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Stoning is a customary punishment found in the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, northern Nigeria, Aceh Province of Indonesia, Afghanistan, and tribal parts of Pakistan. Stoning was an Old Testament punishment for breaking a commandment, where the entire community stones the offender outside a city.