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If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by Nobody: 8:33am On Oct 24, 2013
According to a report by AFP, police
who enforce Islamic law in Kano have
arrested 150 people in the last week,
including for indecent dress, as part of
a crackdown on immorality. From AFP Some people in Nigeria’s second city
have been picked up for sporting
hair styles inspired by prominent
international football players, said
Mohammed Yusuf Yola, spokesman
for Kano’s sharia police, or Hisbah. Others were thrown in jail and fined
for wearing their trousers too low
on their waists, mimicking a style
that became prominent in the
1990s, partly through the influence
of some American hip hop artists. The arrests have followed an order
by Kano state Governor Rabiu Musa
Kwankwaso to cleanse the city of
immoral practices and the trend is
set to continue in the weeks ahead,
said Hisbah Director-General Abba Sufi.The Hisbah is a state police
force funded by state govt and is
not part of the federal police.“We
have arrested 150 men and women
in the past week, including
prostitutes and their boyfriends, transvestites, alcoholics and those
engaged in indecent dressing in
contravention of the sharia legal
code,” Yola told AFP. Religion has repeatedly been used as a
political issue in Kano and the
governor, seen as a moderate, has been
accused by rivals of lacking
commitment to sharia’s guidelines.Yola
insisted the operation was launched to reverse disturbing trends in the city of
some five million people and is
targeting people of various
faiths.“Those arrested include Muslims
and non-Muslims and we treat them
equally because this is about morality,” he said. Kano, like the rest of northern Nigeria,
is majority Muslim, but the city has a
sizeable Christian minority. Some of those arrested have been
released after paying fines ranging
from 10,000 naira ($63, 46 euros) to
15,000 naira, Yola said. “Those who could not afford the fine
are being kept in prison,” he added,
but he would not specify the number of
people currently being held.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by Samdul: 9:37am On Oct 24, 2013
so what!
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by Nobody: 10:56am On Oct 24, 2013
Samdul: so what!

The Islamic Republic is taking shape!

We must work harder and faster for Biafran Republic to take shape too.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by simpleseyi: 11:02am On Oct 24, 2013
Wear clothes to cover your body, stop walking na-ked on our streets. No religion supports human beings walking around na-ked.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by Beaf1: 11:08am On Oct 24, 2013
Nonsense thread with no source sauce. If this true then other states should follow suit. We dont want to see mad people rooming our streets in the name of fashion.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bloggernaija: 12:19pm On Oct 24, 2013
These guys are already abusing the constitution.
Sharia,state police etc.
I think southerners are getting used to all this bombings and terrorism.
I just hope the leaders of the SW are getting ready.

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Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 2:19pm On Oct 24, 2013
Beaf!:
Nonsense thread with no source sauce. If this true then other states should follow suit. We dont want to see mad people rooming our streets in the name of fashion.
why should you tell an adult what to wear, is that your personal problem
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 2:39pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
why should you tell an adult what to wear, is that your personal problem
Hmmm I wonder how ppl think now.....its simple wen ur in rome u do as the romans do...wen ur in kano, wear ur jeans normal nd ur ok
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by MeAboki(m): 2:49pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
why should you tell an adult what to wear, is that your personal problem

Wear a skirt and enter your church then tell your pastor you are an adult, make we hear wetin him go talk.
Every country, every society in this world has a dress code, what only varies between them is the degree of limitation. Go to America, allegedly one of the freest countries on earth, try and dance naked at Times Square, wait and see what will happen to you.

bloggernaija: These guys are already abusing the constitution.
Sharia,state police etc.
I think southerners are getting used to all this bombings and terrorism.
I just hope the leaders of the SW are getting ready.

Better shut and stop insulting our intelligence with your woeful display of ignorance.
Spend some time in revision class before you come back.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by ikeyman00(m): 2:55pm On Oct 24, 2013
^^^ aboki this is not the way to go and u know it!

this is very bad

enuff said
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by Brimmie(m): 4:09pm On Oct 24, 2013
Aboki, Am With You!! cheesy
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by MeAboki(m): 4:31pm On Oct 24, 2013
^^^^ Thank you my brother, some ppl need to be put in their place, bigotry and ignorance is a bad disease.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 4:33pm On Oct 24, 2013
Me_Aboki:

Wear a skirt and enter your church then tell your pastor you are an adult, make we hear wetin him go talk.
Every country, every society in this world has a dress code, what only varies between them is the degree of limitation. Go to America, allegedly one of the freest countries on earth, try and dance naked at Times Square, wait and see what will happen to you.



Better shut and stop insulting our intelligence with your woeful display of ignorance.
Spend some time in revision class before you come back.
That is inside a Church, but outside or in your house no one have the right to dictate to an adult what to wear, Nigeria is not a one man society.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 4:36pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
That is inside a Church, but outside or in your house no one have the right to dictate to an adult what to wear, Nigeria is not a one man society.
No one is stopping any body from wearing wat he wants, wat we are saying is don't wear anything dat is deem offensive or immoral to most nd your host society......

Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by cashkid042(m): 4:38pm On Oct 24, 2013
sharia law on d loose in kano..every sensible southerner shud leave dt bokoharamic state before they start gvin pple long sleeve n short sleeves
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 4:39pm On Oct 24, 2013
Even in the USA saging is looked down upon infact a county in the US as a fine of 10 dollars for any one sagging in public... Its the right of a community to decide wat they dem as moral or immoral
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 4:41pm On Oct 24, 2013
Me_Aboki: ^^^^ Thank you my brother, some ppl need to be put in their, bigotry and ignorance is a bad disease.
i want to know, if other states start making laws that no covering of face or wearing of adult Islamic Hijab/Bukah by adult moslem women, will that go well with you?
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 4:45pm On Oct 24, 2013
121 were arrested for sagging...out of wich 89 were hausas

Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 4:46pm On Oct 24, 2013
bappahman:
No one is stopping any body from wearing wat he wants, wat we are saying is don't wear anything dat is deem offensive or immoral to most nd your host society......
How is that picture u show offensive, this are kids, this is not a reason to arrest and put them in prison
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 4:53pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
How is that picture u show offensive, this are kids, this is not a reason to arrest and put them in prison
To you it might not be but to us it is...It is immoral nd alien to us....Non went to prison...fines whre paid..the 2 that spent 3 days was because there parents didn't want to pay nd wanted the kids to learn
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by cKaiser: 5:01pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
How is that picture u show offensive, this are kids, this is not a reason to arrest and put them in prison

Aaron Woodbury is the latest victim of the trend, but his wife Semekia Woodbury said he doesn’t even sag his pants.

According to her interview with Channel 12 KSLA, that’s not his style. But the Shreveport, Louisiana, police department tell a more complex story of the arrest.

Woodbury was allegedly at the scene of a fight that occurred in his neighborhood and police asked him to pull up his pants and go home, but he refused to pull up his pants and two occasions and then they arrested him.

He was charged with wearing his pants below his waist and resisting arrest.

In an interview, the University of New Mexico football player arrested after wearing sagging pants disputed the version of events put forth by police. , San Francisco police said DeShon Marman was asked by an airline employee and by police to pull up his pants because they were "below his butt and his boxer shorts were showing." They say he refused, so they kicked him off a plane at San Francisco International Airport and Marman ended up in jail.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 5:04pm On Oct 24, 2013
bappahman:
To you it might not be but to us it is...It is immoral nd alien to us....Non went to prison...fines whre paid..the 2 that spent 3 days was because there parents didn't want to pay nd wanted the kids to learn
If their dressing is immoral behaviour to you as a Moslem ok gud arrest Moslems, but why should they arrest those that does not believe in your religion?.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 5:07pm On Oct 24, 2013
cKaiser:

Thanks a lot, even the so-called civilised ppl hav found it as immoral bt the copy copy nigerians see it as modernisation.....sagging is done by the bad eggs of the society world wide....I pray that all supporters of sagging should hav children (male nd female) that sag 24/7
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 5:10pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
If their dressing is immoral behaviour to you as a Moslem ok gud arrest Moslems, but why should they arrest those that does not believe in your religion?.
Why is it that wen igbo are celebrating their festivals in igboland all are expected to obay nd stay home and a masquerade meets a hausa/yoruba woman she is beaten nd all even wen its not her culture?
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 5:21pm On Oct 24, 2013
bappahman:
It seem u don't just want to see the bigger picture...
i understood your picture, but throwing kids inside prison, disturbing and harassing women in the name of indecent dress is not that good
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by cKaiser: 5:25pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
i understood your picture, but throwing kids inside prison, disturbing and harassing women in the name of indecent dress is not that good

Same thing is done everywhere in the world including the USA. You cant wear revealing transparent clothes and not be arrested for indecent exposure
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 5:28pm On Oct 24, 2013
0Willywilly0:
i understood your picture, but throwing kids inside prison, disturbing and harassing women in the name of indecent dress is not that good
What do u suggest should be done?
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by 0Willywilly0: 5:32pm On Oct 24, 2013
bappahman:
What do u suggest should be done?
Moslems should know that there are other religions here and have no right to force anybody to abide by their law.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by Les: 5:33pm On Oct 24, 2013
bappahman: Even in the USA saging is looked down upon infact a county in the US as a fine of 10 dollars for any one sagging in public... Its the right of a community to decide wat they dem as moral or immoral
do the community provide clothes for its citizens?? Why should they bother since theydont
simpleseyi: Wear clothes to cover your body, stop walking na-ked on our streets. No religion supports human beings walking around na-ked.
whose business is it?? Where in the Nigerian constitution was it written"?
bappahman:
Why is it that wen igbo are celebrating their festivals in igboland all are expected to obay nd stay home and a masquerade meets a hausa/yoruba woman she is beaten nd all even wen its not her culture?
were have you seen that done?
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by bappahman: 5:42pm On Oct 24, 2013
Ppl complain of lack of morality nd decay of social order but wen actions are taken to tell kids dressing ok is rhe right thin to do ppl start shouting Afghanistan wen most countries around the world are doing the same.
In Israel its 2 weeks + fine not like kano that its fine.
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by MeAboki(m): 8:07pm On Oct 24, 2013
@ OWillywillo:
You come across as someone having difficulty mustering the mental dexterity to view an issue from its different perspectives except your own - that ability is known as objectivity.
You have been given worldwide examples, including a county in the State of Louisiana in America, just like Kano where ppl have been arrested and fined for same reasons.

You have also been given the Kano arrest statistics involved: out of 121 arrested for sagging, 89 were Hausa boys; only 2 went to prison (2 days), because their parents refused to pay the fine to teach them a lesson.

Even though you can clearly deduce that the arrest was not targeted at non indigenes or Christians; yet you still remain fixated with sharia and the presence of other religions in the state; while failing to address or request for similar considerations in the other examples given to you e.g. also Israel.

I therefore put it to you that you are not being objective at all but merely displaying an innate bias against sharia and Islam.

FYI, Kano State like any other state in the Nigeria is constitutionally empowered to make legally binding laws on its citizens (Christians and Muslims) for the common good of its ppl, through the appropriate law making organ, the state house of Assembly, provided such laws do not contravene any part of the constitution.

Let it also be understood, sharia does not contravene any part of the constitution because none of the states where it is in place have adopted Islam as the State's religion - this is often a fallacy which many Christians opposing it have chosen to believe due to either mischief, ignorance or blatant inability to comprehend the difference (i.e. the mental fixation I already mentioned).
Re: If You're In Kano, Watch What you Wear, They're Arresting people Now! by lincolnj88: 10:44pm On Oct 24, 2013
Me_Aboki: ^^^^ Thank you my brother, some ppl need to be put in their place, bigotry and ignorance is a bad disease.

Yep saging is immoral but marrying a girl at 6, 9 & 13 is moral.......maybe u should check ur brain....

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