In Western Civilization if you stoned your dog you would be committing felony animal abuse.

Here we are speaking of killing humans barbarically.

I don't buy the political spin in justification the act.

If we dip cats in gasoline and light them on fire for entertainment that is OK too?

Anyway, killing someone for committing adultery is barbaric.

If any modern time culture condones this ? it is a barbaric culture and deserves to perish to humanities benefit. By the way, Iran is the same wonderful culture that has recently executed gays for practicing sodomy ? that is to be justified also? ? it's their belief system? They believe in killing so that their religious dogma can survive ? for what? Iran imprisons pornographers and pornographic actors/actresses also, just to make this more personal. So, I don't recommend that you move to Tehran ...