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Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy
August 13, 2020
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CWN Editor's Note: “States across Muslim-majority northern Nigeria use both secular law and Sharia law, which does not apply to non-Muslims,” the report notes. “Protesters had burnt down [the singer’s] family home and gathered outside the headquarters of the Islamic police, known as the Hisbah, demanding action against him.”
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