
“Stoning” in the Islamic Penal Code of Iran and its legal and jurisprudential foundations in Islam/Ameneh Abiyar
Since humans cannot achieve their ideal and problem-free creativity on their own, they express their creativity through empathy and affinity with others due to their social nature. They listen and are heard by others, and are influenced by the actions and behaviors of others. They reject bad actions, behaviors, and speech as abnormal and accept good ones as normal. This rule has been a part of human ethics, character, action, and way of life since ancient times. The gradual growth and understanding of this rule throughout human history has led to the gradual development of reason as a tool for making the right choices and the “inner prophet” has always been with humans, but it has been incomplete. Along with the “outer prophets,” we have taken the steps of gradual growth, and with their help, we have split seas with a miraculous staff… And when our last stage of intellectual growth was complete, the “outer prophet” left our side and considered their work complete. They announced the end of their companionship with us
Introduction
It is famous that an introduction is a summary and a brief explanation of the main subject and topic that is going to be discussed later. However, the writer, due to the importance of the topic, starts the introduction with the following report, contrary to the usual practice:
“A truck dumped a large number of stones and gravel next to the pit and then brought two women, who were wearing white clothes and had a veil over their heads, to the site. The rain of stones fell on them and they turned into a (bloody) mess. The injured women fell to the ground and the executioners hit them on the head to make sure they were dead.”
-A report from an eyewitness has been published.
Entrance
This text is about a brief summary of the criticism of the selection of criminal cases in the Iranian Islamic Penal Code, which, due to the importance of some selected criminal titles, such as those closely related to human rights and freedom, such as illicit sexual relationships, apostasy, corruption on earth, rebellion, blasphemy, political crimes, etc., has been the subject of study. Since examining all the criminal cases and titles related to human rights and the death penalty for these crimes requires a lot of patience, time, and a considerable amount of writing, the importance of criminal cases will be selectively studied in multiple and consecutive articles, and efforts will be made to discuss and research the legal and jurisprudential aspects of these cases. However, in this text, only the title of adultery and stoning punishment will be selected and its importance will be discussed in relation to human rights in general and women’s rights in particular. In this regard, the texts and documents of the Iranian government, which are
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