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| Region | Zamfara |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Jan 27, 2000 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Sharia Penal Code Law 2000 took effect in Zamfara on January 27th, 2000. Within the Penal Code, consensual same-sex sexual activity is punished with "caning of one hundred lashes if unmarried, and the offender shall also be liable to imprisonment for the term of one year." If married they shall be punished with stoning to death (rajm). |
| Sources | http://www.sharia-in-africa.net/media/publications/sharia-implementation-in-northern-nigeria/vol_4_4_chapter_4_part_III.pdf |
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| Description | The Sharia Penal Code Law 2000 took effect in Zamfara on January 27th, 2000. Within the Penal Code, consensual same-sex sexual activity is punished with "caning of one hundred lashes if unmarried, and shall also be liable to imprisonment for the term of one year." If married they shall be punished with stoning to death (rajm). | The Sharia Penal Code Law 2000 took effect in Zamfara on January 27th, 2000. Within the Penal Code, consensual same-sex sexual activity is punished with "caning of one hundred lashes if unmarried, and the offender shall also be liable to imprisonment for the term of one year." If married they shall be punished with stoning to death (rajm). |
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| Status | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
| Start Date | Jan 27, 2000 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | The Sharia Penal Code Law 2000 took effect in Zamfara on January 27th, 2000. Within the Penal Code, consensual same-sex sexual activity is punished with "caning of one hundred lashes if unmarried, and shall also be liable to imprisonment for the term of one year." If married they shall be punished with stoning to death (rajm). |
| Sources | http://www.sharia-in-africa.net/media/publications/sharia-implementation-in-northern-nigeria/vol_4_4_chapter_4_part_III.pdf |