12
Feb
2025
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Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Europe there are trappers of African origin, first or second generation immigrants, who freely incite hatred against the symbols of the Christian faith. We saw it recently in Italy, where a young Italian-Moroccan singer made a video where the cathedral of Milan is shrouded in flames. In Nigeria, however, a young singer has been in prison for four years on charges of blasphemy and a death sentence for hanging on his head, because one of his songs would have offended Muhammad. Today, Europe rightly calls on the Nigerian government to release him, to guarantee him a fair trial and to abandon the penal code based on human rights. Sharia. But it is Europe itself that lets multiply in our ghetto-neighborhood cities, where already the Sharia, imposed by clandestine Islamic courts, and which, in order to please other sensitivities, allows our roots and values to be undermined. Europe is asking others to respect their rights. Well, but remember that our peoples have a right to ask Europe for more respect for itself and our history and identity.