Nigerian appeals court throws out sharia convictions after outcry
Secular court acquits a teenager from a 10-year prison sentence and orders a new trial for a man sentenced to death for blasphemous message on WhatsApp
21 January 2021 - 22:19
Kano — A Nigerian court threw out two blasphemy convictions on Thursday that had caused an outcry, freeing a teenager from a 10-year prison sentence and ordering a new trial for a man sentenced to death.
The two had been convicted in August by a sharia court in Nigeria's northern, mainly Muslim state of Kano. Teenager Omar Farouq was accused of making blasphemous comments during an argument, while Yahaya Aminu Sharif was accused of having shared a blasphemous message on WhatsApp...
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