Na wa for Naija (Nigeria) o!!! A classic case of religious perversion.
Enjoy.

Cheers,
        Madiba.
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> Governor Ordered To Re-Grow Beard
> October 7, 1999
>
> Lagos - In an apparent bid to enhance his looks, the Governor of Niger
> State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, three weeks ago, had his beards shaved
> off. But that may have landed him in a peculiar trouble.
>
> The Izala Islamic sect in Niger State has ordered the Governor to re-
> grow the beards within two weeks or incure the sect's wraught.
Governor
> Kure is himself an Izala Muslim.
>
> For the Izala Muslims, shaving is termed an abomination of sorts.
Sheik
> Imam Umar, the leader of the Izalas in Niger State adds that beards
> keeping is a symbol of "purity and incorruptibility." He insists that
> Governor Kure's decision to shave his beards could only be informed by
> the fact that "he is now ready to embrace corruption and corruptible
> acts."
>
> Incidentally, the Governor shaved his beards the week he approved huge
> furniture allowances for members of the Niger State House of Assembly,
> local government chairmen and councillors. These huge grants have not
> gone down well with many in Niger State especially when the government
> is yet to pay teachers' salaries in the last three months.
>
> Capitalising on the mood of the people therefore, the Izala Muslims,
> have vowed to make the state ungovernable for Governor Kure if he
> refused to re-grow the beards. Sheik Umar, however, revealed that the
> leadership of the Izala Muslims would by next week pay a courtesy call
> on the Governor "to find out why he decided to shave." Thereafter,
Sheik
> Umar said the governor would be told formally to re-grow the beards
> within two weeks.
>
> Attempts to have the Governor comment was not successful. He was said
> to be "very busy."
>
>
>
>
> Copyright (c) 1999 P.M. News. Distributed via Africa News Online
>                            (www.africanews.org).

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