In May 2006, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, Ayesha, an 18 year old girl, accused of adultery by her husband left her husband’s home to stay with her brother for fear of her life. Her husband, accompanied by his brother and under the guise of reconciliation, met with her and persuaded her to return to his house. She agreed. Ayesha recounted from her hospital bed how when they were traveling back her husband and his brother stopped the car in a semi-remote area and started to beat and torture her. They cut off her nose and her lips. They then left her in a field unconcerned whether she would live or die!
Again in another incident, a Pakistani woman, Shamin Mai, who committed the “crime” of marrying a man of her own choosing rather than acquiescing to a pre-arranged marriage by her family, had her legs chopped off by her brother and uncle.
In Iran, two girls, identified only as Zohreh and Azar – sisters, were sentenced to death by stoning, having been convicted of adultery. The “crime” for which these two women were convicted and sentenced to death was caught on a video tape. This “adultery” consisted of the two women being in the presence of other men when their husbands were absent. There was no sexual activity, no touching. It’s hard to tell from the tape if they were even conversing. But under the Sharia Law they committed “adultery” and have been sentenced to death by stoning. They also received 99 lashes for “illegal relations.”
They would be buried up to their neck and their heads covered with a black cloth. The “executers” would stand at a short distance and they would throw stones of the prescribed size at the exposed heads until the girl dies or until she escapes. It is impossible for her to escape and the stone-bearers witness the ignominious deaths