Woman: Fair trial assured with Shariah [View All]

[Jim Sagle]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0310010288oct01,1,5059966.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Associated Press
Published October 1, 2003

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Spared death by stoning for adultery, Amina Lawal said Tuesday that she hopes to return to her Muslim village in northern Nigeria and remarry.

“Whoever God chooses to be my husband will be all right with me," said the divorced mother in her first extended comments since an Islamic appeals court granted her clemency from her death sentence for bearing a child out of wedlock. "Everything is within the knowledge of God."

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Lawal, 32, cradled her nearly 2-year-old daughter and pulled a red scarf across her face as she spoke. Despite her ordeal, she said she retains her faith in Islamic law, or Shariah.

"The trial did not affect my faith in Islam, because I know that Shariah makes room for fair trial," she said.

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Shariah law: Ya gotta love it – even if it kills you. :)