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Article: NIGERIA: Fatwa: To Kill or Not To Kill.(debate over reach of Islamic law in Nigeria)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- December 9, 2002
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Byline: Tom Masland
The prophet Muhammad, the Christian Nigerian reporter Isioma Daniel wrote in This Day, might have chosen a bride from among the Miss World contestants. The slight, which exploded into rioting in northern Nigeria (leaving 250 dead), has now set off a fierce debate over the reach of Islamic law in a country that is about half Muslim. Daniel was reportedly forced into U.S. exile last week, after the deputy governor of Nigeria's Zamfara state told a rally that the Muslim faithful should behead her. Daniel, whose boss remains in police custody, had also been told to report to the Secret Security Service. But Nigeria's Supreme Council for Islamic ...
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