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Shariah Court Sentence 10 To Death By Hanging For Blasphemy In Northern Nigeria

January 6, 2016 by Kelly Davies Leave a Comment

Shariah high court in Kano Nigeria has sentenced 10 persons to death by hanging for blasphemy. Those sentenced were a Muslim cleric Abdulaziz Dauda and nine others.

There were sentenced for inciting people to perpetuate religious violence by equating Prophet Muhammad with the leader of another religious order during a public gathering at Kanu in August 2015.

The prosecutor, Lamido Abba Sorondinki said that the accused persons were found guilty after five witnesses and a policeman testified against them.

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The accused however, still have the right to take the judgement to an upper appellate court for redressing. A modern version of the Muslim Law (Shariah) is practiced alongside Western-style in the mainly Muslim northern states in Nigeria.

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