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Physiofly
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Posted - 08/19/2002 :  22:04:03  Show Profile Send Physiofly a Private Message
The Nigerian court upheld a ruling based on sharia law that a woman who had a child out of wedlock should be stoned to death. I'd like to know, what happened to the man who got her pregnant?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020819/wl_nm/religion_nigeria_dc_2

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@tomic
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Posted - 08/20/2002 :  00:05:30   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit @tomic's Homepage Send @tomic a Private Message
I think that man disappeared.

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moakley
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Posted - 08/20/2002 :  05:55:03   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send moakley a Private Message
Through the politcial domination of a single religious belief are such absurdities possible. This makes even more important to respond to the nonsense of the Righteous Reich here at home.
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filthy
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Posted - 08/20/2002 :  08:57:44   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
Barbarism lives.

Moakley is right. Given the right circumstances, similar could happen here.

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Lars_H
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Posted - 08/20/2002 :  23:17:22   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Lars_H a Private Message
quote:
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The Nigerian court upheld a ruling based on sharia law that a woman who had a child out of wedlock should be stoned to death. I'd like to know, what happened to the man who got her pregnant?

I think that man disappeared.


He did not need to disappear. Under the law the evidence required to convict males is differnt from those required to convit females. For a male four male witnesses or a confession are required for a female pregancy is enough.

The charge BTW is not forniaction out of wedlock. You will only get flocked for that. She is accused of adultery, because she got pregnant after her divorce.
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