Kano is a land for infidels — Shekau reacts sentencing of musician to death

The leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has released an audio in which he reacted to the death sentence of Yahaya Sherif-Aminu, the musician who was charged guilty for blasphemy.

In an 11-minute audio made available to Humangle, Shekau criticised the Kano State government for practising democracy in a state known to be Islamic in nature.

“We heard about something sad happening in the state where people think they are Muslims, even though they are practising disbelief.”

“A singer opened his mouth and uttered unkind words against the Prophet (PBUH). It was said he was arrested and sentenced to death by hanging.

“According to some people, he can appeal the judgement. But what brought this if the sentence is godly?”

According to Humangle reporter Alihu Dahiru, Shekau was saying this because an upper Sharia court judge who sentenced the singer, Alkali Aliyu Muhammad Kani, said the accused could appeal the verdict within 30 days even though he did not deny the charges.

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Shekau claimed that everyone knows that all schools of Islamic jurisprudence opine that whoever insults the Prophet should not be asked to repent.

“He should just be killed. If you really sentenced him, we should only hear that you slaughtered him,” he said.

Shekau added that Kano is not an Islamic State, calling it a land of infidels where democracy is practised.

“You are not in an Islamic State. You are in the land of infidels. The only exception among you is a weak person who holds ‘Tawhid’ (monotheism). He can’t be declared as an infidel, but he is a sinner because he didn’t migrate.”

“Before he insulted the Prophet (PBUH), your lifestyle is an insult itself. Your lifestyle is also blasphemy against the Prophet. How can you say you love someone and you slap him?”

Referring to the people of Kano, Shekau said, “Just because you sit down and recite the Qu’ran after you have already done what made you unbelievers? And because you say there is no god but Allah, you think you are Muslims? We tell you, you and the one who insulted the Prophet are all the same.”

Daily Times reports that Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging in Kano State for insulting Prophet Muhammad in a song he shared on WhatsApp in March.