Somali man stoned to death for adultery; woman next after birth

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times*

Nov 06, 2009
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Somali man stoned to death for adultery; woman next after birth*

BBC - A Somali man has been stoned to death for adultery, but his
pregnant girlfriend was spared — until she gives birth, the BBC reports .

A crowd of about 300 people in Merka, south of Mogadishu, watched as
Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed by members of the Islamist group
al-Shabab. A spokesman said the woman would be stoned to death after the
baby is born. The child will be given to relatives.

In the past year, Islamists who rule most of southern Somalia have
stoned to death three people for adultery, including a 13-year-old girl
who human rights groups said had been raped.