Sharia Law Cuts Off All Talk of Amputation on Twitter

A court in Nigeria has ruled that, rather like Fight Club, you do not talk about punishment amputations on Twitter. A human rights organization, the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, had been hosting debates on social media sites in an attempt to draw attention to the issue, until a pro-Sharia group, the Association of Muslim Brotherhood of Nigeria, decided otherwise.

Oddly enough, the ruling does not cover a case in the Chief Swordsman (Punishment) of Kaduna's "Pending" tray, but rather one...

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Published on March 24, 2010 11:15
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