Definitions
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- noun
Lapidation : punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting indeath - verb Present participle of
stone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
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Examples
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The Quran does not mention the word stoning even once, yet we see the so-called Muslim scholars defending this barbaric practice.
Faheem Younus: Getting Clear On Rep. King's Muslim Hearings Faheem Younus 2011
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The Quran does not mention the word stoning even once, yet we see the so-called Muslim scholars defending this barbaric practice.
Faheem Younus: Getting Clear On Rep. King's Muslim Hearings Faheem Younus 2011
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The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose death by stoning is ever-imminent, has become a mainstay on the docket of news reportage which dutifully highlights the savagery of Islamic law.
Beenish Ahmed: Damsels in Distress: Using Victimized Women as Political Ploys Beenish Ahmed 2010
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If you want the truth to be that "stoning does not exist in Iran" use what power you have to convince Iran's clerics to remove stoning from the country's penal code.
Marie-Josee Kravis: There's No Stoning in Iran? Prove it Mr. President Marie-Josee Kravis 2010
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The case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose death by stoning is ever-imminent, has become a mainstay on the docket of news reportage which dutifully highlights the savagery of Islamic law.
Beenish Ahmed: Damsels in Distress: Using Victimized Women as Political Ploys Beenish Ahmed 2010
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The fact that stoning is the most savage form of this penalty can not and must not make us blind to the brutality at the heart of the death penalty as such.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: And to Think That We Still Have to Argue Against the Death Penalty Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010
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If you want the truth to be that "stoning does not exist in Iran" use what power you have to convince Iran's clerics to remove stoning from the country's penal code.
Marie-Josee Kravis: There's No Stoning in Iran? Prove it Mr. President Marie-Josee Kravis 2010
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If you want the truth to be that "stoning does not exist in Iran" use what power you have to convince Iran's clerics to remove stoning from the country's penal code.
Marie-Josee Kravis: There's No Stoning in Iran? Prove it Mr. President Marie-Josee Kravis 2010
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If you want the truth to be that "stoning does not exist in Iran" use what power you have to convince Iran's clerics to remove stoning from the country's penal code.
Marie-Josee Kravis: There's No Stoning in Iran? Prove it Mr. President Marie-Josee Kravis 2010
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If you want the truth to be that "stoning does not exist in Iran" use what power you have to convince Iran's clerics to remove stoning from the country's penal code.
Marie-Josee Kravis: There's No Stoning in Iran? Prove it Mr. President Marie-Josee Kravis 2010
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