Amina Lawal

**Amina Lawal Kurami** (ma bì efu ódò 1972) í che oma onubule efu Nigerian ku ma kajo-ñw tú kwu ku ma stoning Todu kí chí adultery kpaí í ñ ya anyʼefu oma ododa ye í wedlock. Ma kajo  udu Lawal tí oná ye í Ọlọda amí ye íIslamic Sharia unyí -ajo efu  Funtua, efu Ukpale  state éí  Katsina,efu Nigeria, ojo kochu ẹkẹta nolu ogwu nyo mejí efu ódò , 2002. Ú onubule mo ejuma ko oñwu chí ata oma , Yahayya Muhammad Kurami, kakini í chonwu chuche  ebíne le ulu ola ma bumò è í zinā. Àmàà  Kurami, ma mu ótakada  kía kiafọ alí ya abakpa kí chí Qur’an, dunwu mo kí jewnu ma ka kí í cho ñwu ní oma ñw lefu ela taku ma mo okache ñw , àmàà í dibe ñwu ílení eñwu duu kí neke ché nw todu ábu komale dango Lawal ,í du ñuma efu í  Mālikī school.

Efu okache kí Lawal ka ta kí í mí akéju ko bu ọganẹ íle í ma . Ta kí í fí ójilé né gbí  Sharia ta kí Ajo ku ma ka fí ekpítí né wa ola oda nwu amí  Islamic , kpaí anubí le ílo ya dabí né óko.

## Ola olawnu

Lawal che né ekejí efu abobule Nigerian ku ma kpo abí tú kwu kpaí okpolo okuta todu ki ya ale gbeyu onekele ta kí ne óko . Onubule ejuodudu chí, Safiya Hussaini, Ajo e ñwu ríoda efu óchu ẹkẹta efu ódò 2002 chí ojo ejuodudu kíro‘agu atíako . Sharia law che egbayane efu Ukpale Nigeria ójilé-ñw chí state amí abakpa  Zamfara efu ódò 2000 kpaí akwí ẹgba le mu fu oda le che tí amí state megweji ómuné .

## Okoo atí Ako kpaí ulatane
Atí ako ñwu wa efu erída efu óchu ekélé nolu ogwu nyo mélu efu ódò 2003 ma Fu àjo  Lawal ka ta kí ma fu kpabí tí ukwu kpaí úkolo okuta ojí edachí kí ya gbí onekele,àmàà ãjo ríoda lugbo makajo melu ku ma gbíbe dama takí ma kpa‘jo ojí efu unyí-ajo ye í shaía Katsina .abo mélé efu abo melu smakajo í fajo ka kí okache í che ye ekpiti efu ola oda ye í  Islamic  amenwu íbenu , kpaí manyu: ene kí chola Cha ní oda kí gbolanwu  tané ,àmàà í gbeju níbe-nwu , todu amenwu íbenu che ní-enwu eju aduñ efu àfu kiyo,àbu gbalu efu ola ku kayu ma de kpakaa ní, kpaí eñwu ka,ma tane kí chukpe kí che amakajo mẹta ma wa ẹgba conviction.

Baobab ki chí onubule kí chene kojí àmone úkolo ye í NGO kí dí efu  Nigeria, dabí dajo le kwane, í le je kpí amakoche akajo Nigerian ta‘bo oda efu í  secular kpai Sharia. Akajo ye í Lawal manyu yé í Hauwa Ibrahim, amóne ekpiti okache amóne keju mo yé í pro bono úkolo kí yache ñwu amone ku ma kpuma‘bi kwí oda Sharia . Efu ugbolatane ku ma che úñwu  Amina Lawal, e..le jeñwu amakajo fí ola togba "efu kí nyo" (dormant foetus), ujewn ugbawn kí dé‘fu  oda ye í amí  Sharia,ka kí íchí ugba kí chí ódò melu adí owea Ona kpaí adíko oma ebí ; íko kí chi ugba kí omanen onubule acha chí odo mají takí ya a..wa ẹgba ebíenu , àmàà í mu da ní óko-wn áne .

## Reactions
Ola úche enwu-le kí de agbade le gbó teto t'efu owoja ta kí í mu du ewñ ola wí agbadé ñ‘ abo uche í ojo mejí eji eChristian kpaí Muslim efu Nigeria. Údu le che dí akanya dufu t'efu ojí owo ye í  Olu-ane, kpai onumonu ku ma chí kampaní ku ma noo  Nigerian government ku ma roída údu le. Í che dango ẹgba wéwé kí chí Miss World ene kí gbí gbale tule,ku ma che efu Nigeria efu ódò 2002, àmàà todu kí che ujewn nugba ñw todu Amina Lawal i mu olawn du befu ma të todu oná ku ma acho le í. Ene kí chí Miss Norway í fu údu le kpabí kpai í fu dodo  “utterly revolting” kpai í ka kíní owñ duolawn wamo-nw gbí ẹgba kí  Lawal fu ujadu ne .ene kí chí Miss Ivory Coast ka kani  , “[I am] owñ nyí  Nigeria, kpaí í neju kakini íbe óla wñ kí du í che atíeko kí  gbí  Amina Lawal.” éne kí chí Miss Togo de eñwu manyu , “ka kí e rukpolo kpa onubule I chewn ogbogba-nw  . Kí amone ojí éwo kí Kwane ku ma fu uche abayí kpalu ínyo ku ma kọchẹ ñw ” amí igbale onubule omamale ku ma kojí kpali ma fu uche abale kpabí kinyo ñw kí alí ufu íjogba- ñw . *[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]* í ní ayíno ye okpú ku ma róo nyu Amina Lawal kpaí ki ya du gbaedo ñwu abo kí ya kéfu ñw ma fí ujewn nugba-nw du gbuche lefu e-mails lo tí ùgbo agboji kí kojí Nigerian kí che ambaciedo efu oji'ane amenefu  United States: àmone kí dabí Òdulugwu ka nyu kparu ejí e-mails ensued.

Amnesty International had a solid response to the sentencing because Nigeria is a signatory of the legally binding international human rights Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The organization also implored Nigeria to bring Sharia law in line with the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. However, Amnesty was unaware that this debate already existed in the religiously separated Nigeria.

United States President Bill Clinton pleaded to the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, “I hope and pray that the legal system will find a way to pardon a young woman convicted to death for bearing a child out of wedlock.” Consequently, Clinton was pleading to the wrong audience as President Obasanjo is a Christian from the south of Nigeria and most likely opposes this sentencing more vehemently. Furthermore, Muslims are the only ones subject to Sharia law, so President Obasanjo has no say in the matter and has no power over its outcome.

A 2002 Petition called "save Amina" gathered a few thousand signatures then a 2003 e-communication with the subject line "“Please Stop the International Amina Lawal Protest Letter Campaigns" signed by Ayesha Iman and Sindi Medar-Gould who represented two Nigerian Human Rights organizations said the "save Amina" petition had some inaccuracies including a false assertion that execution of the sentence was imminent. They further contested that "There is an unbecoming arrogance in assuming that international human rights organizations or others always know better than those directly involved, and therefore can take actions that fly in the face of their express wishes".

In May 2003, the official response of the Embassy of Nigeria in the Netherlands to the then Sharia-based trial of the State of Katsina in Nigeria, was that no court had given a stoning order on Lawal. They claimed the reports were "unfounded and malicious" and were "calculated to ridicule the Nigerian judicial system and the country's image before the international community." They claimed no knowledge of such a case.

Ambassador A.A. Agada of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington D.C., U.S., was more forthcoming in recognizing the case of Lawal and stated on 29 August 2003: "the Embassy wishes to inform that Malama Amina Lawal has three levels of courts of appeal before the final determination of her case. The Embassy hereby assures the general public that Malama Lawal's right to a fair hearing under the Nigerian Constitution is guaranteed. Therefore due appellate processes will be followed to ensure the rule of law".

## In popular culture
As noted in the Author Q&A at the end of Will Ferguson's novel *419*, the fictional character Amina—a young pregnant woman fleeing the Sharia states of northern Nigeria on foot—was based on Amina Lawal.

Alison M. Jaggar, an American philosopher, wrote an article in 2005 pertaining to this case, titled "Saving Amina".

## See also

*Sharia in Nigeria

## Notes

## Linki ododa
* Religious Tolerance web-site 
* Amnesty International 2002 and update on her release November 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20050505020212/http://web.amnesty.org/wire/November2003/Nigeria
* Koinange, Jeff. "Woman sentenced to stoning freed." *[[CNN]]*. Monday 23 February 2004.
* "Amina Lawal campaign 'unhelpful'." *[[BBC]]*. 13 May 2003.
* Nigerian Embassy's Statement On The Fate Of Amina Lawal
* Oprah Magazine Report 2002

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