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Meanings of death by stoning in English
Synonyms
Examples for "stoning"
Examples for "stoning"
1
By then the stoning power had been automatically applied within Tuesday's cylinder.
2
Gladly would they have carried it out in the Jewish fashion-bystoning.
3
According to Sharia law, the penalty for adultery was death by stoning.
4
Which incident of nationalists stoning Protestant schoolchildren does Mr Naughton refer to?
5
You know I slept for six hours before getting up for stoning.
1
In the background the lapidation of the condemned.
2
As noted earlier a lapidation verse may have formed a part of the Koran, but this is disputed by some scholars.
3
By the way they passed a sward of green, on which sundry little boys were engaged upon the lapidation of a lame duck.
4
Lapidation was instituted at a later stage.
5
("Lapidation" is good; it is much more elegant than "stoning.")
Usage of death by stoning in English
1
According to Sharia law, the penalty for adultery was death by stoning.
2
Adultery and gay sex in Brunei are now punishable to death by stoning.
3
Despite Iran's 2002 moratorium on death by stoning, sentences continue to be issued and have been implemented.
4
Also he commanded that if any man should break this decree he should suffer death by stoning.
5
The Lord was to die, not the Jewish death by stoning, but the terrible Roman death of crucifixion.
6
According to latest reports, nine people currently await death by stoning, of whom at least eight are women.
7
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said death by stoning "has no place in the 21st century".
8
The punishments include death by stoning for adultery, flogging for drinking alcohol, and severing of limbs for theft.
9
Hussaini was spared from death by stoning imposed under Islamic sharia law after an international uproar earlier this year.
10
And according to their book there was only one thing for this woman and that was death by stoning.
11
Safiya had been condemned to death by stoning by a Sharia Islamic law court in northern Nigeria for alleged adultery.
12
Former US president, Bill Clinton has asked Nigeria to spare the life of a mother condemned to death by stoning.
13
The Sharia Penal Code allows for sentences of death by stoning and amputation and is applicable to all Muslims including children.
14
Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning and thieves will have their limbs chopped off.
15
Ms Atanda Fatimo (21) says she fears death by stoning in her homeland for having a child out of wedlock.
16
Brunei has defended its right to implement Islamic laws that would allow death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality against growing global criticism.
Translations for death by stoning
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