Does anyone in these mobs ever wonder why so many people seem interested in desecrating the Qur’an? What could possibly motivate them to do such a thing? Why would they bother? Why do we see instances of this so often, but not the desecration of other holy books, much less mobs forming to punish the […]
Nigeria: Kano State Sharia police say the use of mannequins is un-Islamic
This is because, you see, if a man is tempted by seeing an unveiled mannequin, and rapes her, then the poor mannequin will have to be put to death to salvage the honor of the department store. “Hisbah threatens to apprehend, prosecute users of mannequins in Kano,” by Bashir Bello, Vanguard, July 4, 2021: The […]
Nigeria: Kano State Sharia police arrest five men accused of engaging in homosexuality
A hadith depicts Muhammad specifying the punishment for homosexual activity: “The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, execute the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.’” (Sunan Abu Dawud 4462) Will gay rights […]
Nigeria: Kano state ban on sale and consumption of alcohol binding on Christians as well as Muslims
Sharia apologists in the West routinely claim that Sharia, when imposed upon a given area, applies only to Muslims, not to any non-Muslims who may live there. Reality again and again proves otherwise. “Kano Sharia Law Against Sale, Consumption Of Alcohol Binding On Muslims, Christians –State Hisbah Chief,” Sahara Reporters, January 12, 2021 (thanks to […]
Nigeria: Kano state Sharia enforcers confiscate and destroy 1,975,000 bottles of beer
Here again we see that the frequently enunciated Islamic critique of the West as a sinkhole of vice and immorality, compared to the purity and uprightness of Sharia states, is not based on genuine virtue, but upon force. The residents of Kano State, or at least some of them — those who were going to […]
Nigeria: Kano State, which enforces Sharia, destroys 196,400 bottles of beer
Here again we see that the frequently enunciated Islamic critique of the West as a sinkhole of vice and immorality, compared to the purity and uprightness of Sharia states, is not based on genuine virtue, but upon force. The residents of Kano State, or at least some of them — those who were going to […]