Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law
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Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law is a book authored by human rights activist Nonie Darwish
and Thomas Nelson.
In the book about Sharia Law, Darwish writes about divorce under Sharia, which can be granted and refused only by a man. The book also covers different punishments like beheading, stoning
, amputation of limbs or flogging, which can be meted out according to Islamic law for crimes such as apostasy (leaving Islam), adultery, theft or alcohol consumption.
Nonie Darwish
Nonie Darwish is an Egyptian-American human rights activist, and founder of Arabs For Israel, and is Director of Former Muslims United. She is the author of two books: Now They Call Me Infidel; Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel and the War on Terror and Cruel and Usual Punishment: The...
and Thomas Nelson.
In the book about Sharia Law, Darwish writes about divorce under Sharia, which can be granted and refused only by a man. The book also covers different punishments like beheading, stoning
Stoning
Stoning, or lapidation, is a form of capital punishment whereby a group throws stones at a person until the person dies. No individual among the group can be identified as the one who kills the subject, yet everyone involved plainly bears some degree of moral culpability. This is in contrast to the...
, amputation of limbs or flogging, which can be meted out according to Islamic law for crimes such as apostasy (leaving Islam), adultery, theft or alcohol consumption.