Nimisha Priya a victim of transnational economic system: Medical workers in India seek return of nurse on death row in Yemen ‘Blood money’, or ‘diya’, finds footing in the Islamic Sharia ...

While things for Nimisha Priya seem grim at this point, there is still an option that could get her off the death sentence – blood money, also called ‘diyya’ in Islamic Sharia law.

The father of a seven-year-old who died of Aids after being given infected blood has described the compensation being paid as "blood money". Colin Smith, a haemophiliac, external from Newport ...

"I am pleased we have finally got recognition of what my son went through, but the money doesn't mean much to us," he added. "It is blood money as far as I am concerned for what he went through.