If this one was by a Muslim cleric, it would have filled late night TV in the US (and PETA would have asked the UNSC to intervene)

"A Jerusalem rabbinical court recently sentenced a wandering dog to death by stoning. The cruel sentence stemmed from the suspicion that the spirit of a famous secular lawyer, who insulted the court's judges 20 years ago, had been transferred into the dog's body." (thanks David)