How is this happening in 2010?

[mickeym]

Activist: Iranian mother of two to be stoned to death

She was coerced into admitting to adultery -- given 99 lashes until she plead guilty -- and now she's going to be stoned to death, even though she's asked the court for forgiveness. Her children have written to the court asking for their mother to be forgiven.

I am beyond horrified.

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[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

And yet if we dare to say we don't want such extreme fundamentalism in our country we are accused of racism. Such brutality has nothing to do with race or religion, it's just a sick way of keeping women down and under the thumbs of men.