Nigeria is roughly evenly divided between a Christian population that is primarily in the South, and a Muslim population that is mostly in the North. Meanwhile, a genocide against Christians in Nigeria continues to wipe out Christians in the country. This latest court decision enables the Sharia’s spread.
A Nigerian court has ruled that Islamic religious law does not violate the constitution, dismissing a challenge over the sentencing of singer Yahaya Aminu Sharif to death by hanging for blasphemy.
In a CNN report, an Islamic scholar reviewed the court transcript and emphasized the extent of how Muslims view Sharif’s “blasphemy”:
Islamic scholar and cleric Bashir Aliyu Umar, who is not connected to the case, but said he had read the transcript of the court proceedings, told CNN, “No Muslim will condone it. People hold Prophet Mohammed higher than their parents, and when things like this happen, it will lead to a breakdown of peace because of mob action and attacks against the accused.”
The forcible spread of Sharia is the goal of mainstream Islam historically and at present, contrary to the woke and willfully blind’s insistence that Islam is a religion of peace and that there are only a few “radicals” in Islam. The spread of the Sharia is happening in some form all over the world. It isn’t exclusive to countries of Africa and the Middle East, and lessons from those countries should have been taken seriously by Western leaders. In the West, for instance, fear has been thoroughly struck into the heart of disbelievers, and most refrain from appearing to criticize Islam and Muhammad (Quran 8:12). Fear of violence, and fear of being branded “Islamophobic” for even criticizing Islam is now commonplace. The Salman Rushdie case has captured media attention, but ordinarily and routinely the media ignores the jihad.
“Nigeria Activists Concerned as Secular Court Upholds Islamic Court Trial for Blasphemy,” by Timothy Obiezu, Voice of America, August 19, 2022:
ABUJA, NIGERIA —Supporters of free speech in Nigeria are expressing concern after a federal court ruled this week that a singer appealing his death sentence for blasphemy must have his case retried in a Shariah court.
Yahaya Aminu Sharif’s lawyer argued his case should be tried in a secular court and challenged the legality of Nigeria’s Islamic courts, which critics say threaten free speech.
But in its decision delivered Wednesday on Zoom, the Kano state appeals court ruled 2-1 that Islamic law does not violate the national charter and that Islamic courts have jurisdiction to try blasphemy cases.
The ruling dismissed a challenge filed by Sharif’s lawyer, Kola Alapinni, questioning the legality of the death sentence. One of the judges, Abubakar Muazu Lamido, said the challenge was not backed by law, and that it was “more out of sentiment.”
An Islamic court in Kano sentenced Sharif to death in August 2020 for allegedly circulating a song that blasphemed the Muslim Prophet Mohammed on social media.
In November, the Kano High Court overruled the sentence and ordered a retrial at the Shariah court, stating that Sharif did not have any legal representation during his trial.…
Shariah is more dominant across the 12 northern Nigerian states, with a strong base in Kano….
