Woman to Die for Having Premarital Sex
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a pregnant woman to death by stoning for having premarital sex, court officials said.
Safiya Hussaini Tungar Dudu, 30, became the first person to be sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Sokoto state since it adopted the strict Muslim legal code last year.
Sharia Court Judge Mohammed Bello Sanyinnawal sentenced the woman to death Thursday after she pleaded guilty to having sex without being married.
The court released the man she identified as her lover, saying there was not enough evidence to prosecute him.
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