Tag: Blasphemy
Polish activist writes Buhari over teenager sentenced for blasphemy, says, “Jail me, set him free”
Piotr Cywinski, director of Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, says he is ready to be imprisoned in Nigeria so that Umar Farouq, a 13-year-old boy senten [...]
Kano singer finally appeals death sentence for blasphemy
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, the musician that a Shari’a court in Kano sentenced to death for blasphemy, has finally filed an appeal against the sentence. He [...]
Shari’ah council asks Kano govt to execute singer for blasphemy
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano state government to execute the court judgement that found Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a singer, g [...]
Blasphemy: US agency kicks as Kano court jails 13-year-old boy for 10 years
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has faulted the judgment of an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State sentencing a 13-year-o [...]
Kano-based singer sentenced to death over ‘blasphemy’
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a singer based in Kano state, has been sentenced to death by hanging over a song alleged to have blasphemed against the Prophet M [...]
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