Music studio assistant Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging on August 10 after being convicted of blasphemy by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria. The judgment document states that Sharif-Aminu, 22, was convicted for making"a blasphemous statement against Prophet Mohammed in a WhatsApp Group," which is contrary to the Kano State Sharia Penal Code and is an offence which carries the death sentence.
According to the lawyers, the Sharia court adjourned his case four times because no lawyer came forth from the Legal Aid Council to represent him, likely because of the sensitivity of the case. The Sharia court is, however, statute-bound to provide legal representation.
Iranian Instagram star 'arrested for blasphemy' 00:44His family and lawyers told Human Rights Watch they have not seen or heard from him since. Bala remains detained without charge and has not been allowed to communicate with his lawyers or his family, according to USCIRF. Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka is among those who recently sent a message of solidarity to Bala, following his 100th day in confinement on August 6.
Poet sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia 01:57In 2015 and 2016 nine men and one woman were sentenced to death by hanging for insulting the Prophet Mohammed in Kano state, according to a 2019 research paper by the USCIRF. The sentences were not carried out. In 2000, a Muslim man in the northern state of Zamfara had his hand amputated for stealing a cow. A year later, another man had his hand cut off after he was convicted of stealing bicycles, according to the same USCIRF research paper.
Das ist ganz schwarzen Propaganda.
False report. Full of bias and propaganda. It happened in my town. We know what happened.
A welcoming judgment... The likes of mama malyun being paid dollars in USA to commit plasphemy like amino shall know that one you cross to another jurisdiction the penalties awaits.. There is nothing like I made mistake unless you were too drunk or mad...
Muhammetten ne kaldı geriye diyemezsin o bir et'ti sikten kan oldu dersin
Wth
Many people on Twitter want to dish out the same punishment to folks disputing their Prophet Marx.
'Fight those who believe not in God & the Last Day and do not forbid what God & His Messenger have forbidden –such men as practice not the religion of truth, being of those who have been given the Book — until they pay the tribute out of hand and have been humbled. (Qur'an 9:29,)
I can only see inside Nigeria things not right with Nigeria... Godcomment...
Good grief, here’s proof that all cultures are not equal.
Let me ask the question in a revert case, what happens if someone insults Jesus (PBUH) in America?
But people in America are so oppressed!
fack news,next
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