![]() ![]() Omar said the rocks continued to thud against her body for what seemed to be an interminable time. The guilty one quickly slumped to the ground and her body jerked in all directions. Omar said the group of people, mostly men, rushed towards the stones and began to hurl the rocks at the woman. The man who had read off the crime informed the crowd that the execution should begin. ![]() A large man, the executioner, flogged the woman upon her back fifty blows.A truck appeared, and rocks and stones were emptied in a large pile. ![]() A dirty rag was used to gag her mouth and a black hood was fastened around her head. With an official manner, a man loudly read out her crime for the crowd to hear. He said she was very beautiful, just the sort of woman who would defy the laws of God.The woman’s hands were bound. Omar said that just as the crowd was becoming angry with impatience in the hot sun a young woman of about twenty-five years of age was roughly pulled out of a police car. They were restless and waiting to see the one so wicked. Omar and our neighbours’ driver decided to go and view the spectacle.A large crowd had gathered since early morning. ![]() “ When I was twelve years of age, a woman in one of the small villages not far from Riyadh had been found guilty of adultery. ![]()
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