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Nigerian Teen Jailed for Blasphemy Talks about That Incident

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Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life. Insults were exchanged in the heat of the moment, he admits, but Farouq, a teenager, thought nothing of the exchange until he was summoned to the police station and charged with blasphemy against God. When word got out about the nature of his arrest, an angry mob descended on Farouq’s family home forcing his mother to flee to a neighboring village, his lawyer said. Farouq, who was then 16, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labor by a Sharia court, in Kano, northern Nigeria. However, his conviction was overturned on appeal by the Kano State High Court on January 22 because Farouq did not have legal representation at his first trial, his counsel Kola Alapinni told CNN. “I’m delighted, I’m in a ....

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Teen 'joyful' after 10 year jail sentence for blasphemy quashed

Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life.
Insults were exchanged in the heat of the moment, he admits, but Mr Farouq, a teenager, thought nothing of the exchange until he was summoned to the police station and charged with blasphemy against God.
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Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life.(CNN)
When word got out about the nature of his arrest, an angry mob descended on Mr Farouq s family home forcing his mother to flee to a neighbouring village, his lawyer said.
Mr Farouq, who was then 16, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labour by a Sharia court, in Kano, northern Nigeria. ....

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'They were unjust to me,' says teenager freed after blasphemy sentence quashed in Nigeria

Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life.
Insults were exchanged in the heat of the moment, he admits, but Farouq, a teenager, thought nothing of the exchange until he was summoned to the police station and charged with blasphemy against God.
When word got out about the nature of his arrest, an angry mob descended on Farouq’s family home forcing his mother to flee to a neighboring village, his lawyer said.
Farouq, who was then 16, was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison with hard labor by a Sharia court, in Kano, northern Nigeria. ....

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Omar Farouq: Teenager jailed 10 years for blasphemy in Nigeria speaks out

Omar Farouq: Teenager jailed 10 years for blasphemy in Nigeria speaks out
CNN
1/31/2021
By Stephanie Busari, CNN
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CNN s Stephanie Busari speaks with Omar Farouq, the Nigerian teen who was freed after his 10-year prison sentence for blasphemy was overturned. Farouq was convicted in a Sharia court in Kano State in northwest Nigeria after he was accused of using foul language toward Allah in an argument with a friend.
Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life.
Insults were exchanged in the heat of the moment, he admits, but Farouq, a teenager, thought nothing of the exchange until he was summoned to the police station and charged with blasphemy against God. ....

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