Original sentence: He said that he opposed stoning and that he favored “a moratorium” on such practices but refused to condemn the law outright.Many people, including Sarkozy, were outraged.Ramadan later defended his position arguing that, because it involved religious texts, the law would have to be properly understood and contextualised
Edited sentence: For me, the death penalty, stoning and corporal punishment, must stop in Muslim countries, muslims should understand that these are against their religion to apply it like this.However, when Amnesty International, calls for a moratorium on the death penalty in the USA when President Chirac calls for a moratorium on the death penalty in China, it's not because they support the death penalty but because they know there is not a better pedagogic way to stop it, if not first by a moratorium".It is my position.Many people, including Sarkozy, were outraged from the fact that Ramadan favored a moratorium.Moreover, the stoning is not just about women (this is a Christian concept) in Islam, it concerns men and women.Ramadan defended his position arguing that, because it involved religious texts, the law would have to be properly understood and contextualised, he repeated clearly again "I said, in front of sarkozy that I 'm opposed and I called for a moratorium in the Muslim world with the idea to open a debate.Ramadan replied that "I oppose stoning and i favore “a moratorium” on such practices".Sarkozy who lied a second time during this emission said that all those who promote stoning have mental issue but what an irony, that 2 years later after this, during a speech in Saudi Arabia, he described Saudi Arabia as a moderate country with which we can conclude agreements