[ Posted on 11:16am Apr 28 2007 by NeroAnima ]
A Nigerian lesbian who "married" four women last weekend in Kano State has gone into hiding from the Islamic police, with her partners.
A picture of Aunty Maiduguri from a souvenir given to guests
Under Sharia law, adopted in the state seven years ago, homosexuality and same-sex marriages are outlawed and considered very serious offences.
The theatre where the elaborate wedding celebration was held on Sunday has been demolished by Kano city's authorities.
Lesbianism is also illegal under Nigeria's national penal code.
Nigeria's parliament is considering tightening its laws on homosexuality.
Stoning
Kano's Hisbah board, which uses volunteers to enforce Islamic law, told the BBC that the women's marriage was "unacceptable".
The BBC's Bala Ibrahim in Kano says Aunty Maiduguri and her four "wives" are thought to have gone into hiding the day after they married.
All five women, who are believed to be film actresses in the local home-video industry, were born Muslims, otherwise they would not be covered by Sharia law.
Islam says a man can take up to four wives if he is able to support them.
"As defenders of the Sharia laws, we shall not allow this unhealthy development to take root in the state," the Hisbah's deputy commander Ustaz Abubakar Rabo told Nigeria's This Day newspaper.
Mr Rabo told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that if the women were found guilty of lesbianism they faced one of two punishments.
For a married woman the offence would be considered adultery for which the punishment is death by stoning. A single woman would be caned.
Large turnout
Our correspondent says the theatre where the colourful wedding ceremony was held was flattened earlier this week.
Several reasons were given for the demolition, including the discovery that it was built on wrongly allocated land.
Eyewitnesses say there was a large turnout for the marriage and guests were given leaflets as a souvenir showing Aunty Maiduguri surrounded by her "brides".
A Kano police spokesman told the BBC that his officers were not actively looking for the women, but would arrest them if need be.
The Hisbah group, which is run separately from the police, receives state government support.
Two years ago, a Sharia court sentenced a man to six months in prison and fined him $38 for living as a woman for seven years in Kano.
Eleven other states in mostly Muslim northern Nigeria have adopted Sharia law.
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| wow...damn son | [quote] | | » posted by: MotleyFiend · date: 1:55pm Jun 27 2007 | rated: N/A | | |
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that dude was fined 38$ for being a tranny haha i think thats the best part of the whole article...guys, cut your hair, you might be out ALMOST 40$ haha...but i guess in nigeria thats a fortune...~~~~~~~~~~
~Love, MotleyFiend
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| untitled | [quote] | | » posted by: Lev · date: 6:08am May 04 2007 | rated: N/A | | |
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quoting KillingDaisies:
Lesbian . . . polygamist . . . what are you going to tell me she was a nymphomaniac and swimsuit model, next? What kind of pornographers' wet dream is this?
LOL, I too thought this was a bit unrealistic or at least far-fetched. I guess anything is possible though. But it does sound like you said.~~~~~~~~~~
The problem with the world is that the fanatics are so arrogantly sure of themselves, while the open-minded individual remains filled with doubts.
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| untitled | [quote] | | » posted by: KillingDaisies · date: 11:48am Apr 30 2007 | rated: N/A | | |
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Lesbian . . . polygamist . . . what are you going to tell me she was a nymphomaniac and swimsuit model, next? What kind of pornographers' wet dream is this?~~~~~~~~~~
The greatest service a man can do society is to protect it . . . from himself.
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| untitled | [quote] | | » posted by: Lev · date: 8:09am Apr 29 2007 | rated: N/A | | |
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Not meant to sound offensive here or anything, but is there anything besides Allah and Mohammed that muslims don't hate? (religion of peace - my ass)
It boggles my mind that we still have humans on this planet living hundreds of years in the past. It's like some of us just completely missed out on evolution and social progression.
A shame because it's all these religious fanatics that are making the world such a miserable place to live in, when religious ideologies originated to create a more just and better world. Oh, if we could only turn back time and do it all over again. If it were up to me, I'd definitely count "god" out of the equation.
"You can tell you created god in your own image, when it turns out god hates the same things you do."~~~~~~~~~~
The problem with the world is that the fanatics are so arrogantly sure of themselves, while the open-minded individual remains filled with doubts.
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