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World Service,26 Jun 2000,28 mins

Kano adopts Sharia Law

Focus on Faith

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In northern Nigeria, Kano has became lastest state to replace civil legislation with sharia, Islamic religious law. What is the appeal of sharia and can it really stop corruption, for instance? Also in this programme, more than 200,000 gays and lesbians will celebrate Gay Pride this weekend at the Colisseum, to the Vatican's disapproval; an attempt to find common ground between Christianity and the pagan traditions of the Druids; why the Church in Mexico says casting a vote in the country's elections is a moral duty; klezmer with hints of tango from Buenos Aires is just one of the delights at the tenth London Jewish Music Festival.

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