Hundreds of rioting Muslims have set
a Shariah court ablaze in Nigeria's northern
Kano city to protest a judge freeing a cleric
accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad.
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.
He is accused of saying that the Tijanniyah
sect leader is more powerful than
Muhammad. Kano is Nigeria's second largest
city with a mainly Muslim population that
adheres in almost equal numbers to the Sunni
and Tijanniyah sects.
Nyass appeared before the Shariah court last
week but was apparently secretly freed and
has disappeared.
Police monitored the crowd of protesters but
did not interfere as they marched on
Government House, the office of the governor
of Kano.
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