It is a given, that you can’t help but roll your eyes when you read a headline like, ‘Kano Hisbah bans the use of mannequins to display clothes in shops to curb immoral thoughts.’ Also, unless you have immersed yourself in the local culture sans presumptions of what it entails wholly and in part, it... Read More

July 1, 2021

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Nigerians are subsidising human rights violations by Hisbah in Kano. When does it end?

It has almost become a tradition – the kind you know will happen but that you are not sure when – to wake up to the most bizarre thoughts or actions made public in the name of the Shariah police – Hisbah. Today, it is that the illegal body which is responsible for countless criminal... Read More

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April 16, 2021

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3 Muslims on how the culture of public humiliation for not fasting changed how they feel about Ramadan

On 10 April, just days ahead of the commencement of Ramadan, I wrote this piece calling upon world leaders who are in the business of sending out well-meaning messages each year to the Muslim community at the beginning of Ramadan to implore Muslims to desist from enforcing compulsory fasting. The reason for that piece is... Read More

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February 5, 2021

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Shari’ah: A mistake that should never have been allowed

When former Executive Secretary of Nigeria’s Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf revealed while speaking on Arise News’ The Morning Show that his Somali friends who are currently resident in the United States (US) have been calling him worried. “We are worried about Nigeria, this is how Somalia started,” they said, he was referring... Read More

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November 27, 2020

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Black Friday: A section of Nigeria playing by its own rules remains dangerous for everyone

Every other day an item of news or two will make its way out of Northern Nigeria and shock the rest of the country. Whether it is the incarceration of and subsequent sentencing to death of a singer, for singing lyrics the Sharia Commission considers blasphemy or the continued incarceration without trial of the former... Read More

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November 9, 2020

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The Kano government may be imposing Sharia law on non-Muslims and we’re worried

Reports indicate that the Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed well over 1,975,000 bottles of beer- worth over N200 million. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, represented by his Deputy Nasiru Gawuna during the destruction exercise at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government, said that the consumption of alcohol and other intoxicants is forbidden in Islam. In... Read More

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September 5, 2013

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Oh yes, it’s ladies night! – 21 commercial sex workers arrested in Jigawa

by ‘Jola Sotubo 21 sex workers in Jigawa State have had their business interrupted as they have been arrested by the state Hisbah command. The prostitutes were arrested as part of the state’s efforts to crackdown on the illicit sex trade going on within its borders. Alhaji Aliyu Galamawa, the state’s Hisbah commandant revealed that... Read More

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December 4, 2012

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Another bomb blast injures 3 Shari’a guards in Kano

by Akan Ido A bomb explosion in Kano yesterday injured three paramilitary personnel. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was said to have been planted by unknown persons by the wall of the Juma’at Praying ground at Kofar Mata, where the paramilitary personnel usually take shelter. The injured officers are from Hisbah Guards, Federal Road Safety... Read More

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July 15, 2012

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Endorsed by the Vice Presidency: Kano weds 250 couples

by Isi Esene This might not be your dream wedding but it surely serves its purpose. The Kano State Government yesterday conducted a mass wedding for 250 couples, this is the second one in its series being co-ordinated by the State Hisbah Board, the first one held on May 15 at the Kano Central Mosque.... Read More

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Nigerians are subsidising human rights violations by Hisbah in Kano. When does it end?

3 Muslims on how the culture of public humiliation for not fasting changed how they feel about Ramadan

Shari’ah: A mistake that should never have been allowed

Black Friday: A section of Nigeria playing by its own rules remains dangerous for everyone

The Kano government may be imposing Sharia law on non-Muslims and we’re worried

Oh yes, it’s ladies night! – 21 commercial sex workers arrested in Jigawa

Another bomb blast injures 3 Shari’a guards in Kano

Endorsed by the Vice Presidency: Kano weds 250 couples

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