Sharia: It’s Closer Than You Think

Amina Lawal, a 30-year old woman accused of adultery, was tried in a Nigerian court and found guilty. She was a divorced mother who bore a child out of wedlock. For her crime, she was sentenced to execution by stoning, a fate that "would involve being buried up to her neck in sand and have rocks thrown at her head."1 What type of legal system demands such punishment? Islamic Sharia law—the sa