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Adex2442:
No one fought for Jesus.

Hashimyussufamao:
Death Sentence For Blasphemy At Kano: A Perspective by O. G. Chukkol

I have been following arguments on social media for the past two days about the death sentence passed on one Yahaya Aminu Sheriff for blasphemy (insulting prophet Mohammed PBH) at Kano.

Let me make few observations here:

[s]1. There is actually a Shariah Penal Code law in Kano state

2. The said Shariah Penal Code makes provision for offences and punishments recognized in Islam

3. The Shariah Penal Code Law prohibits blasphemy and a violator risks death sentence. See section section 382 thereof.

4. The Shariah Penal Code Law of Kano applies to Muslims only

5. The Shariah Penal Code Law of Kano does not apply to non Muslims. So a Christian or any other non Muslim cannot be prosecuted under the law except if he consents to it

6. Sheriff was tried and convicted under the Shariah Penal Code Law because he was a Muslim.

7. Sheriff has the right to appeal to a higher court for his conviction to be reviewed or set aside if the trial court was wrong.

8. Governor of Kano State has the final say on Sheriff's conviction. He can pardon Sheriff and allow him go free or change the punishment or sign death warrant for Sheriff to be executed/killed as ordered by court
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9. A non Muslim who insults prophet Mohammed or commits any other form of blasphemy can at best be tried under the general Penal Code law for defamation or breach of public peace or any other related offence depending on exactly what the person says

In view of the foregoing, I will completely refrain from commenting on the appropriateness of death sentence for blasphemy because it is an Islamic injunction entrenched in a written law. Besides, I may not even be objective about it because I am not a Muslim, but a Christian. I will only end up pouring my sentiment in the guise of criticism. To me, is not even logical to use my religion to condemn another religion.

I submit further, for the purpose of emphasis, that the offence of blasphemy applies to Muslims only and they are in support of it. They are comfortable with it because their religion provides for it. I cannot take panadol for somebody's headache

Had it been the offence applies to non Muslims also, I would have immediately condemned it for being unconstitutional.

It should be noted that the Shariah Penal Code was enacted pursuant to section 38 of the constitution which provides for right to freedom of religion and sections 4 and 6 of the constitution which gives states power to make laws and also establish courts for themselves and also section 36(12) which provides that person can be convicted for an offence only if the said offence is defined in a written law with sanctions attached.

That is to say, the Supreme Law of the land has given them backing. They can practice their religion provided that a non Muslim shall not be affected

Let me drop my pen here. Everything I put down here is strictly my opinion and I may be wrong.

Greetings Ladies and gentlemen

Chukkol

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1905827216221167&id=100003817221624

Who are these Islamic Terrorist trying to fool?
Your name is Hashimiyu (Ashimiu), you reminded us that you are not a Muslim but a Chirstian

paulolee:
killing and ending ur career all because of moni, the case of
ozil, james Rodriguez and Gareth bale shows the bad effect of
huge wages in football..
pls ozil, for the sake of ur fans that still want to see you play,
just forget about the huge wages in arsenal, accept a paycut and move out on a loan to a team that you will get more
playing time than sitting a whole year without playing
football is not jus abt making money but also building a
legacy for football to remember when you are done..
if Sanchez accepted a pay cut to join inter on loan b4 they signe him, coutinho plans doing d same to join arsenal or any available epl team, you too can do same and join other available club in Europe because when you get game times, ur value n form increases than sitting all year without playing in arsenal.

Crusader1:
So, council has this enormous powers and the demonic Lale of UniPort was allowed to finish his tenure. Lale was a clear example of Lucifer in human form

aybabz101:
Like I said earlier in a related thread; the fact that the removal of prof. Ogundipe as the VC and the subsequent installation of another prof. took place in Abuja shows that that something is not right.

I believe that the removal of prof. Ogundipe is a witch-hunt maybe from the governing council or a higher political figure. whichever way, it is a disgrace to the members of the council and the Senate of the institution.

I think the university union supports the former VC; if they do, this will be another problem for unilag coz the Union will definitely embark on series of strike. And as usual, the students will be the victim.

shame on these politicians parading themselves as academics and shame of the NUC for aiding and abetting such delirious act.

thesicilian:
They still won't tell us why he was removed.

Arrewa:
Dear religious bigots!!

Punishment for blasphemy in the Bible

“Whover blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the name, shall be put to death”

Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests
Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12)

Kill Witches
You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)

That's religion for you! Stop hypocritically pushing blasphemy as a Muslim thing only... You people are not doing it doesn't mean it's not in your holy book.

If you are really passionate about human existence then embrace humanity and nature and stop all this hypocrisy!

atiku4President:
Why are brothers fighting themselves in UNILAG?

slimshades:
hard to use my real moniker as am ashame of even doing this

RichBoy247:
Wale Babalakin has always been a rogue, very very soon, he will be arrested, prosecuted and jailed

honeyB2018:
Who actually is in the position of firing or hiring the Vice- Chancellor?
Between the governing council and the V.C, who is superior?
So why so anyone listen to the Vice-Chancellor?
Sir, you are fired and it remains so til the president say otherwise, if he is not shocked.

toyetade:
I thought due process were followed by the governing council when 7 voted in favour and 4 against. The VC should go to the court if he is agrieved not behaving like clown and bringing down the reputation of the Uni.

kingwonder:
Same school, different letterheads.

Zico5:
That's Nigeria for u. Everything is shady, no one can ever guess the truth of any situation. Everyone is fighting hidden agenda. The removal of the VC may or may not be justified. Babalakin should be careful, he who lives in glass House should not throw stones.

kikero:
I guess what I should have said was that vaccines don't impact your DNA the way you and he think it does.

Many people assume that DNA manipulaiton=changes on a mass cellular scale. That's not how it works.

RNA vaccines, which some of the covid vaccines under testing are...basically work by injecting RNA into the body, which then uses some of the proteins in the body to assemble factors which induce an immune response which hopefully can protect from infection with SARS Merscov2...the virus that causes COVID19.

Most people like the person I responded to have wild ideas about what 'DNA manipulaiton means...which include things like 'a person injected with a vaccine will have a child years later with congential anomalies' That 's not how vaccines work (and some even prevent infections that would cause congenital anomalies...which is another type of 'DNA manipulaiton'.).

One more thing...most viral illnesses work by some form of DNA manipulaiton, eg hepatitis, and HIV. They work by integrating their genetic material into the cells of the host, and manipulate the cell to produce viral building blocks which are assembled into new viruses...which wreak havoc. If left untreated, they can harm...but the body already has mechanisims to protect against such viruses too as well(and most treatments against such diseases work by preventing the virus from integrating into the DNA of the host human...eg HIV and viral hepatitis treatments.).



You are right to be suspicous. BUT...the fact is we have all sorts of global codes and practice governing the intrduction of new drugs and vaccines, etc. The era of the Tuskegee experiment, and Nazi experimentation on human bodies is over.

Plus, as Pfizer found out to its cost, depart from the code, and you pay heavily.



That's not true and you know it. Bill Gates, who I don't like by the way (his monopoly re Microsoft)..also was responsible for 1) spending billions on Malaria research 2) also helping to, among other things bring down the cost of HIV drugs over 18 years ago (and no, he was not the only one, but he was very influential).

Plus, depopulation does not mean the world would become better. Infact, if Gates wants to depopulate the world, he would do well to 1) stop vaccine production...because vaccines have been a big factor in population explosion 2) make drugs expensive ...like his fellow billionaire who bought the patent to cotrimoxazole and inflated the price 'just because' (fortunately he was forced to recieve sense).



The thing is, just because the Russians have a vaccine ready to roll, does not mean the vaccine works. It remains to be seen IF the vaccine can be proitective, and that means years of watching and seeing if the vaccine does a good job of protection (espeically as COVID 19 does not necessarily mean you pass on or fall seriously sick...you can be like El Rufai and be asymptomatic).

As I have said, there was a working HIV vaccine in the 1990's. Given to human volunteers self. As it turned out, it did not work...because at the time the vaccine was created, it could only stop certain subtypes of HIV . In the coruse of deployment, new subtypes of HIV were discovered, and more were found later. Ouch.

amaridigital:
You typed all these yet the Russians were the first to land in space. The Russians have world class scientists and Aerospace Engineers. They have several world class medical experts. Russia has the highest numbers of nuclear weapons on earth. Who give the fu...k about what the west think? Must we always lick their asses? If the Chinese and Japanese were thinking like you, they will still be stuck with shaolin movies and depend on Mercedes and Volvo to make their cars. The world has changed. Get used to it!

naijaking1:
Would you take a vaccine from Putin?

Would you rather take a Vaccine from Donald Trump?
Between Putin and Trump, who will you trust to give you a Parachute, in a plane crash?

DICKstractor:
We still dey watch


I don't know how true this is

SLAP44:
Let us tell ourselves the truth.

Oshiomole controlling Edo politics by babysitting a grown man like Obaseki or Ize Iyamu is a disaster already, It shouldn't be allowed to happen in this day and age.

Edo state deserves an executive who is not a puppet of any man to deliver on democratic dividends. Let all men of good conscience s[b]upport Obaseki so that if he fails, we will hold him directly responsible and not blame his Godfather(s)[/b].

Hss Obasek not been Governing for the past four years?
Cant we judge him on that four years?
He has failed already.
He has looted Eod state Money, dashed #6Billion to PDP Tax Collectors, did virtually nothing in Four years of Governorship and yo u are hear still asking that he should be allowed to fail!

Obaseki has turned himself into a worse Godfather than Oshiomole.
Imagine Obaseki denying the people of Edo State, their 14 Representarives that they elected and rulling the state like an Emperor?
Imagine Obasek saying a two term Governor cannot neter the state or go to hi sprivate House, without his permission?

What other Godfatherism Proof do you need, even Buhari has not tried such nonsense
Obaseki is a gonner.

olaboy33:
Angry youths destroy a vehicle which was bought with their collective wealth to ensure a virus free environment.

Faster002:
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cicero:
How about you teach your child, be example, mentor him, monitor his progress and make changes in your own life where necessary before resorting to flogging?

Children respond well to a lot of words and examples from parents.
I hate to cause my children pain or traumatize them in the name of discipline.

Farki:
Lead by example, children have a natural instinct to copy whatever they see around them. If they see the parents being rude to others, being violent, greedy or two faced they will emulate them. A lot of Nigerian parents have a "do as I say and not as I do" behaviour, we can't sow corn and expect beans to grow.

Be consistent, if you tell a child that something is wrong and carries a punishment or reward follow through and don't dodge it or give an excessive punishments or rewards because they will see you as unreasonable.

Allow them to make mistakes because mistakes are a learning experience. I noticed that a lot of the people who cheat in exams wanted to get prizes or avoid the wrath of their parents at all cost. Failing and learning is better than cheating and coming out half baked.

Last thing is actually tell them about the world, don't shy away from uncomfortable or or difficult topics because you are letting other influences take their place and teach them something else.

Also note that everyone is different and you should seek various sources of expertise before coming to an conclusion about how to do something as important as raising another human being.

udoekere:
In your own opinion what way do you think is the best to discipline a child

I have read and have seen alot of pic of children being brutalize in the name of discipline which prompted me in creating this thread

so whats the best way to discipline a child without being cruel

DexterousOne:
I put the secular in parenthesis

You should understand what I meant when I did that

NaMeAboki:
[s]I am inclined to respond to the avalanche of bigotry and damn right insolence on the part some ppl, who seem to place themselves on a false high pedestal and subsequently taken the opportunity of this judgement to target their hatred towards Islam/Muslims, in general, and northerners, in particular, from their narrow and quite often ignorant perspective.

Let me first start by saying that Sharia law is constitutionally legitimate; acceptable and exclusively applicable (only) to Muslims here in Nigeria - even if as some ppl have severally tried and failed to successfully challenge it in court; it is therefore an unalienable right of Muslims (who are not complaining about it) to practice their Sharia without interference from outsiders.

The person convicted is a Muslim who broke an Islamic law and consequently charged and convicted by an Islamic court - how is it therefore the business of non-Muslims; why are they taking Panadol for somebody's headache?

BTW, blasphemy is a crime, even under international law: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a landmark judgement, as recent as 2018 upheld the conviction of an Austrian woman for such crime - you are no longer protected under the freedom of speech of human rights to blaspheme e.g. insult the Prophet of Islam.
https://www.thenewfederalist.eu/echr-you-shall-not-blaspheme-against-religious-prophets?lang=fr

Lastly, due to our appellate system; no capital conviction reached by any Sharia court in Nigeria has ever been upheld and carried out on appeal to the supreme court, i.e. such sentences are practically only academic and of no effect.
Therefore, all this gentleman needs to do is simply to appeal to the supreme court and have his death sentence quashed.[/s]

akaahs:
Even ur south, 60-65 percent of U are Muslim. Keep receiving yaself

nurain150:
this is what am saying people like you need to be taught a good lesson u can see the reasons for such law is for people like u.and as for the nikkah the one u go chop rice abi 3 gbossa man.the nikkah under the canopy abi and not the one signed by a qadi or judge in a court abi.u see if you had said this ur above post in kano and they brought ur head down u will be ranting and blaming islam. sorry for u hate speech preacher.

DexterousOne:
The issue is....

The sharia court is equal to the high court in Nigeria

Appeal and Supreme court is above it
hence nigeria is still a "secular state"

matex97:
The accused is a muslim and not a christian