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Nigeria court rejects appeal against death sentence

A Sharia court in Kano in August 2020 ordered Yahaya Aminu Sharif's death by hanging for expressions considered derogatory against the Prophet Mohammed. 

Nigeria court rejects appeal against death sentence
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

A federal appeals court in northern Nigeria's Kano state quashed an appeal Wednesday against a death sentence given to a singer accused of blasphemy saying the religious ruling was constitutional.

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