Nigeria Islamic court 'bans Twitter feed'
By BBC
Added: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 UTC
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An Islamic court in Nigeria has banned a rights group from hosting debates on the Twitter and Facebook websites on the use of amputations as a punishment.
The court, in the northern city of Kaduna, backed a case brought by a pro-Sharia group arguing that the forums would mock the Sharia system.
The rights group, the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria, said it would appeal against the ruling.
Sharia judges can order amputations of limbs for petty crimes in some states.
The courts mostly deal with domestic issues such as marriage and divorce.
Sharia judges have sentenced some women to death by stoning for adultery, but the sentences have not been carried out.
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