A Sharia court in Kano state has sentenced an Islamic Cleric to death for going against certain fundamental Islamic rules.
A Kano-based Sharia court has sentenced an Imam, Abdul Niasse, to death for blaspheming Islam's holiest figure, Prophet Muhammad.
According to the prosecutor Lamido Abba Soron-Dinki who spoke with AFP, Niasse was sentenced at a secret trial to "avoid a repeat of the mob action" seen at a previous hearing of the court.
Niasse caused public outrage in May when he allegedly made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad to followers as they marked the birthday of the former leader of the Muslim Tijaniyya Sufi order, Ibrahim Niasse.
He was arrested in Abuja in August where he was in hiding and was brought back to Kano for his trial.
Niasse caused public outrage in May when he allegedly made derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad to followers as they marked the birthday of the former leader of the Muslim Tijaniyya Sufi order, Ibrahim Niasse.
He was arrested in Abuja in August where he was in hiding and was brought back to Kano for his trial.
Soron-Dinki added that: "He has up to a month to appeal the sentence and it is most likely he is going for an appeal."
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