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Nigerian court overturns stoning decision, so another one's sentenced
2002-03-25
  • A Nigerian sharia appeal court freed a mother of five Monday who had been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. She had been condemned to death despite saying she was raped in a judgement by a lower Muslim court that sparked world outrage. Even as 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu smiled with relief in the northern city of Sokoto, news filtered out that another woman had been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in a remote corner of a nearby state.

    Amina Lawal Kurami, had been sentenced to death by stoning in the remote village of Bakori in Katsina state Friday. She was charged with having a baby out of wedlock. The man she said lured her into having sex denied it. The judge acquitted the man because she could not produce four witnesses as demanded by the Islamic penal code, but ordered that the death sentence should be delayed for eight months to allow Amina to breastfeed her baby.
    Those ignorant bastards are determined to kill somebody, aren't they? And the sheep victims just stand around and say "Oh, dear, somebody's going to stone me to death," instead of "Not me, beppy. Keep your shariah, 'cuz I'm a Buddhist. Wanna see me do something Tantric?"
    There's no way out of Islam in the barbarian view of things. The traditional punishment for a Muslim who renounces Islam is -- you could guess -- death.
    Posted by Anonymous 3/26/2002 2:26:57 PM
    If it was me, I'd join the mafia. There's more money in it, and the penalty for quitting's the same.
    Posted by Fred 3/26/2002 3:51:20 PM
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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