BLASPHEMY: DON’T INTERFERE IN ISLAMIC MATTERS, SHAGARI’S GRANDSON TELLS CHRISTIANS
Bello Shagari, a grandson of a former President of Nigeria, Shehu Shagari, has asked Christians not to meddle in Islamic matters.
Shagari, a former President of the Nigeria's National Youth Council, said this while reacting to people’s comments on the decision of an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State, which sentenced a musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death for blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad.
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Sharif-Aminu, aged 22, was said to have committed blasphemy for using derogatory words in a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March, after which protesters burnt down his family house, Eons Intelligence reports.
“Muslims should focus on their Islam, Christians should focus on their Christianity and disbelievers should focus on their disbelief. Everyone should practise what they believe. No belief should bother another in anyway and anyone who does so has intruded. Fact! Peace,” Shagari said.
However, Bello Shagar was tackled for refusing to condemn the death sentence of the musician, Shagari admitted that there was a need to review certain aspects of the Sharia law.
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“The whole debate about Sharia is uncalled for. Most of us debating aren’t even knowledgeable enough to discuss these topics. But the problem is that a critic can criticise even what he does not know which gives room for a response even from who does not also know enough.
“The only injustice I see in Sharia in Nigeria is its application. It is only applicable to the criminal downtrodden or the less privileged, except of course if it is not in punishment,” he added.
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