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Tehran - An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pronographic films has been stoned to death in the prison where she has been held for the last eight years, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The unnamed 35-year-old was buried in a pit and pelted with stones until she died in the centre of Tehran's Evin prison, the Entekhab paper said, adding that she had been tracked down after an intensive police search.

It said investigators only succeeded in finding her after they noticed the serial number of an electricity meter that was in the background of a scene in one of her films.

She denied being the woman on screen but police found several witnesses who testified she was indeed the X-rated actress.

Convicted of adultery and 'corruption on earth'
The woman was sentenced to death after being convicted of adultery and "corruption on earth", a verdict which was upheld by the supreme court, the paper said.

Under Iran's Islamic law, adultery and corruption on earth are punishable by death.

Men sentenced to stoning are buried up to their necks, and women up to their armpits, but according to Islamic tradition they are acquitted if they succeed in pulling themselves free during the stoning.

The paper did not say when the woman was executed. - Sapa-AFP

 Published on the Web by IOL on 2001-05-21 13:23:01

Wow!  I was literally shaking when I read this report!  I just wept for this precious woman.  And I thought of how Jesus treated the woman caught in adultry compared to how Islam treated this woman.....Jesus thought she had worth and gave her back her life.  Do you remember the story?  It is in John Chapter 8,
Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,  they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?" This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.
 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."  And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.  When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"
She said, "No one, Lord."
And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

This story makes me cry, each time I read it.  How kind is our God!  So gentle and kind, especially to the guilty.  This woman was dragged naked in a crowd of angry men to what she believed was her death....she was humiliated, shamed before the entire church going community.  Exposed....dragged  in front of a religious man to have her death sentence spoken... It must have been horrible and terrifying.  How scared she must have been, and how totally hopeless. 

Here, in front of the temple (the same as a church to us) where the Rabbi was teaching God's word, she was paraded for judgment.  Every eye was on her, there was nowhere to look for mercy, every face held contempt and judgment for her. 

Yet, at this point of shame and degradation she encounters Jesus.  She stands in the midst of the temple, feeling the eyes of everyone upon her, waiting for the final sentence to be pronouced ... then she will be dragged  outside of town and stoned to death, a vicious, painful and bloody death.  She waits, her heart pounding, face flushed with shame and fear and terror; fighting for control. 

Then He speaks. 

 Without looking at her, Jesus looks at the mob calling for her blood, demanding that He condemn her! As the crowd waits, Jesus speaks  "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.."  And one by one the men walked away...leaving her alone with Jesus...who lovingly tells her neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more.  He was so totally outragous, loving her and setting her free, saving her from death....and she never asked for mercy, He just poured it out all over her! 

Right there, you get a glimpes of what Jesus is planning to do on your behalf.  He came not to condemn us but to set us free from all the mistakes, bad choices, He came to give you life.. 

This same God, who loves prostitutes and porn performers, who gives the blind back their sight and helps the weak and hopeless, is waiting to speak freedom into your life. He has called you out of the bondage you live in, into the light of his presence.  If you are tired of the way things are, we would love to help you meet this wonderful God and to help you find your way out of the darkness and into the new life God has for you....

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Blessings,

Carolemarie, former xxxgirl