Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Killing People For Not Seeing God the Way You Do

is there a chance the sentences won't be carried out? i hope they won't be.
if there a petition against it, i would sign. seems to me this is a case where public campaigning might have an impact
ken

On 6/28/15 10:05 PM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju wrote:

• Daniel Essien

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  I campaigned against Buhari saying that his extreme stance will embolden latent Islamic extremists to come to the open to perpetuate inhuman acts.

  Now Buhari is President and 9 'blasphemers' have been sentenced by a Sharia Court in Kano to be beheaded. Hundreds of protesters had destroyed the court house and threatened the judge to put through that sentence. It is reminiscent of a savage kingdom.

  I first heard the term 'blasphemy laws' on Aljazeera in relation to the situation in Pakistan where people were beheaded for 'insulting' the prophet. I knew that we had to prevent anybody that commands in Nigeria, the class of people capable of such ignorance from becoming President or we'll be damned.

  Now it has happened and the first executions that will trend Nigeria on foreign media alongside Pakistan when discussions on 'honour killings' and 'blasphemy laws' is in the offing. Once again, I and many other anti-Buhari campaigners have been vindicated.

  The people who shouted me down the most during my political campaigns were Christians living in areas far from the North. They fell for and got drunk with the promise of 'change'. Now they remain removed from the consequences of the Kano case just as they have always been shielded from the realities behind the façade called 'change'.

  The many ordinary people in Kano and places like Kano have been exposed to the possibility of a primitive existence.

  There's more to come.

  It's a tragedy.

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• Aboyeji E Iyinoluwa I'm sure this is something that can be resolved at the National Assembly level.

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• Joel Y. Okama

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• Daniel Essien ^^^ I hope so... but there's more hope in resolving it locally in Kano as the Sharia Law appears to recommend beheading as punishment for 'blasphemy'. Perhaps an appeal will set aside that judgement.
  
  But remember that there is an army of angry people waiting to pounce on any judge who gives 'unfavourable' judgements in the case.

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• Daniel Igbokwe For centuries, the people of the lower Niger have resisted islamisation. an islamized Nigeria = SYRIA+ IRAQ ^2000000

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• Dankano Sadiq Mr Daniel. Our religion is our life. We accept all the rules Islam prescribe.
  
  So whats the correlation between Buhari & the sentensing?
  Did Buhari sentensed any one? or did he prescribe the law?
  
  Always reseach well on issues.
  
  People maintain their way of lives,tradition in diffent ways
  Please

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• Daniel Igbokwe ^^ see why the white man calls all blacks FOOLS

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• Dankano Sadiq A fool is he who cross GOD owns rules.
  
  No wonder, the white man u called not a fool just accepted the legalization of GAY.
  
  May God save us.

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• Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju It is primitive and inhuman to defend beliefs in God or prophets by killing human beings.
  
  A God whose existence is unproven.
  
  Prophets whose claims are unproven.
  
  Any religion where that is done demonstrates a deeply primitive and inhuman element.
  
  Islam needs refinement.

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Jacqueline Jika Ibeh Is there any proof that god/allah exists??
This our tomfoolery for western/arabic religion is getting out of hand!
#BackToOurRoots

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