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Berka Dressed Woman - Islamic LAW Maximum Print Size: 15" x 19" Photographer/Artist: Verna Bice Image Number: 0018-0404-0713-3601 License This Image Poster Art-Print Description: A Berka Dressed Woman - Islamic Law - A 17-year old girl was sentenced by an Islamic court in the northern state of Zamfara, The girl whose father allegedly forced her to have sex with three men will be flogged for breaking a law against premarital sex. Judge Idris Usman Gusau said the sentence - 180 lashes with a cane - would be carried out on January 27 despite an appeal by the Nigerian government to suspend the punishment. The sentence has prompted an outcry from human rights groups which fear the girl may die. http://dhushara.freehosting.net/book/upd/jan01/iswomb/isl.htm associated terms: poster, posters, art print, art prints, posters and art prints, adult, adult woman, berka, berkas, body, burka, burkas, burqa, burqas, chador, conceal, concealed, concealing, cover, covering face, covers, cultural, culture, cultures, customary, ethnic, events, eyes, face, face cover, faces, female right, females, flogging, freedom, freedoms, girl, girls, hadith, head cover, head covering, head scraf, hidden, hide, hijab, human right, human rights, injustus, islam clothing, islamic, islamic culture, islamic law, ladies, lady, law, liberty, lifestyle, lifestyles, loose garment, modestly, muslim, muslim law, muslim woman, muslim women, muslims, niqab, oppressed by law, oppressed by men, oppression, oppressional, outer wear, outwear, people, public, quran, region, religion, religious law, religious oppresion, rights, rights for women, scarf, scripture, slave, taliban, veiled, verna bice, woman, women, womens right, yashmak,