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: Mum To Be Stoned To Death For Adultery : : : : : : A mother will be stoned to death under Muslim law for having her child while not married. : : : Amina Lawal Kurami, 31, had the death sentence imposed after admitting adultery. : Her appeal against the verdict was rejected by an Islamic Court in Nigeria. : Crowds of onlookers, mostly men, chanted "God is Great" as the ruling was announced. : Fate : Kurami, hugging her eight-month-old daughter Wasila, remained calm. : Before the hearing she said she had left her fate in God's hands. : She said: "God is in control. I believe he will vindicate me." : Karami is the second woman to be sentenced to death for bearing a child outside marriage since some Nigerian states adopted the strict sharia code two years ago. : Appeal : The introduction of sharia law has been controversial in the north of the country, where more than 3,000 people have died in Muslim-Christian clashes in the past three years. : Kurami's lawyers said they will appeal once more against the decision

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