books.google.ca - In 2000 and 2001, twelve northern states of the Federal Republic of Nigeria introduced Islamic criminal law as one of a number of measures aiming at "reintroducing the shari'a." Immediately after its adoption, defendants were sentenced to death by stoning or to amputation of the hand. Apart from a few...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Islamic_Criminal_Law_in_Northern_Nigeria.html?id=2joqx6vG74cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIslamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria. Politics, Religion, Judicial Practice
