Kano Shura Council To Probe Allegations Of Blasphemy Against Islamic Scholar

The Kano State Shura Council has announced that it volition analyse allegations of blasphemy made against a salient Islamic scholar, Malam Lawan Shuaibu Abubakar Triumph, pursuing petitions forwarded by the State Government.

Secretary of the Shura Council, Shehu Wada Sagagi, disclosed this during a property briefing connected Friday evening that the committee, chaired by the Waliyan Kano, has resolved to invitation some the petitioners and the accused student for hearings to code the allegations.

The accusations against Malam Triumph included claims that helium made inappropriate statements astir Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), including allegations astir the Prophet’s carnal information and arguable comparisons regarding his birth. The petitioners besides accused the cleric of making derogatory statements astir the Prophet’s parents.

According to Sagagi, the allegations astatine this signifier were specified allegations, but the committee volition travel strict Islamic jurisprudence successful its deliberations.

“The petitioners volition beryllium invited to elaborate connected their petitions, and Malam Triumph volition person the accidental to support himself against these allegations,” helium stated.

The Shura Council’s probe comes amid reports that immoderate petitioners were considering ineligible enactment connected the aforesaid matter. However, Sagagi declined to remark connected imaginable tribunal proceedings, stating that helium was lone authorised to talk connected matters earlier the Shura Commission.

He further called for bid and harmony passim the process, highlighting Kano State’s unsocial presumption arsenic the astir peaceful authorities among Nigeria’s 7 North-western States, hence the request to support it.

Sagagi commended the State Government for bringing the substance earlier the Committee, which said comprised well-known Islamic scholars versed successful Islamic jurisprudence who tin supply due guidance.

He further highlighted that the committee volition behaviour its hearings and deliberations earlier advising the State Government connected the due people of enactment based connected Islamic instrumentality and principles.