizes Shariah as well as civil law, but a presidential decree known as the Elimination of Violence Against Women Act, issued in 2009 but never ratified by Parliament, outlawed the stoning and flogging of adulterers….
That Act was foredoomed in light of Sharia, and was probably just window dressing to please the “human rights community.”

saturnine says
He who is without sin, cast the first stone. – Jesus
He who has a free hand, cast your first stone. – Muhammad
gravenimage says
Afghan mullah leading stoning inquiry condones practice
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This should not surprise–the Afghan government itself restored the penalty of stoning to the books two years ago:
“Sharia in action in Afghanistan: Plans to reintroduce public stoning as punishment for adultery”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/11/sharia-in-action-in-afghanistan-plans-to-reintroduce-public-stoning-as-punishment-for-adultery
Christianblood says
Saudi Arabia publicly stones, beheads, amputates and crucifies innocent victims and would execute a christian for displaying a cross or a Bible, sent 15 terrorists on 9/11, sponsors and funds isis and tens of thousands of other islamic terrorists across the globe and yet America considers its best ally in the M.E.
SHAME ON AMERICA!
mortimer says
The Saudis laugh all the way to the bank because of American naivety and greed. We must stop buying Saudi oil and bust the Islamic conspiracy against the world. The headquarters of the Islamic madness is the Kookoodom of Soddy Barbaria.
Jay Boo says
Islam is a cage and Muslims love the suffering of others more than freedom.
An experiment was done where rats in a cage were given electric shocks.
Some of the rats would later take out their aggression on other rats.
The cage of Islam is built on bars made of cowardice.
Better that a Muslim poisons the community well then live in Islam’s hell hole of misery.
harbidoll says
Money to IS is protection money. & They have been paying off the Salafists since they took over S. Arabia’s 2 holy places.& threatened the Saudi family.
mortimer says
Ah, the Verse of Stoning…I’m glad you asked!
This supposedly ‘lost’ verse of the Koran poses serious problems for a Muslim’s belief that the Koran is ETERNAL and that Allah PRESERVES it from changing.
There are 2 contradictions here: Firstly, a) The verse was in the eternal Koran, but
b) The verse is no longer in the eternal Koran. Secondly, a) Allah has kept his eternal Koran unchanging, but (!!!) b) The Stoning Verse was ‘lost’, so Allah DIDN’T protect his Koran and it is NOT eternal.
So which is it? Is Allah trying to pull a fast one? He lost the verse, but didn’t ‘lose’ it after all?
So this is Muslim logic: Stoning is valid because a Stoning Verse WAS in the Koran, but that verse was LOST and now ISN’T in the Koran, but we must PRETEND that the stoning verse is still in the Koran, even though it isn’t.
And we must all PRETEND that the Koran didn’t change. We must PRETEND Allah defended the Koran from changing even though THE KORAN DID CHANGE.
Isn’t Islam absurd, Muslims?
Angemon says
Except for the sex slaves, which can be naked from the waist up, and can be raped, even if they’re married – apparently those aren’t considered “women” in orthodox islam.
Vlad says
Sex slaves are not women, correct.
Nor are baby camels, donkeys, sheep, goats etc.
Mooslim life is such a blast 🙂
Vlad
Jay Boo says
Listen to the sounds
the thump and screech and futile pleas
That is the sound of the Allah’s sleaze
No Fear says
I smoked the Quran and I didn’t get stoned.
Joseph says
Early or late edition? Maybe it wasn’t ready to be harvested.
If all else fails wipe your arse with it in front of a mosque, you might feel something then.
Joseph says
@ No Fear, Please don’t take my post wrong, it is sarcasm not aimed at you.
Dan says
“Even monkeys practice stoning?”
If these p.o.s. use monkeys as examples of how to behave, then isn’t it more appropriate to call Muslims apes?
And pigs too, considering how the refugees live and behave.
Walter Sieruk@yahoo.com says
In Islam there’s the harsh and brutal killing of a woman for adultery. In contrast ,with Christianity, or to be even more specific with the forgiving and loving teaching of Jesus there is mercy. For example the women who was accused of committing adultery, Jesus stood up for her and protected her by His Wisdom using reason.. Jesus didn’t say that adultery was right..He never would say such a thing. What Jesus did say is “He who is without sin among you ,let him cast the first stone.at her.” John 8:7 [K.J.V.] The contrast,between Jesus and Muhammad is outstanding.
bernie says
She wasn’t just accused of it, she was definitely guilty, as she had been caught in the act (and Jesus knew that she hadn’t been falsely accused by the relgious leaders). However, as you have said, he did show mercy towards her, and apparently wrote the private sins of the leaders on the ground; they were so ashamed of their own hypocrisy that they dropped their stones and didn’t proceed to stone her. And according to the story, Jesus finally said “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more.”
Jeremiah says
A perfect explanation about the contrast between Christianity and Islam. However, let us save the world first by securing our borders and our Constitution. Let us check out the basements of the mosques before we continue to be academically correct . . . or it will not matter.
Jeremiah says
What does a teacher of Islam have to do to convince the socialists that their women will soon be abused, mutilated and raped. Soon women will be publicly executed for enticing men to rape them. Soon leftists looking for harmless homosexuality will be flying from rooftops like paper airplanes for suspicion of not practicing sodomy in a sharia compliant way.