Hundreds of youths reportedly stormed he streets of the northern Nigerian city of Kano shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) on Friday to protest against a Muslim cleric who is accused of blasphemy for comparing the leader of his group to the Prophet Mohammed, and thereafter set the Sharia court ablaze, police said.
The young men took to the streets in the morning to protest the decision of the court to free the cleric, Abdul Nyass, from the Tijani Muslim sect, accused of insulting the prophet.
An AP reporter watched protesters throw blazing, fuel-filled tires into the building then start marching through streets to demand punishment for Malam Abdul Nyass.
“Hundreds of youths were involved. There was no damage, no injuries and nobody died as a result of this,” Kano police spokesman Magaji Majiya said, noting that the protest lasted just over an hour.
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