BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Islamic courts in Nigeria sentenced two women to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock, but two men whom they said they slept with were acquitted for lack of evidence, authorities said on Tuesday.

Both sentences, which were passed within the last month in the northern state of Bauchi, have to be confirmed by the state governor before being carried out, and they are open to appeal.

Nobody has been lawfully stoned to death in Nigeria since 12 northern states introduced Islamic Sharia law in 2000, because all such sentences have been overturned on appeal.

Hajara Ibrahim, a 29-year-old woman, was sentenced on Oct. 5 by an Islamic Sharia court in the Tafawa Balewa area of the state, having confessed to having sex with 35-year-old Dauda Sani and becoming pregnant, the court said in a statement.

"The court has however handed the woman convict to her guardian to take care of her until she delivers the baby before the sentence will be executed by stoning her to death according to the provisions of the Sharia penal code," the court said.

"There is no evidence to link him with the allegation and consequently the court acquitted him for lack of evidence."

The second woman, 26-year-old Daso Adamu, was handed the same sentence on September 15 by a Sharia court in Ningi area of Bauchi state, said judge Ahmed Musa Wurojamel.

Adamu admitted to having sex with a 35-year-old man 12 times, and is now in custody in Ningi prison, the judge added.

Sharia judgments often go unreported in Nigeria because they are handed down in small, remote court houses and local media interest is limited.

Previous sentences of death by stoning for adultery in 2002 and 2003 were overturned by higher Sharia courts after international appeals for clemency.

The adoption of Sharia law in northern Nigeria has polarized Africa's most populous nation, whose 130 million population is split roughly evenly between Muslims and Christians.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=6480190

I wonder if this is a bad as putting 20 bullets into a 13 year old child?

According to Israel, when they run over children and women who are just trying to get to school or work with their tanks, that is self defense. However, when an Islamic court condems two women who have broken the law under their laws, that is a big thing and should be condemed.

They have their way of living, we have our own. It is not our job to go nosing around in theirs!

""According to Israel, when they run over children and women who are just trying to get to school or work with their tanks, that is self defense. However, when an Islamic court condems two women who have broken the law under their laws, that is a big thing and should be condemed.""



I'm sorry, but stoning is barbaric in it self, and stoning 2 women for having sex is even worse, there is no justification for what could happen to these women.

Germans still hate Jews I can see. POLIZEI every time Dan says something you say Jews this and Jews that. I'm not found of Jews myself but let it go you cant do anything to stop the murder of innocent people, just like others couldn’t stop the murder of Jews in ww2. Its a good trade off. You Germans killed 6 million Jews now the Jews will try to kill 6 million Arabs.

and Dan, to be fair why don’t you post brutal things that your country does? All I see is good things for Israel as if you guys are such angels.

Sorry tell it to you Mr.Russian Pride,but this count isnot corret like POLIZEI explain once to me and maybe the germans nazis ,and not all germans,have killed less than this number.Maybe only half;about 3.000.000.Its realy a case for a historic revise study.
And of course one wrong dont justify another and:Errare humanun est;but stay in the wrong for ever is only for donkeis in a zoo or out.
In every case these condenation and these islamics laws are greats sh@#$%^&*ts like all these religions order for retards and ignorants followers of all these every religions rules.

RussianPride

I think Israel have to adopt Russian way of fighting terror.
U now- artillery, MLRS ...
We have to make palestinians city ghost cities like the Russians did in Chechnia.

and Dan, to be fair why don’t you post brutal things that your country does?

haha,
Why should I?
I did not see U post Russians brutal things.

Israel is making mistake but it is nothing comparing to the what the
barbaric palestinians are doing.

""Germans still hate Jews I can see. POLIZEI every time Dan says something you say Jews this and Jews that. I'm not found of Jews myself but let it go you cant do anything to stop the murder of innocent people, just like others couldn’t stop the murder of Jews in ww2. Its a good trade off. You Germans killed 6 million Jews now the Jews will try to kill 6 million Arabs. ""


Jews? Where did I say Jews?
I am critical of Israel, and I have every right to do so.
As for this 6 million number, that is total BS.
Go look up some facts about the Holocaust, not the BS that we all have been told.
The 6 million Jews just don't add up.

Polizei, you have a point.

Another thing, if the Nazi party was so fanaticaly anti semitic, why did they allow so many jews to just, leave.

Plus, we are talking about Germans here, they are learned people who have been nationalistic for their country and their people. If anything, we have to look at this thoroughly, because blaming Nazi Germany is just using a scape goat.

I got to agree with Paje,

and actually this 6 million just cant be added and cannot be prooved.It is an exaggeration, 

Bigotry ? lmao

denying people from talking their mind is bigotry.... You just couldnt stand my opinion so you deleted it...Now that's what i call bigotry .

Another thing, if the Nazi party was so fanaticaly anti semitic, why did they allow so many jews to just, leave.



Did i told U how sad i feel for U?

@Sylent88:

I am sorry to say but referring to Jews as a "cancer to the world" and saying they have "no land of their own on Earth" qualifies as bigotry. 

The other moderators and I can appreciate that debates get heated, but please choose your words more carefully in the future.

Another thing, if the Nazi party was so fanaticaly anti semitic, why did they allow so many jews to just, leave.

Nazis cooperated with Arabs to help fight off the British, which means the Nazis were not truely anti-Semetic despite their overall cruelty.  But there is no doubt the Nazis despised Jews and their campaigns to marginalise the Jews were in many phases, remember?  Education of Jewish sins in schools, then forcing them to identify themselves with a badge, then excluding them from various jobs, at which point the Jews would be "encouraged" to leave.  After that it was segregating them, enslaving them and eventually killing them off.