Other online definitions said the term is used interchangeably with the word kafir, an Arabic word meaning infidel or unbeliever. The convict was arraigned on a one-count charge of insulting religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of the Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law 2000.Īccording to the First Information Report (FIR) sighted by our correspondents, the convict committed the offence via a WhatsApp post on February 28, 2020, in which he called the Holy prophet a ‘mushrik (proclaiming other gods)’.Ī mushrik, according to, “is a person who believes in another deity together with Allah The Almighty, and who demonstrates this by dedicating acts of worship, such as kneeling, prostration, supplication, slaughtering or any other act of worship, to a being other than Allah The Almighty.” With only a few journalists and security agents allowed entry into the court, Daily Trust gathered from one of those that were allowed entry that the convict “almost fainted when the judge was pronouncing the judgment.”ĭaily Trust reports that there was heavy security presence at the court’s premises.
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