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It seems to me that a few steps would need to be carried out before you could really determine how an Islamic government is supposed to respond to any particular behavior or incident in society. Obviously, first you would have to determine whether or not there is even an extent explicit ruling on that matter…

Reportedly, rajm was only ever carried out one time during the entirety of the the Ottoman Empire for zena. I am just wondering, does anyone imagine that this means zena only occurred once during that time? Because, let’s be honest. The Shari’ah punishment for zena is not exactly a deterrent. The evidentiary requirements are so…