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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kano State, Lawan Musa has said the
The embattled Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, a Nigerian cleric being tried for blasphemy will know his fate today, December 15, 2022. The cleric, who was arrested and detained by the state government for alleged blasphemy, has been denied bail by a Kano Higher Shari’a Court in Kofar Kudu. However, the court will pronounce judgement in the case of blasphemy involving the cleric today. Kabara is being tried for allegedly making blasphemous statements against Prophet Muhammad. According to the charge, his statements are capable of disrupting public peace.
A Nigerian Islamic Sharia court has sentenced a prominent Sufi Muslim cleric to death for blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed, in a rare capital punishment ruling against an imam.