Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state

[muriel_volestrangler]

A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.

An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March.
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Protestors had burnt down his family home and gathered outside the headquarters of the Islamic police, known as the Hisbah, demanding action against him.

Critics said the song was blasphemous as it praised an imam from the Tijaniya Muslim brotherhood to the extent it elevated him above the Prophet Muhammad.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-53726256

The article does note that the only sharia death sentence from these Nigerian courts that was actually carried out in the past couple of decades was for a murder. But the risk that he'll be killed for a victimless 'crime' is still there.

[3Hotdogs]

1. Yeah, Jesus don't like that blasphemy shit.

[msongs]

2. secure believers would just laugh off criticism. nt

[Igel]

3. Given the Pakistani influence,

who needs the courts to carry out the sentence?

More than one "blasphemer" has been acquitted by the courts in that part of SW Asia only to turn up dead.

Nigeria's had more than its share of anti-Xian "extreme activism" in recent months.