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Blasphemy: Boko Haram Leader, Shekau condemns Kano death sentence on singer

Leader of Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau has condemned a ruling by an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State, which sentenced a young musician identified as Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad, HumAngle reports.

The ruling issued on Monday, August 10 has sparked reactions and condemnations by concerned Nigerians who faulted the said Sharia Law that permits the punishment.

HumAngle reports that Shekau condemned the Kano State court ruling because he sees no difference between the blasphemer and those who sentenced him.

Shekau, is reported to have said: “there is no difference between the ‘blasphemer’ and those who sentenced him to death.”

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