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Thread #58928 Message #936443
Posted By: Nemesis
19-Apr-03 - 10:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: NM: Nigerian death sentence appeal
Subject: RE: BS: NM: Nigerian death sentence appeal
Not sure WYSIWYG .. in any case it may be that as this is a Sharia-imposed (religious) judgement that a secular court would not have any sway over it .. without running the risking of fomenting civil unrest .. witness the 200 deaths in riots and Fatwa on the (female) Nigerian journalist who wrote recently about the MIss World contest to the effect that Mohammed might have chosen a wife from among the contestants - she is now living in exile.
What is important that the Nigerian Govt. deals with the issue - there is a letter link through the Amnesty International site that McGrath posted