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Nigeria: Sharia Council drags Federal Government, National Assembly to court over child marriage

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This Day: "In a dramatic twist, the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria yesterday dragged the Federal Government and National Assembly before a Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, over Senator Ahmed Yarima?s controversial marriage to a 13-year old Egyptian girl. The council, in the suit, is also seeking the abolition of some aspects of the Child Rights Act which it said was not consistent with Islam and the practice of Sharia."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 04, 2010 (boomark / email).

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