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Titolo: Kano, Nigeria. Introdotta la separazione dei sessi sui mezzi pubblici

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KANO, 26 July (IRIN) - Women in Kano State have been banned from riding in
the same buses as men and from riding behind men on motorcycles as the state
government extends its application of Islamic Shari'ah law.
The separation of the sexes in this state in northern Nigeria will be
enforced by a 9,000-strong religious police force with the power to fine
people who ignore the new rules.
State governor Ibrahim Shekarau launched the implementation of the new law
on Tuesday at a ceremony at Kano city stadium attended by 10,000 chanting
supporters.
He told them that the new road traffic law promulgated by the state
government earlier this year would stop "the mixture of men and women in
commercial vehicles and the carrying of women on motorcycles."
"Our aim is to be at the forefront of conducting our activities decently and
to protect Allah's Sharia," Shekarau added to chants of "Allah is great!"
At the ceremony, the state governor formally presented new 100 mini-buses,
100 motor cycles and 300 motor tricycles which have bought to ease the
implementation of the new law.
Motorcycles as well as cars are widely used as taxis in Kano city.
Shekaru said his government had recruited 9,000 Hisbah or Islamic law
enforcers to help with the implementation of the law.
Transport operators who mix men and women in their vehicles risk a fine of
5,000 naira (US $38) or a six-month suspension of their license.
However, some exceptions will still be allowed. A man will still be able to
ride in the same car or taxi as his wife and children, for example.
Kano is one of 12 states in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north that
adopted the strict Shari'ah code in 2000, but it is the first to introduce
segregated public transport.
The introduction of Shari'ah deepened mutual suspicions between Nigeria's
Muslim north and the mainly Christian south, erupting in periodic bouts of
sectarian violence in which thousands of people have died.
Punishments under the legal code include amputation of limbs for stealing,
stoning to death for adultery and homosexual activity and public flogging
for premarital sex and drinking alcohol.
Kano's Muslims majority, for the most part, welcomed the new law.
"It is against the injunctions of Allah for a man to sit close to a woman
who is not his wife, and this is what happens in public vehicles," Suleiman
Musa, a Muslim cleric, told IRIN. "That is why we want this law."
But the large Christian community in Kano, which will have to abide by the
new rules too, was less happy.
"In the first place the buses are not enough to serve the millions of people
in this city. But then I hope they limit the application to Muslims only,
because we Christians won't accept it," said Michael Akpabio, a Christian
Pentecostal preacher in the city.
Kano, with a population of four million, is the biggest city in northern
Nigeria and has long been a hotbed of sectarian violence.
More than 200 people died in the last outburst of Muslim-Christian clashes
in Kano in May 2004.
IRIN News

 to protect Allah's Sharia," Shekarau added to chants of "Allah is great!"
Fanno bene. E' noto che in Nigeria stanno sempre a scopare... ;-)
Am.


L'Islam avanza.
Ovunque in modo violento.
Saluti Cad Ali'
--
Dalla sura * della Conversione*..............
"Combattete coloro che non credono in Allah e nell'Ultimo Giorno, che non
vietano quello che Allah e il Suo Messaggero hanno vietato, e quelli, tra la
gente della Scrittura  che non scelgono la religione della verità, finchè
non versino umilmente il tributo, e siano soggiogati" (Sura 9:29).
"Se non vi lancerete nella lotta, Allah vi castigherà con doloroso castigo e
vi sostituirà con un altro popolo, mentre voi non potrete nuocergli in
nessun modo" (Sura 9:39).
"Uccidete gli idolatri ovunque li troviate, fateli prigionieri, assediateli
e combatteteli con ogni genere di tranelli" (Corano 9,5).
"Combatti quelli che non credono in Allah... combattete finchè non paghino
con umiliazione il tributo" (Corano 9,29).