In a recent development in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, the Islamic police, known as Hisbah arrested 11 practicing Muslims on Tuesday (March 12) for violating the Ramadan fast by consuming food.&nbsp;

Kano, with its majority Muslim population, operates under Sharia law alongside the country's secular legislation. 
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According to Hisbah spokesman Lawal Fagge, the arrests came following reports from vigilant individuals who observed the purported offenders eating during the fasting period. Among those arrested were 10&nbsp;men and one woman, with some being apprehended near bustling market areas, where Hisbah conducts routine searches during Ramadan.

Fagge explained that the detainees were released after pledging to adhere to the fasting obligations and not intentionally miss any fasts in the future. "For some of them," Fagge stated, "we had to involve their relatives or guardians to ensure family oversight."

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Hisbah's jurisdiction primarily concerns Muslims, and non-Muslims are generally exempt from their enforcement activities. But Fagge noted that non-Muslims could be held accountable if found cooking food intended for sale to fasting Muslims.

Sharia law was introduced in 12 of Nigeria's northern states over two decades ago, all of which have predominantly Muslim populations.

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Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, holds significant religious importance, as Muslims believe it was during this month that the first verses of the Quran were revealed to Prophet Muhammad.

Fasting during Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, forming the foundation of Muslim practice. Observers fast from dawn until sunset throughout the month.

This year, Ramadan began on March 11 and is expected to last 30 days, and is scheduled to conclude on April 9. The arrest of individuals violating the fast underscores the adherence to religious customs in Kano, reflecting the importance of Ramadan in the local community.

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In a recent development in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, the Islamic police, known as Hisbah arrested 11 practicing Muslims on Tuesday (March 12) for violating the Ramadan fast by consuming food.

In a recent development in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, the Islamic police, known as Hisbah arrested 11 practicing Muslims on Tuesday (March 12) for violating the Ramadan fast by consuming food. Kano, with its majority Muslim population, operates under Sharia law alongside the country's secular legislation. According to Hisbah spokesman Lawal Fagge, the arrests came following reports from vigilant individuals who observed the purported offenders eating during the fasting period. Among those arrested were 10 men and one woman, with some being apprehended near bustling market areas, where Hisbah conducts routine searches during Ramadan. Fagge explained that the detainees were released after pledging to adhere to the fasting obligations and not intentionally miss any fasts in the future. "For some of them," Fagge stated, "we had to involve their relatives or guardians to ensure family oversight." Also watch | Nigeria shocker: Gunmen kidnap 287 school children × Hisbah's jurisdiction primarily concerns Muslims, and non-Muslims are generally exempt from their enforcement activities. But Fagge noted that non-Muslims could be held accountable if found cooking food intended for sale to fasting Muslims. Sharia law was introduced in 12 of Nigeria's northern states over two decades ago, all of which have predominantly Muslim populations. Also read | Ramadan begins without ceasefire: What it means for Gaza and rest of the region - Top points Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, holds significant religious importance, as Muslims believe it was during this month that the first verses of the Quran were revealed to Prophet Muhammad. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, forming the foundation of Muslim practice. Observers fast from dawn until sunset throughout the month. This year, Ramadan began on March 11 and is expected to last 30 days, and is scheduled to conclude on April 9. The arrest of individuals violating the fast underscores the adherence to religious customs in Kano, reflecting the importance of Ramadan in the local community. (With inputs from agencies)

Nigeria’s Islamic police arrest non-fasting Muslims during Ramadan

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is once again surrounded by controversy as the cleric who solemnised his Nikkah (wedding), Mufti Saeed, has revealed that Bushra Bibi and the former premier did not follow Shariah law, as per local media portals.&nbsp;&nbsp;

This came during a hearing in Islamabad court on a petition filed by Pakistani Muhammad Hanif. During the hearing, the cleric said the Nikkah was not in accordance with the Shariah law. Elaborating on the wedding details, the cleric disclosed that the ceremony&nbsp;took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi.

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As per Islam, iddah or iddat (an Arabic term) is a waiting period a Muslim woman observes after the death of her husband or in case of a divorce. During this period, Muslim women must not marry another man.&nbsp;According to a few scholars, this is reportedly treated as a mourning period for women.

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The 62-year-old cleric during the hearing, which was presided by Senior Civil Judge Nasr Minullah Baloch, said that he was brought to Defence Housing Authority Lahore in 2018 to officiate Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan's Nikkah.&nbsp;

Mufti Saeed said he only went ahead with the ceremony when a woman who claimed to be Bushra Bibi's sister gave him assurance that all the Sharia requisites had been taken care of, reported Express Tribune. Only then, the cleric said, the wedding was officiated on 1 January 2018.&nbsp;

The cleric revealed that Imran Khan again got in touch with the cleric in February 2018 and asked him to conduct their Nikkah again as he thought his first Nikkah was not as per Shariah law.&nbsp;

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In another one of the statements, the cleric said that both Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi both knew of the situation. Imran Khan, as per Saeed, believed that marrying Bushra would help him in becoming the prime minister.&nbsp;

As per Express Tribune, the petitioner Hanif approached the cleric on Taraweeh prayers on the fourth day of Ramazan. At the time, he inquired about the marriage of Imran and Bushra.&nbsp;

The court has adjourned hearings until 19 April. This is not the first time when Bushra Bibi is in limelight. Most recently, she made headlines when a clash broke out between Imran Khan's supporters and Punjab police in the Toshakhana case.&nbsp;

When the police entered Imran Khan's house, Bushra Bibi was alone in the house. She became the spotlight in the case with many speculating if she was indeed present inside the house or was Imran Khan just bluffing.&nbsp;

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Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is once again surrounded by controversy as the cleric who solemnised his Nikkah (wedding), Mufti Saeed, has revealed that Bushra Bibi and the former premier did not follow Shariah law, as per local media portals.

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is once again surrounded by controversy as the cleric who solemnised his Nikkah (wedding), Mufti Saeed, has revealed that Bushra Bibi and the former premier did not follow Shariah law, as per local media portals. This came during a hearing in Islamabad court on a petition filed by Pakistani Muhammad Hanif. During the hearing, the cleric said the Nikkah was not in accordance with the Shariah law. Elaborating on the wedding details, the cleric disclosed that the ceremony took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi. Also Read | North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile, Japan warns Hokkaido residents As per Islam, iddah or iddat (an Arabic term) is a waiting period a Muslim woman observes after the death of her husband or in case of a divorce. During this period, Muslim women must not marry another man. According to a few scholars, this is reportedly treated as a mourning period for women. Also Read | World Bank announces grant of $200 million to repair Ukraine's energy infrastructure The 62-year-old cleric during the hearing, which was presided by Senior Civil Judge Nasr Minullah Baloch, said that he was brought to Defence Housing Authority Lahore in 2018 to officiate Bushra Bibi and Imran Khan's Nikkah. Mufti Saeed said he only went ahead with the ceremony when a woman who claimed to be Bushra Bibi's sister gave him assurance that all the Sharia requisites had been taken care of, reported Express Tribune. Only then, the cleric said, the wedding was officiated on 1 January 2018. The cleric revealed that Imran Khan again got in touch with the cleric in February 2018 and asked him to conduct their Nikkah again as he thought his first Nikkah was not as per Shariah law. Watch | Prince Harry to attend King Charles Coronation without wife Meghan × In another one of the statements, the cleric said that both Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi both knew of the situation. Imran Khan, as per Saeed, believed that marrying Bushra would help him in becoming the prime minister. As per Express Tribune, the petitioner Hanif approached the cleric on Taraweeh prayers on the fourth day of Ramazan. At the time, he inquired about the marriage of Imran and Bushra. The court has adjourned hearings until 19 April. This is not the first time when Bushra Bibi is in limelight. Most recently, she made headlines when a clash broke out between Imran Khan's supporters and Punjab police in the Toshakhana case. When the police entered Imran Khan's house, Bushra Bibi was alone in the house. She became the spotlight in the case with many speculating if she was indeed present inside the house or was Imran Khan just bluffing. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi's marriage not as per Shariah law: Cleric

The protests of summer 2020 may have been not only some of the biggest in the country, but also some of the biggest in the world.

Millions took to streets to condemn the racism that pervades modern life, as well as decades of past injustice. Protesters called for accountability across the ages. The oppressive policies and practices of this era as well as those of yore were tied up together, a continuum, and all of them had to be brought down, their perpetrators brought to justice.

The lies America had told itself about the degree and severity of its oppression were put on trial. The American narrative was put on trial. And it didn’t fare well.

There was a great movement for many toward enlightenment, a mass removing of scales from eyes. Industries responded, schools responded, individual citizens responded.

Confederate monuments came down, and social justice monuments went up, sometimes with paint on streets and sometimes in ways that were more permanent.

The change was swift. But, predictably, so has been the backlash. The response has particularly taken hold and found a form in the campaign to ban the proper teaching of America’s racial history in schools.

The Republicans behind those bills can bang on about how they are banning the teaching of critical race theory, but what they are really banning is the teaching of the horrific history of white supremacy and how it spawned the oppression of nonwhite people.

The truth is that critical race theory is generally not taught in grade school, but that was never the point, in the same way that in the 2010s conservative lawmakers were never really concerned about what they called the threat of Shariah law in the United States when they introduced bills to ban it in American courts; what they wanted was to advance a racist, Islamophobic agenda.

As a 2019 report born of a partnership between USA Today, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity pointed out, conservative lawmakers had drawn on the same basic rubric for these bills, a model perfected and touted by a network of far-right activists and organizations like the Center for Security Policy, a think tank founded in the 1980s by Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan administration official “who pushes conspiracy theories alleging radical Muslims have infiltrated the government.”

The report detailed how “at least 10,000 bills almost entirely copied from model legislation were introduced nationwide in the past eight years, and more than 2,100 of those bills were signed into law.”

Critical race theory is the new Shariah law, a boogeyman the right can use to activate and harness the racist anti-otherness that is endemic to American conservatism.

Republican lawmakers learned long ago that a surefire way to activate their base was to stoke fears of cultural change and inclusion. They are constantly looking for new issues to hitch this wagon to, and they believe that they have found one this cycle in critical race theory.

Lawmakers have only just begun to push anti-CRT bills. Politico reported on Wednesday, “Legislators in at least a dozen Republican-controlled statehouses — including in Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio — plan to push dozens of bills in upcoming legislative sessions that aim to halt teachings about race and society and give parents more say in what’s discussed in classrooms.”

Republicans believe that these bills could propel what one called a “huge red wave” in the midterms.

But the right’s opportunistic, politically motivated, repression-rooted culture war crusades are by no means new; they are enduring, central features of American politics.

You can see it in the recent rash of anti-trans bathroom bills, again largely focused on schools. One could argue that they are in part a backlash to the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of gay marriage in 2015.

In 2006, there was a massive immigrant rights march. In 2007, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, with President George W. Bush’s support, pushed a comprehensive immigration bill. Although it failed, there was still backlash. Within a few years, scores of anti-immigrant bills would be passed.

As Mother Jones reported in 2012, between 2010 and 2011, state legislatures passed 164 of these measures, including so-called show-your-papers laws, which allowed the police to demand proof of immigration status from anyone they suspected of being in the country illegally.

You can see this same pattern in the wave of anti-gay marriage laws passed in the 1990s. In 1993, gay Hawaii couples won a procedural victory in their fight to marry in the state. The reaction was strong. In 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by a Democrat, Bill Clinton. Soon after, states across the country passed their own anti-gay marriage laws. “Ultimately, 30 more states adopted constitutional amendments prohibiting gay marriage,” NBC News reported in 2020.

This list could go on and on, but there is only so much room on the internet. The point and pattern are clear: The right, and even some on the left, keep lashing out against cultural inclusion and liberation, and Republican politicians continue to exploit the panic.

Critical race theory isn’t really what’s being targeted right now, it is progress. And for Republican lawmakers, the issue is just the latest acid tablet they can place on the tongues of the members of their base to keep them raging and spastic.

The protests of summer 2020 may have been not only some of the biggest in the country, but also some of the biggest in the world. Millions took to streets to condemn the racism that pervades modern life, as well as decades of past injustice.

The protests of summer 2020 may have been not only some of the biggest in the country, but also some of the biggest in the world. Millions took to streets to condemn the racism that pervades modern life, as well as decades of past injustice. Protesters called for accountability across the ages. The oppressive policies and practices of this era as well as those of yore were tied up together, a continuum, and all of them had to be brought down, their perpetrators brought to justice. The lies America had told itself about the degree and severity of its oppression were put on trial. The American narrative was put on trial. And it didn’t fare well. There was a great movement for many toward enlightenment, a mass removing of scales from eyes. Industries responded, schools responded, individual citizens responded. Confederate monuments came down, and social justice monuments went up, sometimes with paint on streets and sometimes in ways that were more permanent. The change was swift. But, predictably, so has been the backlash. The response has particularly taken hold and found a form in the campaign to ban the proper teaching of America’s racial history in schools. The Republicans behind those bills can bang on about how they are banning the teaching of critical race theory, but what they are really banning is the teaching of the horrific history of white supremacy and how it spawned the oppression of nonwhite people. The truth is that critical race theory is generally not taught in grade school, but that was never the point, in the same way that in the 2010s conservative lawmakers were never really concerned about what they called the threat of Shariah law in the United States when they introduced bills to ban it in American courts; what they wanted was to advance a racist, Islamophobic agenda. As a 2019 report born of a partnership between USA Today, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity pointed out, conservative lawmakers had drawn on the same basic rubric for these bills, a model perfected and touted by a network of far-right activists and organizations like the Center for Security Policy, a think tank founded in the 1980s by Frank Gaffney, a former Reagan administration official “who pushes conspiracy theories alleging radical Muslims have infiltrated the government.” The report detailed how “at least 10,000 bills almost entirely copied from model legislation were introduced nationwide in the past eight years, and more than 2,100 of those bills were signed into law.” Critical race theory is the new Shariah law, a boogeyman the right can use to activate and harness the racist anti-otherness that is endemic to American conservatism. Republican lawmakers learned long ago that a surefire way to activate their base was to stoke fears of cultural change and inclusion. They are constantly looking for new issues to hitch this wagon to, and they believe that they have found one this cycle in critical race theory. Lawmakers have only just begun to push anti-CRT bills. Politico reported on Wednesday, “Legislators in at least a dozen Republican-controlled statehouses — including in Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina and Ohio — plan to push dozens of bills in upcoming legislative sessions that aim to halt teachings about race and society and give parents more say in what’s discussed in classrooms.” Republicans believe that these bills could propel what one called a “huge red wave” in the midterms. But the right’s opportunistic, politically motivated, repression-rooted culture war crusades are by no means new; they are enduring, central features of American politics. You can see it in the recent rash of anti-trans bathroom bills, again largely focused on schools. One could argue that they are in part a backlash to the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of gay marriage in 2015. In 2006, there was a massive immigrant rights march. In 2007, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, with President George W. Bush’s support, pushed a comprehensive immigration bill. Although it failed, there was still backlash. Within a few years, scores of anti-immigrant bills would be passed. As Mother Jones reported in 2012, between 2010 and 2011, state legislatures passed 164 of these measures, including so-called show-your-papers laws, which allowed the police to demand proof of immigration status from anyone they suspected of being in the country illegally. You can see this same pattern in the wave of anti-gay marriage laws passed in the 1990s. In 1993, gay Hawaii couples won a procedural victory in their fight to marry in the state. The reaction was strong. In 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by a Democrat, Bill Clinton. Soon after, states across the country passed their own anti-gay marriage laws. “Ultimately, 30 more states adopted constitutional amendments prohibiting gay marriage,” NBC News reported in 2020. This list could go on and on, but there is only so much room on the internet. The point and pattern are clear: The right, and even some on the left, keep lashing out against cultural inclusion and liberation, and Republican politicians continue to exploit the panic. Critical race theory isn’t really what’s being targeted right now, it is progress. And for Republican lawmakers, the issue is just the latest acid tablet they can place on the tongues of the members of their base to keep them raging and spastic.

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The GOP is making 'critical race theory’ the new 'Shariah Law'