Nigerian Islamic Police invade Kano For
indecent dressing
Cutoff pants displaying a bulging calf?
Sleeveless T-shirts showing off a well-muscled
physique? Forget it in Nigeria’s northern Kano
state, where Islamic police are deploying
thousands of officers to arrest anyone
sporting the “indecent dress” that’s
fashionable among young men driving
motorized rickshaw taxis.
Police also have orders to arrest any cabbie
carrying men and women together in the
confined space of the three-wheeled taxis.
“The way and manner some of the
commercial tricycle operators engage in
indecent dressing and carry men and women
together is disturbing,” said Yusuf Yola,
spokesman for the Hisbah board that is
responsible for ensuring compliance with
Shariah laws in Kano.
He said such dress, with pants cut off just
below the knee like Bermuda shorts, also was
“un-Hausa,” referring to the biggest tribe in
Nigeria’s north.
Usually it’s women who are the target of the
Islamic police checking that they have
properly covered their heads and limbs.
Yola told The Associated Press on Monday
that 10,000 officers will be deployed to
ensure the laws are enforced, including “a
law in the state which prohibits gender mix in
commercial vehicles.”
He said officers have orders to stop and
search to make sure everyone obeys —
including Christians.
Nine of Nigeria’s 37 states have introduced
Shariah law since 2000 as some Muslims have
become more fundamentalist. But the law is
interpreted differently and enforced more
rigidly in some states. Three other states
introduced Shariah law, but only for Muslims
who want to use it as an alternative to
Western-style family law.
The rest of Nigeria is under secular law.
Africa’s most populous nation of more than
160 million people is almost equally divided
between Muslims and Christians.
In Kano on Monday, taxi driver Jamilu mai
Babur, a Muslim, was rebellious: “I will not
comply with this useless order because
Shariah is not about violating human rights.”
Jamilu Hisba, another Muslim driver, agreed
but said he would have to obey. “It’s against
Islam, this forceful order, but they have
power over us so I must comply because this
is my means of survival.”
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Does this also mean that Christian Hausa's and other residents would have to stop worshiping together like in churches? I hope they are really against indecency and not using that means to get to and disrupt other worshippers and their beliefs. God help us all!

Extremists! They are holier than the initiator of the law! I despise religious fanatics.

Could we have this thread pushed to where it can die naturally as i'm sure the greater number of islamists in this forum won't comment on it.

Gboliwe: Extremists! They are holier than the initiator of the law! I despise religious fanatics.

Could we have this thread pushed to where it can die naturally as i'm sure the greater number of islamists in this forum won't comment on it.

y did christians hate muslim or islam as a religion? Cus indescent dressing must be observe in Kano being an Islamic state. Moreover, it has nothn to do with Christian religion. Sori to say, christians take things too personal. May Allah help us all(amin). Dats a gud development..Sharia law z d best. Zashi Arewa!!!!proudly an Arewa!

Handwork of kwankwaso......well shariah law really worked for zamfara and it was peaceful because they never used force but they lectured the people on it both muslim and christains. Am in surport of it, if it is impose peacefully because i am sick and tired of the way our women dress half naked all in the name of fassion.

Azboy34: y did christians hate muslim or islam as a religion? Cus indescent dressing must be observe in Kano being an Islamic state. Moreover, it has nothn to do with Christian religion. Sori to say, christians take things too personal. May Allah help us all(amin). Dats a gud development..Sharia law z d best. Zashi Arewa!!!!proudly an Arewa!

my friend face your front.
Which Kano is a muslim state? How do you categorise states by religion? See what I mean? Extreme fanatics. Mcheew

[quote
author=michaelok]Does this also mean that Christian Hausa's and other
residents would have to stop worshiping together like in churches? I
hope they are really against indecency and not using that means to get
to and disrupt other worshippers and their beliefs. God help us
all![/quote]mumu...