Amina Lawal
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Amina Lawal Kurami (born 1972) is a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock. Lawal was sentenced by an Islamic Sharia court in Funtua, in the northern state of Katsina, in Nigeria, on 22 March 2002. The person she identified as the father of the child, Yahayya Muhammad Kurami, was acquitted of the accusation of zinā. Although Kurami was excused because he took an oath by the Holy Qur’an, this was not an option for Lawal due to the presence of her child, which is proof in the Mālikī school.[1]
Amina Lawal Kurami | |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
Lawal's conviction sparked an international controversy. It was overturned by a Sharia which ruled that it violated Islamic law, and she later remarried.[2][3][4]