http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/news/headlines/15218-dont-honour-invitations-muslim-group-tells-yarima

A Muslim group has urged Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima not to honour any invitation forthwith from any agency regarding the alleged marriage of a 13-year old Egyptian by the lawmaker.

The Supreme Council of Sharia in Nigeria(SCSN) Kaduna State chapter, stated this in a press conference yesterday in Kadua.

Addressing newsmen, its chairman, Malam Mohammed Sulaiman, argued that the recent attacks were not aimed at the senator but Islam in general, adding that it only portrays the negative impact of the Child Rights Act, which promotes western secular ideas of upbringing, contrary to the teachings of Islam. Islam encourages men to marry women of their choice irrespective of age, hence Muslims who have the intention to marry whoever they choose should go ahead without fear, he said.

"We wish to make it clear to all Muslims in this country that the essence of the Child Rights Act is promoting western secular ideas in the upbringing of children. We had a number of advertorials cautioning the Federal Government and the National Assembly not to dumbly accept to ratify this convention without consultation with Nigerian public, unfortunately the law was passed by the National Assembly in April 2003 and some states were immediately pressurized to pass such law.

"Sadly, the negative impact of the law is beginning to manifest and the focus of this is on Senator Mohammed Ahmed Sani's alleged marriage of underaged child. The provision of the Child Rights Act section 21 contradicts the teaching of Islam. Islam encourages men to marry women of their choice as mentioned in Qur’an 4 verse 2 without any emphasis on age limit."We wish to make it clear that any law that contradicts the essence of the teachings of Islam, our divine religion is unaccepted to the Muslims of this country.”

We are hereby calling on Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima not to answer any call of the so called NAPTIP again and any other relevant agencies because the supreme council of Sharia in Nigeria has taken the issue to court and the case will come up on June 3, 2010.

Finally, we are calling on all Muslims intending to marry any child or woman of their choice to go on because Islam allows that. Enough is enough."

http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/news/headlines/15218-dont-honour-invitations-muslim-group-tells-yarima

The problem is not with islam but the pervasive illiteracy amongst the adherents of the religion. If the leader of such a group can boldly proclaim that muslims should go ahead and marry any CHILD or woman they want, then the doctrines in islam are bizarre to put it succintly. Growing up,we had hausa muslims for neighbours-they had a daughter.About the time i was shipped off to boarding school,the lass was pulled out of class 6 to marry one Yau-a mechanic. Fast forward 6yrs later when i graduated,the girl comes to visit her mum next door with the grand children. The image i recall is of a poorly fed,apparently unloved girl with already saggy 'frontage' and two premature,ill children. I was shocked to say the least,she was barely 19! And the phallus of a husband she has was already shopping for wife number two. If you want to see birth defects that are mindboggling,just come up to northern nigeria. This law is for the poor,dumb,illiterate muslim. Their leaders don't ever give out their daughters before they're of age. Shame.

I don't really understand this version of Islam.

My cousins are GOOD muslims and I can't imagine any of them arguing in favour of this MADNESS

Even in Egypt that is more islamic than Nigeria, child marriage is illegal, so why all this noise from these bigots?

That religion needs reformation or abolition. A religion that promotes sexual and physical abuse of females and also disrespect and violence doesn't deserve respect.

This is my major problem with Nigeria. Crude disregard for law and order by a selected few. If it had been a poor, non public office holdong Nigerian, he would by now be languishing in some jail.

Northern Nigeria muslims and their way of interpreting Islam is very weird.

Am certain that Alhaji Lateef Adegbite wil be scandalised by this man utterance.

Lot of common sense is missing in that religion the way been practised in the north.

He's also a Nigerian isn't he? Except he decides to claim Niger, he must answer. Who do these nonsense tribal leaders think they are? They must not be very educated. Even the Arabs that they see as gods have some level of decency when it comes to children. Children are very special and close to God. Anyone that takes advantage of them and abuses them will answer to the ultimate judge. What will a fat, old man such as Yerima be doing with a baby? It is absurd.Egypt ought to charge him for human trafficking, and ban him from entering egypt for breaking their laws.That child should be taken from the parents and made a ward of the state as she will be in harms way in their care.these stupid tribal religious leaders have forgotten to ask Yerima where he got the $100000 to pay her bride price.My guess is he would have had to steal the money.Doesn't that go against the laws of their so-called selective sharia? Shouldn't his hands be cut off? Is it because he is an elite? So the Quran only applies to the poor.His case is plenty, he has a lot of courts to face. What a shameless pig.he must pay for this, and whether they like it or not, the laws on child exploitation shall be changed.backward idiots.

very worrisome

These (northern) muslim clowns never cease to irritate me. The seem to believe that their Quaran is superior to the constitution and other extant laws, and that is ridiculous to say the very least.

If Nigeria does break up eventually ,it can only be due to utterances like these.

Islam has been turned into some barbaric rigid,dogmatic ideology.

Na wa  !

When the poor guy in Niger with 80 wives claimed he was practising Islam ,they all denounced him & harrased him with police,now a wealthy MTF has done something equally sacrilegeuous . . . its ok.

When will the rational majority of northen muslims wake up from their slumber & reclaim what is theirs?

ojesymsym:

Even in Egypt that is more islamic than Nigeria, child marriage is illegal, so why all this noise from these bigots?

Am happy for the Egyptians. But till date Saudi still permits 10yr old girls to get married.

Infact there was a case of an 8yr old that was sold into marriage by his father.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/12/saudi.child.marriage/

This is sad

In whose interest is this sort of marriage conducted. Definitely, it cant be in the interest of the girl or child (as the group leader puts it) who could barely make any sense of happenings around her. Even if a religion allows this sort of thing, I do not think one should follow such blindly and its sad that someone of Yerima's status, a former governor and now a senator, is indulging in it.

I read it sometime ago that these child mothers are getting their wombs damaged because these wombs are made to carry children even before the wombs become mature. Its such a pity!

"We wish to make it clear to all Muslims in this country that the essence of the Child Rights Act is promoting western secular ideas in the upbringing of children. We had a number of advertorials cautioning the Federal Government and the National Assembly not to dumbly accept to ratify this [b]convention without consultation with Nigerian public, [/b]unfortunately the law was passed by the National Assembly in April 2003 and some states were immediately pressurized to pass such law.

Was the Nigerian public consulted before they went ahead implementing Sharia in half of the Northern states?

stillwater:

Was the Nigerian public consulted before they went ahead implementing Sharia in half of the Northern states?

Nice one, lol. Very apt retort indeed. Some of 'you' are really really impressive.

stillwater:

Was the Nigerian public consulted before they went ahead implementing Sharia in half of the Northern states?

lol get em

idiopathic:

"We wish to make it clear to all Muslims in this country that the essence of the Child Rights Act is promoting western secular ideas in the upbringing of children. We had a number of advertorials cautioning the Federal Government and the National Assembly not to dumbly accept to ratify this convention without consultation with Nigerian public, unfortunately the law was passed by the National Assembly in April 2003 and some states were immediately pressurized to pass such law.


[b]"Sadly, the negative impact of the law is beginning to manifest and the focus of this is on Senator Mohammed Ahmed Sani's alleged marriage of underaged child. The provision of the Child Rights Act section 21 contradicts the teaching of Islam. Islam encourages men to marry women of their choice as mentioned in Qur’an 4 verse 2 without any emphasis on age limit."[/b]We wish to make it clear that any law that contradicts the essence of the teachings of Islam, our divine religion is unaccepted to the Muslims of this country.”

WOOOOOWWWWW

stillwater:

Was the Nigerian public consulted before they went ahead implementing Sharia in half of the Northern states?

Ask your NOW DEAD president . . . . He was one of those who SANCTIONED Sharia while he was Governor of Katsina State . . . .

Early political career
During the Second Republic (1979–1983), Yar'Adua was a member of the leftist People's Redemption Party, while his father was briefly the National Vice chairman of the National Party of Nigeria. During the Transition Programme of President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Yar'Adua was one of the foundation members of the Peoples Front, a political association under the leadership of his elder brother, the late Major-General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua. That association later fused to form the Social Democratic Party. Yar'Adua was a member of the 1988 Constituent Assembly. He was a member of the party's National Caucus and the SDP State Secretary in Katsina and contested the 1991 Governorship election, but lost to Saidu Barda, the candidate of the National Republican Convention and an ally of Babangida. In 1999, he ran for the same position and won.[5] He was re-elected in 2003. He was the first governor to publicly declare his assets.[15]

In 2000, during his administration as governor, Katsina became the fifth northern Nigerian state to adopt sharia, or Islamic law.[16] In 2002 Amina Lawal, a woman from Katsina, was sentenced to death by stoning by a sharia court in the town of Bakori for committing adultery; the story attracted international attention. Her sentence was at first upheld by a court in the town of Funtua, then overturned a year later following an appeal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yar%27Adua

Putting things in perspective!

idiopathic:

http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/news/headlines/15218-dont-honour-invitations-muslim-group-tells-yarima

http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/news/headlines/15218-dont-honour-invitations-muslim-group-tells-yarima

HMNN, LET ME SIT PROPERLY AS THE EVENT UNFOLDS. OYA ,LETS GO THERE !!!

becomrich7 the mapomeje. . .What has this topic got to do with your maps?. . . .

This is truly pathetic. . . . Whats wrong with all these pedophilessssss. . . . . .Will the foolish and crazy senator allow his 13 years old daughter to marry a 50+ man? This man and all the Muslims supporting him are beyond crazy. . . .Sick people

Yerima versus Nigerian constitution, part I

[size=13pt]Islam's woe today is that while the rest of the world has moved on considerably, it still continues to linger in the Pre-Enlightenment Era.

Look at the Catholic Church (and even the Reformers), they killed and discriminated based on their own interpretations of the Holy Scriptures. Today, that's no longer the case.

Because you cannot take the scriptures (especially the Old Testament & even the Quran) literarily anymore, without consideration for "the uniqueness of the times we now live in".

Wisdom is simply the capacity to understand that while God remains the same, time changes and social norms changes also

Education remains the ONLY way to save 'some' of the SAVAGE that  continue to put our civilization to shame.[/size]


Pls Ban All Fundamentalist Religious Schools, NOW!

udezue:

That religion needs reformation or abolition. A religion that promotes sexual and physical abuse of females and also disrespect and violence doesn't deserve respect.

lol, not only reformation but total over haul or privatization, lmao

, but seriously, these bigots need to be tamed before they go wild, they are dragging our country's image in the mud despite the fact that they have very meagre economic contribution,
i wish there is a way we can send them all to the atlantic region without a coat,

That is the picture you get when humans and animals live together under one roof . YOU tell me what can be done for an animal to understand fully what the human is saying . Gadaffi spoke , we said he was mad , until we see reason , we will continue to wallop in our madness period.

i hope such teachings aren't allowed in ile kewu.

the nerve of these pervs to defend yarima.

The muslims that are saying it is allowed, go try marry YERIMA daughter make you see wetin go happen to you

What a disgrace


well in Nigeria you can marry an inphant if you're religious agrief
especially if you are rich and a political godfather (just joking),


what and insane society we live in

Hope he gets his A$$ whoooped out.

For God's sake, what on earth is this man doing with a 13years old girl, i bet u it's neither love nor lust, the man is just trying to play the role of a demi-god! I pray he will be properly sanctioned for this single sacriligious offence

That such a man is a senator, is a disgrace. It only shows the kind of people in leadership positions in this country. What about others like him that we don't know?? God save us!!!