I can't believe this still happens

While reading the news this morning I came upon this news article that made me feel as though I was reading the obscene actions of yesteryear.

Somali woman stoned for adultery.

It's interesting to actually hear about this happening now. It puts a lot of theories about social behavior and progress into perspective. I recently went to a discussion on Darwinism relating to social media and how it is affecting the evolution of man. What really defines a more cultured and well behaved society? Well, for one, not stoning women to death after she gave birth to a still born baby.

In the discussion, the professor pointed out that 3rd world countries are just like us, but about 80 years ago. Does this excuse that kind of behavior? I guess doing and seeing wrong are in the eyes of the beholder. So they do things differently, who are we to judge? Who says that's it's the "wrong" way? We do...because burning and stoning people is inhumane and disgusting, right? What if you were brainwashed to think and believe something else? Somehow these people all gather around to watch this spectacle, so their society must not think that torturing a women over having sex with an UNMARRIED man.

That brainwashing happens everywhere, here in America, the main focus is politics and religion, church and state that has never been separated. Yet we are the more "evolved" society. Maybe everyone is wrong, but that's just speculation, an opinion, my free will exploring whatever my semi-brainwashed mind thinks.

Here is some of the article.

A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people.

A judge working for the militant group al-Shabab said she had had an affair with an unmarried 29-year-old man.

He said she gave birth to a still-born baby and was found guilty of adultery. Her boyfriend was given 100 lashes.

It is thought to be the second time a woman has been stoned to death for adultery by al-Shabab.

The group controls large swathes of southern Somalia where they have imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic law which has been unpopular with many Somalis.

'Lenient'

According to reports from a small village near the town of Wajid, 250 miles (400km) north-west of the capital, Mogadishu, the woman was taken to the public grounds where she was buried up to her waist.

She was then stoned to death in front of the crowds on Tuesday afternoon.

The judge, Sheikh Ibrahim Abdirahman, said her unmarried boyfriend was given 100 lashes at the same venue.

Under al-Shabab's interpretation of Sharia law, anyone who has ever been married - even a divorcee - who has an affair is liable to be found guilty of adultery, punishable by stoning to death.

An unmarried person who has sex before marriage is liable to be given 100 lashes.