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Stoned for Adultery: How Islam’s Laws Are Being Overlooked

Amid a global outcry over a couple stoned to death for adultery in Afghanistan, Eliza Griswold asks why an Islamic law designed to protect women’s rights is being used against them today.

Eliza Griswold
Eliza Griswold
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A woman in Berlin dressed as a stoning victim to protest the stoning sentence of an Iranian woman. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
Eliza Griswold

Eliza Griswold

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