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Full Scale Sharia Law In Our Legal System? by oceanp(f): 4:03pm On May 23, 2016 |
Posted As Received By Alim Akudo
Esther
I was shocked to watch the live proceedings of
the House of Representatives as covered by
NTA2 and saw that the bill calling for the
criminal aspects of Islamic Sharia law be
implemented in our legal system in Nigeria at the
Federal and states passed the second reading
today! I was even more shocked because even
though there were many Christians in the House
no one raised an objection! The Speaker of the
House, Hon Yakubu Dogara, who presided over
the proceedings said that what this meant was
that it would now move to committee level
where it will be discussed fully before the House
would decide on it finally, but it is curious that
not even one voice of dissent was aired against
it! I waited till 9pm to hear what NTA Network
news would report about it, but there was a
blackout of reportage about it! Of course, other
issues discussed and decided in the House today
were reported but not this one! The bill to
amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria to make provision for the full
implementation of Sharia Criminal law at the
Federal and states legal system has passed the
second reading in the House of Representatives
and no one is telling Nigerians what is
happening! For all we know, when a bill passes
the second reading unchallenged in parliament it
is almost as good as passed!
Long before the 2nd Republic, Muslim leaders in
Nigeria have always agitated for the full
implementation of Sharia in Nigeria. Nobody has
forgotten the hot debates that took place in the
Constituent Assembly of 1978 about the place of
Sharia in the 1979 Constitution. Christian
members kicked against the full implementation
of full Sharia because non-Christians would fall
victim of this law. In the end, a compromise was
reached that the Sharia Personal Law be
allowed, not the criminal aspects.
It was the same thing that happened in 1988
Constituent Assembly that produced the 1989
Constitution, which never took off. In fact, in the
1988 Constituent Assembly, General Ibrahim
Babangida, then Nigeria’s self- styled military
President, had to stop all debates relating to
Sharia and other sensitive issues when he saw
how inflammable the debates were becoming,
and retained the status quo. The 1999
Constitution drew much from both the 1979 and
1989 Constitutions and retained Sharia Personal
law. Now, Muslims, under PMB, have
surreptitiously attempted to amend the
Constitution to insert the full implementation of
Sharia without carrying Nigerians along!
Muslim leaders have always argued that Sharia
law is meant for Muslims only. But Christians
have always refused to buy the argument
because in practice, non- Muslims have often
been dragged before Sharia courts and have
been adjudicated by a legal system repugnant to
their faith. Several documented cases abound to
prove this! Besides, Christians have always
argued why the government that is supposed to
be neutral to all religions should uphold the
religious laws of one religion with public funds to
the harm of the adherents of other faiths!
My book, Sharia In Nigeria: A Christian
Perspective (Challenge Publications, 1988),
documents the issues succinctly clear! These
are some of the issues that make some of us to
take with a pinch of salt the claims that PMB
means well for this country! Our job is to bring
these issues to the fore to create awareness of
what is happening. Whatever happens afterwards
is beyond our power. It’s up to you all! 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Full Scale Sharia Law In Our Legal System? by POTUT(m): 6:45pm On May 23, 2016 |
Can you articulate some of these criminal aspects of Sharia Law you are talking about? |
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