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Ramadan in Nigeria: Islamic police arrest non-fasting Muslims in Kano
Nine Muslims detained for public eating during Ramadan will receive religious instruction amid intensified enforcement of fasting rules by Kano State Hisbah.
- On Wednesday, the Kano State Hisbah Board arrested nine Muslims in Kano state, northern Nigeria, for eating during Ramadan's first day.
- Hisbah officers detained people after seeing them eat in daylight, enforcing Ramadan fasting rules, and said they claimed ignorance Ramadan had begun, according to Mujahid Aminudeen.
- Cafes, restaurants and markets are searched each Ramadan in Kano, a predominantly Muslim state where Sharia operates alongside secular law, though some eateries open in areas with significant Christian populations.
- Hisbah added that detainees will receive religious instruction, and it is not clear when they will be released, as past cases involved families monitoring compliance, Aminudeen said.
- Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, lasts 29 or 30 days, with Sharia in 12 northern states shaping enforcement practices, including in Kano.
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