Amina Lawal

Amina Lawal Kurami
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian

Amina Lawal Kurami (born 1972) is a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery and for conceiving a child out of wedlock. Lawal was sentenced by an Islamic Sharia court in Funtua, in the northern state of Katsina, in Nigeria, on 22 March 2002. The person she identified as the father of the child, Yahayya Muhammad Kurami, was acquitted of the accusation of zinā. Although Kurami was excused because he took an oath by the Holy Qur’an, this was not an option for Lawal due to the presence of her child, which is proof in the Mālikī school.[1]

Lawal's conviction sparked an international controversy. It was overturned by a Sharia which ruled that it violated Islamic law, and she later remarried.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Eltantawi, Sarah (2017). Shari'ah on trial : Northern Nigeria's Islamic revolution. Oakland, California. ISBN 978-0-520-96714-4. OCLC 959373674.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ John L. Esposito; Dalia Mogahed (2008). Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. Gallup Press (Kindle edition). p. Kindle loc. 370.
  3. ^ Hauwa Ibrahim. "Reflections on the Case of Amina Lawal" (PDF). Human Rights Brief, American University Washington College of Law. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-23. Retrieved Feb 27, 2017.
  4. ^ When saving a life is worth risking your own / A talk with lawyers on Nigerian stoning case