Muslims themselves disagree over how, if at all, these penalties should be practised in the modern world.
The father-of-two from Burnley, Lancashire, was shot as the unit practised in Newton Heath on 9 June, 2008.
The vast congregation at his funeral in Delhi last week included representatives from just about every faith practised in the country.
Female genital mutilation is practised in a number of mainly Muslim African communities, and the tradition can travel when immigrants settle abroad.
Acupuncture and moxibustion are forms of traditional Chinese medicine widely practised in China and also found in regions of south-east Asia, Europe and the Americas.
As practised in New York, zero-tolerance policing has gone too far.
The philosophy, ritualistic background, culture and traditional knowledge of sailing in the Persian Gulf are gradually fading, although some of the associated ceremonies continue to be practised in a few places.
However, as an architect who has practised in Los Angeles, New York and Houston, I can assure you that the quality of architecture in any American city is almost the same.
It is practised in the traditional dance halls of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, spreading the spirit of its community across the globe even as it adapts to new environments and changing times.
Acupuncture, which has been practised in China for more than 3, 000 years, is based on the belief that every disease or complaint is caused by an imbalance of two opposing life forces.
Bruised by its invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and concentrating on the threat of religious extremism, the West is often blind to the many forms of Islam practised in the Middle East.
It can refer to many things, ranging from a pious way of life to a system of corporal and capital punishment, laid down in Islamic law but practised in only a few places.
Omar Abbosh, of Accenture, a consultancy, says that carbon trading as practised in the EU and contemplated in America does not give enough certainty about future carbon prices to justify an investment in a CCS plant.
The rites that accompany the festivity vary from place to place, ranging from leaping over fires and streams in Iran to tightrope walking, leaving lit candles at house doors, traditional games such as horse racing or the traditional wrestling practised in Kyrgyzstan.
Part II illustrates how ideas contained in the Framework for Action to meet basic learning needs are being practised in many countries - in Yemen, Ecuador, Mali, and how teachers are challenged to use new tools and new structures for learning, as in Costa Rica, Bulgaria, Thailand and Indonesia.
He practised law in Little Rock and began serving as Deputy White House Counsel in 1994.
No-till, practised more in America than in Britain, means growing crops without ploughing fields, and leads to many-fold increases in bird population and a range of other environmental benefits.
In the post-war period he practised and taught psychiatry in Vienna for 25 years, and spent 20 years in the United States as a visiting professor at Harvard and other American universities.
Nearly nine out of 10 teachers said they practised nonsense words in the run up to the test.
Team GB archers were subjected to a barrage of noise from schoolchildren while they practised at Lilleshall in Shropshire for the 2012 Olympics .
BBC: GB Archers get a taste of Olympics atmosphere at Lilleshall
Al Sadu, traditional weaving skills in the United Arab Emirates: Al Sadu is a traditional form of weaving practised by Bedouin women in rural communities of the United Arab Emirates to produce soft furnishings and decorative accessories for camels and horses.
Although there are common elements in vocational guidance wherever practised, there are also important differences in terms of culture, education, employment practices and occupational structures from country to country.
In an overture to the Holocaust, the Nazis practised mass killings and ethnic cleansing in Poland in 1939 and 1940.
As one Westerner who has practised maritime and commercial law in Shanghai for the past 15 years, I disagree.
Despite allowing themselves the indulgence of wine-drinking, members of this group practised reasonable self-discipline in matters of diet, exercise and smoking.
The whole point of representative democracy, of the kind practised for centuries at Westminster and in most Western democracies, is that it acts as a brake on "wild and irrational decisions", he reasoned.
In order to ensure that it remains viable, the community s priorities are to promote its transmission and to obtain its recognition beyond the geographical area in which it is practised.
In Africa and Asia, the colonial rulers never practised democracy, though Britain made ever-so-timid, belated steps towards it in India.
"We are confident that Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Mr. Mittal have always upheld and practised the highest standards of corporate governance in all aspects of the company's operations, including the acquisition of spectrum, " Singtel, which owns about one-third of Bharti, said in a written statement.
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