Why Harsh Punishments Are More Prevalent in the Muslim World

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Islam and punishment | By the Book; Why harsh punishments are more prevalent in the Muslim world. Economist,
July 4, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/in ... t-muslim-world-book
("Under the Ottoman empire, just one person was stoned to death in 600 years

My comment: The essay supplies no ready answer, but argues that harsh punishment in Islamic world is a recent (ie, decades-old) phenomenon.  This is the takeaway. (And you may not want to read the essay. I myself read the first three (long paragraphs.)