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Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Praising a Living Prophet More Late Than Prophet Mohammed

Femi Oshin by Femi Oshin
August 11, 2020
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Nigerian Singer Sentenced to Death for Praising a Living Prophet More Late Than Prophet Mohammed
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Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad and he did not deny the charges.

The singer went into hiding after releasing the song and he is currently in detention.

However, Judge Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani said he could appeal against the verdict.

An upper Sharia court in the Hausawa Filin Hockey area of the state said Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy for a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March.

Angry protesters had burnt down his family home and gathered outside the headquarters of the Islamic police, known as the Hisbah, demanding action against him.

Idris Ibrahim, the leader of the protesters that called for the musician’s arrest in March, Idris Ibrahim, saying the judgement will serve as a warning to others “contemplating toeing Yahaya’s path”.

Ibrahim said: “When I heard about the judgment I was so happy because it showed our protest wasn’t in vain. This [judgement] will serve as a deterrent to others who feel they could insult our religion or prophet and go scot-free”.

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The critics said the song was blasphemous as it praised an imam from the Tijaniya Muslim brotherhood to the extent it elevated him above the Prophet Muhammad.

Sharif-Aminu is an Islamic gospel musician who only became popular because of his alleged blasphemous song.

Hitherto, he is not well-known in northern Nigeria and his songs were not popular outside his Tjjaniya sect. The sects have many such musicians within their ranks.

States across Muslim-majority northern Nigeria use both secular law and Sharia law, which does not apply to non-Muslims.

Only one of the death sentences passed by Nigeria’s Sharia courts has been carried out since they were reintroduced in 1999.

DEATH SENTENCES IN NIGERIA’S SHARIA COURTS

In the past, sentences have been passed, including for women convicted of having extramarital sex but only one has been carried out. A man convicted of killing a woman and her two children who was hanged in 2002.

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The last time a Nigerian Sharia court passed a death sentence was in 2016 when Abdulazeez Inyass, was sentenced to death for blaspheming against Islam during after a secret trial in Kano.

Inyass, who is still in detention, was alleged to have said that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the Senegalese founder of the Tijaniya sect, which has a large following across West Africa, “was bigger than Prophet Muhammad”.

The sentence has not been carried out as a death penalty in Nigeria requires the sign-off of the state governor.

NIGERIA’S SHARIA COURT’S OPERATIONS

Twelve states in Nigeria’s Muslim-dominated north operate the Sharia system of justice, but only Muslims can be tried in its courts.

The Sharia system, which also has its own Court of Appeal, handles both civil and criminal matters involving Muslims and its judgements can also be challenged in Nigeria’s secular Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

The Sharia judges, known as alkalis, are learned in both Islamic and secular laws.

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If a case involves a Muslim and a non-Muslim, the non-Muslim has the option of choosing where they want the case to be tried.

The Sharia court can only hear the case if the non-Muslim gives written consent.

Sentences handed down by the courts include floggings, amputations and the death penalty.

featured image is of protesters had called for action against the musician

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