A Syrian woman stoned by the militant Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group for alleged adultery and left for dead has
miraculously walked away from the brutal punishment.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militant group sentenced the woman to be “stoned for adultery” in the town of Raqqa, the ISIS stronghold in northern Syria.
Militants carried out the punishment and “stoned her until they thought she had died.”
But just as they had stopped pelting her with stones, the woman stood up and tried to flee.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militant group sentenced the woman to be “stoned for adultery” in the town of Raqqa, the ISIS stronghold in northern Syria.
Militants carried out the punishment and “stoned her until they thought she had died.”
But just as they had stopped pelting her with stones, the woman stood up and tried to flee.
“An ISIS militant was about to open fire at her
when an Islamist jurist intervened and stopped him saying it was God’s will that
she did not die,” said the Observatory.
The ISIS jurist told the woman she can walk free
but that she must “repent”.
According to the Observatory, at least 15
people, nine of them women, have been executed by militants in Syria, including
al-Qaeda-linked militants, since July for alleged adultery and homosexuality.
ISIS and al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s Syria
branch, hold large swathes of Syria and have imposed a brutal version of
Islamic law in territory under their control.
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