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Supreme Court Sentences Murderers Of Man Codemned for Blasphemy
2nd May '08
The Supreme Court of Nigeria confirmed the death sentence for Abdullahi Ada and others involved in the murder of Abdullahi Umaru, condemned for "blasphemy" of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, in Kebbi state in 1999.
Justice George Oguntade ordered that Ada be hanged until confirmed dead. With sharia (Islamic law) in force in Kebbi and 11 other states in northern Nigeria "though supposed to be applied only to Muslims" the high court judgment has further prompted Muslim calls for legislation against blasphemy.
The National Assembly is amending the 1999 constitution, and Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria's Kano state have called for a national law against blasphemy, leaving Christian leaders fearful that Islamic law could be used to arbitrarily put Christians to death. In part, the secular court convictions for the murder of Umaru are behind the agitation for blasphemy legislation, they say.
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