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Now back to the subject, please read the article below which confirms my topic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1962827.stm



The introduction of Sharia has sparked relgious clashes


Muslim leaders in Nigeria say they have introduced Islamic Sharia law in a southern state for the first time.

In defiance of the authorities in Oyo State, the Supreme Council of Sharia says it has carried out a ceremony in Ibadan's central mosque to inaugurate a to rule on civil matters in the region.



The leaders say the will be empowered to decide on matters such as marriage, divorce and land disputes.

The BBC's Kabiru Yayo in Ibadan says the secretary general of Nigeria's Supreme Council for Sharia, Alhaj Nachu Baba Ahmed, was among Muslim leaders from northern Nigeria who attended the Ibadan ceremony.

Islamic code

He says there have been moves to introduce a less radical form of the Islamic code in the southern state of Oyo in the past.

But the state authorities have so far refused to allow their applications there.

A more radical version of the Islamic code - covering crimes - has been introduced in a number of states in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria over the past two years, provoking much controversy and, in some cases, violent protests.

The law insists on stoning for adultery, amputation for theft and flogging for the lesser Islamic crimes of alcohol consumption and intimacy before marriage.

Click here for a map of Sharia states

Nigeria's federal government - under severe international pressure - has condemned the strict punishments handed down by Sharia courts.

But, in response, authorities in the north are equally adamant that the Sharia legal code is something all good Muslims should live their lives by.

Of particular concern to human rights organisations is the increasing unanimity among northern political leaders over the issue of Sharia punishments.

Violent clashes

President Olusegun Obasanjo, himself a devout Christian, has said he would prefer more humane punishments to be handed down by the Sharia courts.

But he has stopped short of condemning Islamic law outright, stressing that Nigeria is a complex multi-religious country.

Nigeria has in the past seen violent clashes between Muslims and Christians over the issue of Sharia.

Observers say the move in Oyo state could trigger tensions and further threaten Nigeria's stability.

Its a double edged sword.

The state is so decrepid and weak, that Sharia in the muslim dominated North.

The vacuum created when the military sucked the life out of the state led people to legislate jungle justice (Sharia in its purest form).

frosbel:

lol, who told you that, go and ask Iraqi, Syrian and middle eastern christians.

Or even better since you are a Christian not under Sharia, go to Saudi Arabia and steal a goat and see what will happen, lol.

True, most Muslims today do not practice what is preached in the Holy Qu'ran, but I am simply stating a fact. Sharia Law should never be applied to other 'people of the book.' Even the Prophet Mohammed, stated that Muslims should respect the traditions of others, since we all people of the book.

However, the nations that you mentioned, seem to marginalize their minority religious groups instead of accepting them and embracing diversity.

@frosbel

so u had to dig up an article from 2002, to your flawed analysis, lol

and for your info Kaduna is not a sharia state, there are 36states in Nigeria, and only 10 or so practise sharia

keep digging though,

paddy_lo:

@frosbel

so u had to dig up an article from 2002, to your flawed analysis, lol

and for your info Kaduna is not a sharia state, there are 36states in Nigeria, and only 10 or so practise sharia

keep digging though,

Hmm, I did not need to that far, it was only an indication of the mindset of those who want Sharia.

If you had watched the video up till the 5 minute mark, the Governor of Zamfara at the time clearly stated that he wants all of Nigeria to be Sharia, that was the primary purpose of Boko Haram.

For the records Sharia was shelved in Kaduna state as a whole but still applies to Muslims in Muslim concentrated areas. And to achieve this compromise thousands lay dead on the streets of our so called tolerant north.

paddy_lo:

@frosbel

so u had to dig up an article from 2002, to your flawed analysis, lol

and for your info Kaduna is not a sharia state, there are 36states in Nigeria, and only 10 or so practise sharia

keep digging though,

So much for our thesis on extensive research.