Killing someone by means of stoning is horrible, inhuman, barbaric, gruesome and heinous it should be forbidden in all countries. I agree with you Mariam, some lunatic people in the Muslim World misuse laws, mostly when they can benefit of it. (3ala fikra, stoning is not mentioned in the Quran, but in the 7adeeth).

Peace.

Stoning exists in Islam, either coran or hadith it exists so no need to feel embarassed or hide the truth, this movie is not only a way to spoil the image of Islam, this movie is real if you dont want the west to have a bad image on Islam then change the laws it is simple.

imane is right. stoning does exist in Islam whether we like it or not. however it is reserved to be used for serious crimes such as adultery. in fact i think it is only adultery that requires stoning. maybe soraya did commit adultery for i which i completely support her stoning. BUT if she did not commit such a crime and she was stoned for other reasons, then YES this movie will be good for it will show the unjust way of using the stoning rule.

Dear maranao,

I respect your opinion, but stoning is a inhuman way of dying. Stoning practices belong to the Middle-Ages, anno 2009 we can make or own laws and decisions. If Soraya committed adultry she should not be killed for that. Life is something that should be respected and valued. Most muslim countries have prohibited this law in their constitution.

Peace

Dear Maranao,

I am really surprised that you are with stoning for adultery, we are not living in the stone age to practice this unhuman punishment, anybody can make a mistake and if he regrets he has the right to live life is precious and god forgives.

Last but not least, I think that stoning for adultery is like stoning the love...

adultery : voluntary sexual relations between a married person and somebody other than his or her spouse.
if a person is willing to cheat on her husband i don't really call that love imane

Mariam,

Are you pro or contra stoning? I just want to know it :) no offence.

Peace

hey lolo
it's so cute how u have peace at the end of every comment you make and ofcuz there's no offense taken.
anyway am contra stoning , but i really don't know quite much about it , after writing this article i sent a couple of emails to different religious authorities to know exactly the Islamic law of stoning and am waiting to see what they tell me.

in case you got confused because of my comment earlier i was not defending stoning i was just clarifying what adultery is because many people think adultery is just sexual intercourse and its not!
peace :P

Hey, Mariam
Thanx for clarifying your opinion :) I really hope that people in the future will see that stoning and killing aren't the suitable solutions. What I know about this part of the Islamic law, is that in case of adultry (Zina) , for both men and women, married or not following sanctions are used based on the 7adeeth:
-100 strockes with a stick should be given to unmarried people
- If married stoning.

But before performing these sactions:
4 genuine men should have witnessed the act of ZinaS(4:15; S 4:16; S 24:2), if not, than sanctions can not be performed. Islamic sactions are quite harsh, but are mostly not performed, because the difficulty of finding witnesses who can testify the act of Zina. I followed a course of Islamic law last semester and it was really interesting :)

Peace lolo

I don't agree that such movies taint the image of Islam. It is not about antagonizing the religion at all. I believe that the sole purpose of such movies is to compare and contrast the social livings of the past and present and allow for the "interpretation" of justice as we see it; meaning that punishments made during the days of Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) do not necessarily channel the appropriateness of justice that we live in during this age.

Wow..any religion that justifies stoning or hurting any human being in an inhumane way is not a religion of God!.God=love..not torture!

imane: i'm a muslim and in islam you can't believe some parts of the religion and deny others. if i believe in islam then i believe that stoning is the right punishment for adultery because it prescribes it as so.. plus it's adultery not just a premarital sex.. why would you cheat on your spouse and go have sex with someone else unless you're an unfaithful person? you're betraying both your spouse and above all God! if you don't want your spouse anymore, then just get a divorce. but then i said this before, we still don't know if soraya was actually adulterous. she could have just been accused of something she did not do. in that case, i'm absolutely against stoning her. ciao! =)

Hi Maranao, I believe in Islam but I believe that some parts should be changed because time has changed otherwise how would you explain that in almost all the muslim countries cutting the arm of the thief is abolished, and how could you explain that the verset " wa ma malakt aymanouhoum" is not applied nowadays, because it is impossible to see a man living with a bunch women, it means also that the big Oulamas simply do not believe in all the parts. So as many things changed, I think that stoning should not exist. Also, if you think that the punishment of adultery is stoning to death, what would be in your opinion the punishment for killing someone? Is there any kind of punishment worst that the stoning? It means that you are putting all the sins on the same level...No offence...

imane: no problem dear, i'm not offended =) in fact i appreciate this discussion by all means. it's just i think the reason why they don't apply stoning anymore in most other muslim countries is because there is the separation of the state and religion. however in countries like saudia arabia, iran, nigeria, afghanistan (among the seven countries that still practice it) religion is very much intertwined with their judicial system so they apply islamic laws and penal codes.. i also don't think that some parts of islam should be changed. i'm sorry that's just what i think. i believe that islam is perfect, just as Allah had said when he revealed it to us, and it could be applied to all times regardless of the millenia we are in.. and the punishment for someone who has been convicted of killing is death actually not stoning. killing and adultery are among the biggest sins in islam and so their punishments are severe and yes almost on an equal level. stoning and killing are horrible deaths but then that's what you get for committing an equally horrible crime. it's a good way to prevent future crimes and or such incidences.. thanks and ciao! =)

if she CHOSE to commit adultery, no body has the right to kill her. The most people should be able to do is just look at her differently, maybe avoid her.

Killing someone for such an action is stupid. There should be more freedom.

If someone DOES commit adultery, I lose my respect for them, but I wouldn't KILL them.

If Soraya did commit adultery (and I don't know if she did) then I do agree with the stoning. But like someone said in this forum, I think that because you need so many witnesses, it is unlikely that stoning will take place in many cases. That is why such a drastic action ordaned by Allah is only rarely used because there needs to be witnesses.
As for the film being made, I do agree that such films are in some way designed because of how Islam is portrayed presently in the media, and, according to my observations of the press here in the UK, this has been a trend for a lot of people.
I don't fully know the history of this film and have not seen it, so therefore, I can't give a full opinion. But based on many cases, I do think that Islam is a constant target (although maybe not llike before).
As for the Islamic law, I do agree with it. I think it is fair is a good deterrent of crime and increases people's faith. But I do accept that it can be abused, and this is when you should criticise the people abusing it and not Allah's law.
:)

when a woman cheat n do sth like this she desreve it...n when we belvie ,moahmed is from God(Allah) then we belive he never say or do wrong so we have to accept his wordz....these women make all other women ashmaed....btw these rules cancled in iran..i'm iranian n i see since many years ago it has cancled