Nigerian mother loses appeal against stoning death.

An Islamic court in northern Nigeria ruled in August 2002 that Amine Lawal Kurami must face death by stoning, according to Muslim law, for having a child outside marriage.

The judge said the stoning would not be carried out until, Kuami 31, had weaned her eight-month-old daughter Wasila, which may not be for another two years. As the verdict was announced, there were chants of "Allahu Akbar"(God is Great) from the largely male audience.

A lower court in her state of Katsina, which like a number of other states in northern Nigeria, has adopted Islamic sharia law, had sentenced Kurami to death in March. In June, the regional appeals' court in Funtua gave hera two-year reprieve to wean her child.

Kurami is the second woman to be sentenced to death for bearing a child outside marriage since 2000, when the first of about a dozen states adopted strict version of sharia. The judges based their decision on what they said was a confession of: adultery by Kurami. Defence lawyers who earlier spoke confidently of overturning the lower court's sentence, immediately served notice they would appeal.

Une mere nigeriane perd l'appel contre la sentence de mort par le jet de pierres.

En Aout 2002, une court islamique du nord du Nigeria a prononce la sentence de mort par jet de pierres sur Amina Lawal Kurami dans le cadre de la loi islamique, pour l'offense d'avoir eu un enfant en dehors du mariage.

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