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"A Nigerian man has been sentenced to death by stoning for having sex with his teenage step daughter." So says ABC Online.
"The court in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi has ordered the execution of a man who admitted having sex with his 15-year-old step daughter. The man, Umar Tori, is facing death by stoning. His step daughter, who accused him of rape, has been sentenced to 100 lashes.
"The girl says her step father forced her to have sex with him in a field near the family home in July last year. She is now pregnant and the court has ordered that she will not be lashed until she delivers her baby.
"Sharia law was reintroduced in parts of northern Nigeria in 1999, after the end of military rule."
I will try to find out more about this case. I would like to know if the man confessed, or if four witnesses came forward (which is the classic evidence requirement for rape under Sharia law), or if the verdict was reached in some other way. Also note that the rape victim will be lashed: she too has engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse (zina), which is punishable even if it was against her will.
This is the law that radical Muslims are laboring to impose wherever and whenever they can.
Posted by Robert at January 6, 2004 9:06 PM
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I am surprised that he was convicted at all. Usually the "black magic" defense works pretty well - as in "She used black magic on me and I was helpless to resist."
Belief in black magic and sorcery is pretty common in the Muslim world. Last week, Arab News
announced that a man in Saudi Arabia was arrested for sorcery - no other details.
As far as the step-daughter is concerned, so much for a "just and fair" religion.
jay
Posted by: Jay Stevens at January 8, 2004 3:30 AM
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