Unfortunately as enforced in Kano and other sharia implementing states, blasphemy constitutes a device to delegitimize, oppress and suppress Islamic or ir/religious others. Blasphemy is a weapon for the abuse and persecution of minority sects and traditions. Blasphemy is used to sanctify Muslim inhumanity to other Muslims and non-Muslims.
As reactions continue to trail the judgment of the Sharia Court in Kano State that convicted Sheikh Nasiru Abduljabar after it found him guilty of spreading lies about the prophet of Islam and making inciting preaching, members of a religious organisation, As’habul Kahfi Warraqeem, Bauchi State Chapter have vowed to appeal against the Court decision. The group, who are followers of the Kano State Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar, described death sentence passed on the cleric as a miscarriage of justice by the Upper Sharia Court.
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