Nigeria: Blasphemy - Sharia Council Urges Ganduje to Approve Death Sentence for Kano Singer

19 August 2020

The Supreme Council for Shari'ah in Nigeria, SCSN, has advised Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State to approve the execution of the musician, Shariff Yahaya Shariff, recently sentenced to death by Shari'ah court in Kano for alleged blasphemy.

SCSN applauded the courage of Qadi Ali Kani of the Upper Shari'ah Court Gyadi-Gyadi Kano for charging, trying and convicting the Islamic gospel singer, accused of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.

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