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'''Stoning''' is a form of [[capital punishment]] that was in use in the ancient [[Middle East]] and discussed in the [[Bible]] under the law presented in the [[Torah]]. Stonings are still occasionally carried out in some [[Islam]]ic countries; it is legally sanctioned in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]], [[Sudan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], the [[Indonesia]]n province of [[Aceh]] and parts of northern [[Nigeria]].<ref>FOX News: [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gGQsZlvPii4J:www.foxnews.com/world/2009/09/14/new-indonesia-law-punishes-adulterers-homosexuals/+%22New+Indonesia+Law+Punishes+Adulterers+and+Homosexuals%22&cd=1&hl=es&ct=clnk&gl=ar New Indonesia Law Punishes Adulterers and Homosexuals] (September 14, 2009)</ref>

'''Stoning''' or '''lapidation''' is a form of [[capital punishment]] that was in use in the ancient [[Middle East]] and discussed in the [[Bible]] under the law presented in the [[Torah]]. Stonings are still occasionally carried out in some [[Islam]]ic countries; it is legally sanctioned in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], [[Pakistan]], [[Sudan]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], the [[Indonesia]]n province of [[Aceh]] and parts of northern [[Nigeria]].<ref>FOX News: [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gGQsZlvPii4J:www.foxnews.com/world/2009/09/14/new-indonesia-law-punishes-adulterers-homosexuals/+%22New+Indonesia+Law+Punishes+Adulterers+and+Homosexuals%22&cd=1&hl=es&ct=clnk&gl=ar New Indonesia Law Punishes Adulterers and Homosexuals] (September 14, 2009)</ref>

In the [[New Testament]], [[Jesus]] showed a different way when the [[Pharisees]] brought him a woman that should have been stoned under the law, but Jesus responded "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone." When her accusers left, Jesus would not condemn her either and told her "Sin no more" (however, the provenance of this passage is disputed - see [[Disputed Biblical Translations]]).

In the [[New Testament]], [[Jesus]] showed a different way when the [[Pharisees]] brought him a woman that should have been stoned under the law, but Jesus responded "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone." When her accusers left, Jesus would not condemn her either and told her "Sin no more" (however, the provenance of this passage is disputed - see [[Disputed Biblical Translations]]).