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To: E who wrote (17073)	7/9/2002 6:10:52 PM
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Financial Times piece. MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Death by stoning defended by Iran By Guy Dinmore in Tehran FT.com site; Jul 08, 2002 Excerpts: Zahra Shojaei, Iran's presidential adviser on women's issues, has defended the practice of stoning women to death for the crime of adultery, saying the punishment is correct under Islamic sharia law and protects the institution of the family. ...at least two women are on death row in Iran facing execution by stoning. "The ruling on stoning has been made with the aim of safeguarding the inviolability of the family," ... Sharia law provides for death through stoning for married Muslims, men or women, who commit adultery. It is specified that the stones thrown should not be so large that the victim dies after a few strikes, but neither should they be too small that they fail to cause serious injury... search.ft.com