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  • Pope Francis slams decision to allow burning of Qur’an

    Pope Francis slams decision to allow burning of Qur’an

    Pope Francis said he rejected the authorisation of the burning of the Qur’an in an interview with UAE’s newspaper al-Ittihad on Monday, adding that such acts made him angry.

    “Any book considered holy should be respected to respect those who believe in it,” the pope said. “I feel angry and disgusted at these actions”

    The remarks are considered the first statement by the head of the Catholic Church about incidents of burning copies of the Quran in Sweden.

    “Allowing this is unacceptable and condemned,” he said, stressing that freedom of expression should not be used as an excuse to offend others.

    “Our mission is to transform the religious sense into cooperation, fraternity, and tangible acts of goodness.”

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG)  reported that a man tore up and burned a Qur’an in Sweden’s capital Stockholm last week, resulting in strong condemnation from several countries.

    While Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Qur’an demonstrations, courts have over-ruled those decisions, saying they infringed freedom of speech.

    On Sunday, an Islamic grouping of 57 states said collective measures are needed to prevent acts of desecration to the Qur’ran and international law should be used to stop religious hatred.

  • Iraqi protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad over Quran burning

    Iraqi protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad over Quran burning

    Protesters in Baghdad stormed Swedish embassy in retaliation for the burning of the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm, which sparked condemnation from across the Muslim countries.

    A crowd of supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr remained on the premises for about 15 minutes before they left as heavy security was deployed, AFP news agency reported.

    A message on the leaflets carried by the protesters read, “Our constitution is the Quran.” Another message sprayed on the gate of the embassy compound read, “Yes, yes to the Quran.”

  • Father arrested for assaulting son over inability to recite Quran

    Father arrested for assaulting son over inability to recite Quran

    The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has arrested the man who allegedly inflicted bodily injuries on his 11-year-old son for his inability to recite the Holy Quran.

    Its spokesperson, Mrs Joke Ladenegan-Oginni stated on Saturday in Lagos that the man had been detained at Meiran Division of the Nigeria Police Force.

    The assault on the 11-year-old went viral in the social media as his body showed welts received from belt whips leading to excessive bleeding.

    Ladenegan-Oginni stated that DSVA received the report from concerned citizen on repeated assaults on the child.

    “The agency received a report from a journalist of an 11-year-old male who was physically assaulted by his father.

    “The DSVA gathered that the father meted the assault because the boy had not been able to recite the Holy Quran.

    “Following repeated assaults, the boy has haematuria (blood in urine), two episodes of loss of consciousness, bleeding from the ears and nostrils,’’ she stated.

    Ladenegan-Oginni added that the child was receiving medical attention facilitated by the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the state’s Primary Health Care Board.

    She advised members of the public to report all cases of abuse, assault and sexual violence against persons to the agency for justice to be served.

  • Muslim-Muslim ticket: ‘’Bible and Quran have always been in Tinubu’s house”

    Muslim-Muslim ticket: ‘’Bible and Quran have always been in Tinubu’s house”

    Ambassador Dare Owotomobi, the Global Coordinator of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Solidarity Vanguard (BATSV)  has rubbished the criticism surrounding Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima’s presidential ticket.

    He said God is neither a Muslim nor a Christian but a God of good living, efficient transportation, and security.

    Owotomobi spoke in Katsina during the inauguration of the North West wing of the vanguard at Old Government House Katsina.

    He said: ’’We are here to celebrate the impending electoral victory of Asiwaju bola Tinubu, victory is already knocking at the door.

    ‘’Please convey our message of hope from Tinubu who is a rewarder of every effort. God is not only for the Muslims or for the Christians but the God of everyone for those condemning Muslim-Muslim ticket, they are missing the point.

    ‘’Religion is a matter of environment, talking about issues, better living, security, efficient transportation and so on, all these are more than religious issues.”

    He added: ‘’Bible and Quran have always been in Tinubu’s house. His wife and some of hs children are Christians, so serving humanity remains uppermost in his mind with the fear of God.”

  • Lagos police arraign three men for allegedly burning commercial s3x worker

    Lagos police arraign three men for allegedly burning commercial s3x worker

    The Lagos State Police have charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a commercial s3x worker and thereafter burnt her to death after a Quran was found under her pillow.

     

    A source identified the suspects as Abubakar Musa, Sarauta Monsur, and Surajo Yusuf.

     

    The s3x worker identified as Hannah Saliu was reportedly beaten, stabbed and burnt to death by one of her customers with the aid of his friends.

     

    The incident happened in Alaba Rago area of Lagos State.

     

    It was gathered that one of the suspects had patronized Saliu and paid her N1,000 for her services but almost immediately after the customer left the room, the prostitute was reported to have raised an alarm that he stole her N5,000.

     

    The accusation, however, degenerated into an argument which led the customer to mobilize his friends and demand a search in the prostitute’s room for the missing money.

     

    It was while searching for the money that they discovered a Quran underneath her pillow.

     

    The discovery was said to have enraged the customer and his friends who were of the opinion that a prostitute should not be in possession of a Quran.

     

    They thereafter pounced on her, beat and stabbed her before eventually dragging her out and setting her ablaze.

     

    “What happened was that the girl was a prostitute and a customer patronized her and after sleeping with her, the customer paid N1,000 for her service.

     

    “But when the customer was leaving, he stole the prostitute’s N5,000 and after discovering that her money had gone missing, the prostitute chased him to ask for her money.

     

    “The Northerners, who were with the customer that the girl accused of stealing her money, asked if she was sure that he stole her money. So, they decided to go and search her room where she attended to her customers.

     

    “While searching the room, they found Quran under her pillow and started asking what she was using the Quran for as a prostitute. So, they started attacking her; they stabbed her, took her out and set her ablaze.

     

    “The incident happened at Alaba Rago, where a lot of Northerners reside. The girl that was killed also came from the North. Their grouse was that she was not supposed to be carrying Quran because of the kind of work she was doing,” a source narrated.

     

    The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin also confirmed the incident, pointing out that it happened in April and the matter is in court already.

     

    He said, “The case is at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, and three suspects have been charged to court. The incident happened in April.”

  • How Bandits swore with Qur’an in my office to deceive me – Masari

    How Bandits swore with Qur’an in my office to deceive me – Masari

    The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has revealed how he was deceived by bandits in his office using the Qur’an.

    The Governor vowed never to believe in the terrorists.

    He noted that they deceived his government into believing that they had surrendered their weapons by swearing with the Qur’an.

    Masari said this while hosting the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, in Katsina over the weekend.

    According to Masari: “Because they (terrorists) said they are Muslims, we went as far as asking them to swear to the Holy Qur’an that they will never participate in banditry again.

    “All of them did it in this office, but even those that have been in jail for over two years that were brought out are today bandits’ leaders.

    “Anybody who says he is going to engage them on anything is free. I will pray for him but I will not do it again.”

  • Alleged Extortion: Shehu Sani rejects lie detector test, wants to swear with Quran

    Former Kaduna central Senator, Shehu Sani has turned down a lie detector test suggested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and instead opted to swear by the Quran.

    It was the latest development in the alleged extortion case involving him and ASD Motors Chairman, Sani Dauda, who claimed to have given him $24,000 as demanded to offer as bribes to judges and the EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu.

    According to The Nation, Shehu Sani refused to take a lie detector test when taken to a polygraph clinic at the EFCC Wuse office, in Abuja.

    “I won’t take the test; I do not trust the machine. I am not sure whether or not the machine is working well.Instead of polygraph, give me the Holy Qur’an to swear with, ” Sani was quoted as saying.

    It was learnt that EFCC detectives later asked Senator Sani to “put his resistance in a statement on oath for record purposes”.

    A highly-placed source said: “Following his refusal, our detectives did not force him to go through the test.

    “But they asked him to write a statement on his refusal to undergo polygraph because he had earlier sworn by his grave but he has not been straightforward.”

    As there are several ways to catch a monkey, the EFCC will be administering the Polygraph test on Sani’s accuser and his wife on Tuesday.

    According to Dauda’s petition, Shehu Sani collected a total of $24,000 (N8.6 million), by pestering him for the money.

  • JUST IN: Matawalle shuts down school, suspends workers for desecrating Qur’an

    JUST IN: Matawalle shuts down school, suspends workers for desecrating Qur’an

    Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has sent all staff of Shattima Model Primary School, Gusau on an indefinite suspension following the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in the school.

    The school has also been shut pending full investigation by the state Basic Education Commission, said a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General, Press Affairs to the governor.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that pages of the Holy Qur’an were discovered around 11am on Friday in the sewage of the school.

    There has been abuses of the Holy Book in the state since late 2017.

    The incidences occurred at Danturai Primary school, State Library, Farida General Hospital and Rabi’a Jumaat Mosque, among others, all within Gusau metropolis.

    The governor who is currently in the United States to woo investors, assured that the government would fish out the perpetrators.

    He directed immediate deployment of three additional security guards to all public primary schools in the state capital to beef up security.

    “Government will deal ruthlessly with anyone with a hand in this dastardly act, however highly placed,” he said and urged residents to be more vigilant.

    Matawalle said people should report suspicious movements in their areas to security agencies or Shariah commission officials for prompt intervention.

  • Man gets 10 strokes for stealing copy of Holy Quran

    A man, Auwal Muazu got six strokes of cane for dishonestly stealing a copy of the Holy Quran and a pair of shoes of a worshipper in a mosque.

    A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, gave the order on Friday following a guilty plea by Muazu, who resides at Utako village, Abuja.

    Muazu was docked on a count charge of theft.

    The Judge, Mr Abubakar Sadiq, said that the court gave Muazu a “light punishment” because he did not waste the court’s time.

    Sadiq who warned Muazu to shun crime and become good citizen, hoped that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.

    Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs. Okagha Ijeoma, told the court that Muazu committed the offences on April 27 at 1.30 p.m.

    Ijeome told the court that the complainant, one Hadiyatullahi Abdulgani of National Forum headqutater Utako Abuja, reported the matter at the Utako Police Station on the same date.

    Ijeoma said that on April 27 at 1.30 p.m. the convict con to be a worshipper and entered into the National Forum Mosque and dishonestly stole a copy of Quran.

    Ijeoma added that Muazu also stole a pair of shoes belonging to a worshiper but he was arrested and handed over to the police for proper investigations.

    She said that the police recovered the stolen items from Muazu during investigations.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Section 288 of the Penal Code.

    Ijeoma had prayed the court to try the accused summarily under Section 347 of the Administration of Criminal Justices Act, 2015, following his admission of guilt.

    NAN

  • Army recovers Shekau’s personal Qur’an, flag in Sambisa Forest

    …Says no Chibok girl was found

    Major General Lucky Irabor, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, on Wednesday, disclosed that, that Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau left his personal belongings, including a Quran and a flag when the army took over Camp Zero in the Sambisa Forest. Irabor also disclosed that no Chibok girl was found in custody of the arrested Boko Haram insurgents during the operations.

    The Theatre Commander, who was speaking during his weekly briefing in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital said, the picture of fleeing Boko Haram men also showed that, they were using some women as human Shield.

    Irabor said that during the last one week, they recovered arms and ammunitions, saying the war was not over yet.


    According to him, during the operation, the commander lost four soldiers, while it also arrested 1,240 Boko Haram terrorists, adding that, reports from the neighboring Niger Republic also said 30 Boko Haram fighters surrendered. Among them are 24 males and 6 females.

    Speaking further on the capturing of the Camp Zero, General Irabor said, although Boko Haram leader was neither killed nor captured, there are evidence that, he had been there, and left behind his flag and Holy Book while fleeing when camp zero came under attack by the Nigerian military.

    The General also denied that, there was a Frenchman arrested during the operation at the Sambisa Forest. According to him, the picture being circulated in the media is not of the Nigerian military and it was not from them.

    He added that, despite the fact that, some foreigners were said to be among some of the militants arrested, the command is yet to have a comprehensive picture of the involvement of foreigners.