Death Penalty for Porn


	Death Penalty for Porn

disenchantedcitizen

3-14-2009 1:07 PM

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disenchantedcitizen says:

A 2007 law? I thought muslims lived under laws based in biblical times.

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3-14-2009 7:07 PM

Antara

Men sentenced to stoning are buried up to their necks, and women up to their armpits, but according to Islamic tradition they are acquitted if they succeed in pulling themselves free during the stoning.

Oh, alrighty then......

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