The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the upper Sharia
court in Kano for sentencing a cleric to death for committing blasphemy against
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Delivering judgment on Thursday, Ibrahim Sarki Yola, the
presiding kadi(judge) sentenced AbdulJabbar Nasiru-Kabara to death by hanging
over blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Muhammad Aliyu, Sokoto state MURIC chairman, in a statement
on Saturday, said the position of the law on blasphemy was affirmed by the
supreme court.
“MURIC Sokoto chapter commends the Upper Sharia Court in
Kano which sentenced Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara to death by hanging for his many
blasphemous utterances,” the statement reads.
“It is instructive to
note that the judgement as well as the consequential orders given by the court
after sentencing him to death directed the Kano State government to seize his
two mosques and ordered all media houses to desist from using any of
Abduljabbar’s teachings and pictures.
“It is a well-known principle of law that under the Shari’a,
death sentence awaits anybody who insults, defames or brings disrepute to the
Prophet of Islam Muhammad (Peace and Blessing of Allah be Upon Him).
“This position of law was affirmed by the Supreme Court of
Nigeria in the case of Kaza v. State [2008] 7 NWLR (Pt. 1085) 125, ratio 15,
where it says thus: Under Sharia, any sane and adult Muslim who insults,
defames or utters words or does acts which are capable of bringing into
disrepute, odium or contempt the person of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW),
such a person has committed a serious crime which is punishable by death.
“The people of Kano
also deserve to be commended for not taking the law into their hands when the
incident happened. Rather they allowed the government to take action in
accordance with the teaching of Islam.
“Finally, we urge Muslims to always allow the law to take
its course, whenever, an issue of such nature arises without taking the law
into their hands. May the peace and blessings of Allah continue to be upon the
noble prophet Muhammad (SAW).”
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