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Isa Sanusi of BBC Africa in Kano, Nigeria writes;
"I was in Kano earlier this week to collect material for a feature I'm working on and checked into hotel where I was asked to sign this slip below:
Every guest at most hotels here are required to sign such statements because of random raids by the Hisbah - the city's Islamic police force.
The Sharia officers search the hotels looking for single women, who they always assume are prostitutes.
- Sharia was introduced in Kano in 2000
- Prostitution, gambling and the consumption of alcohol are banned
- Christians living in Kano are not subject to Islamic law"