According to Yahoo news...Police have
orders to arrest any cabbie carrying men
and women together in the confined space of
the three-wheeled taxis
“The way and manner some of the
commercial tricycle operators engage in
indecent dressing and carry men and
women together is disturbing,” said Yusuf
Yola, spokesman for the Hisbah board that is
responsible for ensuring compliance with
Shariah laws in Kano.
He said such dress, with pants cut off just
below the knee like Bermuda shorts, also was
“un-Hausa,” referring to the biggest tribe in
Nigeria’s north.Usually it’s women who are
the target of the Islamic pol
ce checking that they have properly covered
their heads and limbs.
Yola told The Associated Press on Monday
that 10,000 officers will be deployed to
ensure the laws are enforced, including “a
law in the state which prohibits gender mix
in commercial vehicles.”He said officers
have orders to stop and search to make sure
everyone obeys — including Christians.
In Kano on Monday, taxi driver Jamilu mai
Babur, a Muslim, was rebellious:
“I will not comply with this useless order
because Shariah is not about violating
human rights.”
Jamilu Hisba, another Muslim driver, agreed
but said he would have to obey.
“It’s against Islam, this forceful order, but
they have power over us so I must comply
because this is my means of survival.”
orders to arrest any cabbie carrying men
and women together in the confined space of
the three-wheeled taxis
“The way and manner some of the
commercial tricycle operators engage in
indecent dressing and carry men and
women together is disturbing,” said Yusuf
Yola, spokesman for the Hisbah board that is
responsible for ensuring compliance with
Shariah laws in Kano.
He said such dress, with pants cut off just
below the knee like Bermuda shorts, also was
“un-Hausa,” referring to the biggest tribe in
Nigeria’s north.Usually it’s women who are
the target of the Islamic pol
ce checking that they have properly covered
their heads and limbs.
Yola told The Associated Press on Monday
that 10,000 officers will be deployed to
ensure the laws are enforced, including “a
law in the state which prohibits gender mix
in commercial vehicles.”He said officers
have orders to stop and search to make sure
everyone obeys — including Christians.
In Kano on Monday, taxi driver Jamilu mai
Babur, a Muslim, was rebellious:
“I will not comply with this useless order
because Shariah is not about violating
human rights.”
Jamilu Hisba, another Muslim driver, agreed
but said he would have to obey.
“It’s against Islam, this forceful order, but
they have power over us so I must comply
because this is my means of survival.”
