{"id":2631,"date":"2004-08-26T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2004-08-26T16:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2008-10-14T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T16:09:05","slug":"headscarf-headlines-around-the-world-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/headscarf-headlines-around-the-world-nigeria\/2631\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionLeft\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/08\/nigeria_map.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2632\" title=\"nigeria_map\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/08\/nigeria_map.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>In recent years, Nigeria has seen the reintroduction of Sharia law &#8212; not applied since the end of British rule in the 1960s &#8212; in some predominantly Muslim northern states.  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