Datuk Nik Aziz, controversial spiritual leader of the...

Datuk Nik Aziz, controversial spiritual leader of the hardline Party Islam Se Malaysia, declared he wanted the federal government to allow rapists to be stoned to death publicly as per strict Islamic law. "Some people may say sentencing to death by stoning is outdated. But we must bear in mind that rape, illicit sex and incest are also uncivilised," said Datuk Nik Aziz. Making the case for adherence to strict Islamic law, he said Islam required stoning to be executed in public. "It is for the people to see the pain," he said. "If punishment is done quietly there will be no end to the problem."