Death by stoning because of your gender

I was absolutely astounded to read at BlogHer in an article written by Kim Pearson about Iranian women being stoned due to what is essentially their gender. The women are being stoned to death due to crimes against chastity, namely, adultery. Now I personally think adultery is wrong but that’s a matter to be handled between two people not at the dull end of a hunk of granite

I dug into this a bit further and it’s interesting. Apparently stoning isn’t even prescribed as a punishment in the Quran for adultery. So that tells me that these women are being punished because of their gender, because someone in Iran decided that the women were expendable. You can read the article detailing this topic on being stoned and the Quran at the Islamic Blog, Eteraz, by clicking here.

To read Amnesty International’s full coverage of this issue please click to the story at Payvand’s Iran News here. Danielle Crittendon has blogged about this as well in her blog at this link here.

So what to do? You may be surprised there are indeed actions you can take that may help. Eteraz, the Islamic blog mentioned earlier, has an article with detailed suggestions on what you can do. You can read the full text of the article by clicking to it at this link HERE. Here are some excerpts:

• Sign the petition to spare the lives of two of these women. Eteraz has the links in the article
• Submit a letter to the Supreme Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamein, Eteraz has a sample letter you can use and the email address.
• Go to the website of the Ministry of Justice in Iran and post your desire that these women be spared, once again Eteraz has the link and an example you can use

The date of the stoning appears to be October 12^th or anytime thereafter. Please act now.