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Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by ExAngel007(f): 5:06pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Kano-born atheist, Mubarak Bala, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to all the 18-count charges leveled against him. Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested at his home in Kaduna on April 28, 2020 and taken to Kano, where complaints of blasphemy and incitement were lodged against him. He had earlier posted comments critical of Islam, Allah and Prophet Muhammad on Facebook, causing outrage among Muslim. One of his posts reads: "Religion is not a person, long dead people are dead, Gods do not exist, so why fear analysis & critique on works attributed to them? There has been campaign for his release or trial, with activists saying he was out of touch with his wife and lawyer. However, when he appeared before Justice Farouk Lawan of Kano High Court 4, Audu Bako Secretariat on Tuesday, April 5, Bala pleaded guilty to all the charges. When the judge asked him whether he knows the consequences of his guilty plea, Mr Bala insisted not to change his initial plea. Mr Bala’s lawyer, James Ibor, had earlier tried to persuade his client to change his plea, but he insisted that he was guilty to charges. The lawyer however cited frustration and fear as reasons for his client’s guilty plea, saying his client had been in prison for two years. But Mr Bala, who appeared unruffled, raised his hand and told the court that he was guilty as charged. In his plea of leniency, Mr Bala however, said the intent of his social media posts was not to cause violence. He therefore promised not to repeat the blasphemous posts in future. Passing the sentence, Justice Lawan sentenced him to 24 years imprisonment. https://saharareporters.com/2022/04/05/court-sentences-kano-atheist-mubarak-bala-24-years-jail-over-blasphemy
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Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:08pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Nice one . Let those who want to practice Atheism go to atheist countries. You can't dress like a Roman in Greece and expect to be treated like a Roman |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by ExAngel007(f): 5:10pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai: wrong talk. Last I checked the Constitution, Nigeria is a multi religious (Religious syncretism) Nation and don't belong to any particular religion 3 Likes |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:12pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
ExAngel007:Once it doesn't suit your idealogies ,it's wrong talk abi? No , wahala ...anyway, go and rescue him if you don't like the verdict 1 Like |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Camelot65: 5:15pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai:So, one can't practice atheism in Nigeria, or what are you trying to say?? 1 Like |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:17pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Camelot65:Practice atheism at your own risk...that's what I'm trying to say . Now if you don't like it, then shut up and travel out to where atheism is accepted |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by SHINJA: 5:19pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
I do tell people that is better for you to belong to a secret cult than to be a Muslim... Those guys are hypocrites.. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Parachoko: 5:19pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
He will be freed by the Appeal court. |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by ExAngel007(f): 5:20pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai:I don't get you. What ideology? You said in your first post that all atheist should go back to their country. Are we not allowed to practice anything we believe in Nigeria? Is it only Islam and Christianity we must practice? 4 Likes |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by AntiBMC(m): 5:22pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Was he tried under Sharia law or common law? Cos I fail to understand why he was given such a stringent punishment for merely exercising his right to freedom of speech. Tueh! May this hellh0le called Nigeria not happen to you. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:22pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
[s] ExAngel007:[/s] It seems your basic problem is reading . Kindly read my first post . Thank you |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by SarkinYarki: 5:24pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai: See terrorist ..check his history here you will see even the train attack he didnt condemn 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by BloomingDale(f): 5:25pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai: Keep supporting evil. Karma is definitely round the corner waiting for you. Na turn by turn. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by ExAngel007(f): 5:25pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai: And it seems that your basic problem is comprehension. read my post again. goodbye. 1 Like |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by tollyboy5(m): 5:27pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
thisxis crazy |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by tollyboy5(m): 5:28pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai:This is atheist country. Islam is forbidden |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:28pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
[s] BloomingDale:[/s] Yeah whatever |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:29pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
tollyboy5:...not according to the court that passed judgment |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Camelot65: 5:29pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai:Lol...You're funny though. What's the bolded for? |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:30pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Camelot65:I'll take that as a rhetorical question |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Truthisunique2: 5:30pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
I totally support this if this is what would make the so called "woke idiots" have sense The freedom Christianity gives una in this shithole you would never appreciate it You think na stupid Nigeria law dey keep your sorry ass whereas it's Christianity, this country would have easily slided into Sharia practice if not the fear of Christian's that is making them adopt "liberal" law just to seem neutral In the core north Sharia laws take presidency over state law whether you are Allah follower or not |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by boman2014: 5:33pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai: My guy, what's up with you? Your points make no sense |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:33pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
boman2014:It's not suppose to make sense to dumb fvcks like you. |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by haffaze777(m): 5:36pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Misplace priority |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by boman2014: 5:36pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai: Guy like you I don't engaged in with conversation. Negative energy you've got. Buzzzz up... 1 Like |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Roger3D(m): 5:36pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
My university undergraduate classmate and friend. Some of us his friends warned him against attacking religion openly in a religiously intolerant country such as ours but he just won't listen. Now he's gotten himself into some deep trouble |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by foryourmindlol: 5:36pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Yet Yoruba people are pleading to be in one country with these terrorists. People that pay bandits money and imprison atheist for not accepting their religion. Biafra will be free one day. |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by tollyboy5(m): 5:38pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Ammishaddai:Nigeria is joke. Justice belong to the highest bidder |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by thorpido(m): 5:46pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Why such a long sentence though? Is there something in the Nigerian constitution that says you can't express your disbelief openly? |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Dialpad: 5:53pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Aboki will always be aboki... I am shocked you write well .. Did you study in the north or a beneficiary of southern education. Ammishaddai: |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by MrColdsweat: 5:54pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
Islam is a cancer to humanity. |
Re: Kano Atheist, Mubarak Bala Sentenced To 24 Years Imprisonment For Blasphemy by Ammishaddai: 5:55pm On Apr 05, 2022 |
[s] Dialpad:[/s] Another short-sighted fool who thinks the world revolves around southern stupidity 1 Like |
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