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- noun Plural form of
stoning .
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Examples
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Sharia prescribes punishments such as stonings, lashings, amputations and execution.
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Sharia prescribes punishments such as stonings, lashings, amputations and execution.
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The executions in Kunduz province were the first of their kind by the Taliban in the area and followed a call last week by Afghan clerics for a return to sharia and capital punishments such as stonings, carried out under Islamic law.
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But critics likened the group to the Taliban, saying they terrified Somalis into submission with punishments such as stonings and public executions.
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But critics likened the group to the Taliban, saying they terrified Somalis into submission with punishments such as stonings and public executions.
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No matter how many beheadings, stonings, or terrorist attacks there are, we must never fear, resist or mock the precious and ever peaceful Islam.
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The Muslim world, however, seems to be much more incensed by the burning of their religious text than they are by arbitrary destruction of human life, whether by suicide bombers, American drone attacks or religious stonings.
Nigel Barber: After Quran Burning, The Need To Put People First Nigel Barber 2011
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The Muslim world, however, seems to be much more incensed by the burning of their religious text than they are by arbitrary destruction of human life, whether by suicide bombers, American drone attacks or religious stonings.
Nigel Barber: After Quran Burning, The Need To Put People First Nigel Barber 2011
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Like drinking games, flash mobs and stonings, the musical is best enjoyed in groups, whether they're on your couch, phone or Twitter feed.
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God of the Universe wants many Taliban planets stonings and beheadings billions served daily absurd thought –
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