The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) has said it is committed to the execution of the Danish cartoonist who blasphemed Prophet Mohammad (SAW) whenever it lays its hand on him.

The SCSN president, Dr. Ibrahim Datti Ahmed, told newsmen in Kaduna after a meeting of Muslim organizations under the auspices of the SCSN at the Al-Madinah Hotel, Kaduna to deliberate and take a position on topical issues that, 'the punishment for blaspheming the prophets is death and we are committed to executing the cartoonist'.

"There are no two ways about it. The only punish-ment is death, even if the culprit is a Muslim. All these demonstrations across the Muslim countries are beca-use we have not been able to lay our hands on him."

Dr. Datti however said that SCSN was not in support of public demonstration for fear that 'hoodlums could take over such a public show of anger for their own ends'.

The SCSN however cal-led on the federal government to recall Nigeria's ambassador to Denmark and lodge a formal diplomatic complaint expres-sing anger of Nigerian Musl-ims.

It also called on Muslims to wage economic war aga-inst Denmark and Norway to protest the insensitivity of their governments.

The SCSN also described the alleged third term bid as 'undemocratic and unconstit-utional', and cautioned emirs and chiefs in the North to resist attempts to use them to achieve this dastardly act through financial inducement for they stood the risk of being discredited.

The SCSN also conde-mned attempts by the federal government to legalise abor-tion and attempts to abolish the institution of Hisbah in Kano State as well as the Child Rights Act and the law seek-ing the abolition of Hudud, describing them as antithetical to the teachings of Islam.

It condemned the double standard by the West in respect of the massive victory by Hamas in Palestine, and called for negotiations rather than the arm-twisting tactics to compel Hamas to recognize the state of Israel.

SCSN called on all Muslims not to be left out in the forthcoming national population census, urging them to be steadfast and alert to expose all efforts to manipulate the census results.