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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 6 Jan 2016

    Islamic court in Kano, Nigeria, sentences to death cleric for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad http://bbc.in/1ZNlDS5 pic.twitter.com/Cf60LkMTi5

    1:25 AM - 6 Jan 2016
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      1. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 6 Jan 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica I don't know why @BBCAfrica is reporting this one now but this is part of the reason why Nigeria should be decolonize #freeBiafra

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      1. John Nisbet‏ @jnisbet3 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @NatSecSoc this is the 21st century, how can we still have ignorant morons in the world that think this bullshit is acceptable?

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      1. MR.SCOFIELD DOKUBO‏ @scofieldbauer20 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Do u see y Biafra wants freedom from Nigeria?Hw can a man be judged by sharia court in a nation dat contains christians n muslims

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      1. Chikezie Omeje‏ @KezieOmeje 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Nigeria claims to be a secular state but still have this kind of barbaric practices under penal code in the north

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      1. Mcking‏ @bobkingsley93 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @MichaelBarger1 This is archaic

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      1. Chanda Don.‏ @lloyd_chanda 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Muhammad was a god?

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      1. AttorneyTc‏ @FunkyGuy78 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Islam can't be this barbaric. NO! Why are they killing even themselves in the name of religion? And we complain about terrorism?

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      1. Tabitha Ezra‏ @ezratabitha 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Accordng to my undstanding, Religion is suppose to bring ppl togther, but what's happning rght now in ths world is quite contrary

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      1. nnenna oh‏ @getnnenna 6 Jan 2016
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        @BBCAfrica why do people fight their God's own war?? He is that almighty, isn't it?

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