(November 18, 2015 at 6:07 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Thank you for shedding some light. Would you say the people in this video are pretty extreme? Or are they an accurate representation of the average Muslim?
You are welcome.
It's an accurate representation for the religious ones only. There are many Muslims who choose not to think about it; and explicitly tend to say :
"leave these matters to the religious".
Because for the average Muslim, such sentence would put him/her in a very critical corner; that is :
1-Would the person reject the sentence ? because if so, then he/she rejected the core foundation of his/her sect : a Hadith admitted though the ages to authentic and real. Rejection means that the person is negating his/her own faith foundation. Usually this type of Muslim is escaping from something, mostly the guilt of accepting such acts.
2-Would the person accept the sentence ? because if so, then he/she is following what their sect is dictating by the book : he/she is following the Hadiths & the scholars' publications that make up their sects.
In conclusion, if a Sunni/Shia Muslim wants to become religious, he/she should believe that stoning is a valid sentence, or else, they will be negating their own faiths.
