c faith. in addition, are you not doing an injustice to the rites and rituals to the Gods, Spirits, and Divinities of the African religion? How can you please the leader/leaders of these separate religions if you are not even following them fully with your heart, mind, body and soul? I can not see how you can be a true religious follower or worshiper of any sort if you do not believe with all of you.If we look at the Hausas of the Habe kingdom in northern Africa we can see "despite their nominal adherence to Islam, they continue to practice spirit possession and animal sacrifice. They eat pork, let their women appear in public unveiled, engage in prohibited degrees of marriage, and practical matrilineal inheritance" (Ray 179) Islamic practices set strict standard and regulations that Muslims must follow. It is without a doubt that the Hausas have sin. They knowingly and continuously practice what is Al-Haram. Al-Haram is something that is unlawful or prohibited. As we have witnessed it is without a doubt, a sin to worship any other, but Allah. Furthermore, they commited and engaged in five more sins against the Islamic creed. It is Haram (strictly prohibited) "to eat flesh of dead animals, that died of natural causes or had been strangled, beaten, or partly eaten by a wild beast" (Elmastry 78). Animals must also be slaughtered by a sharp object so that the animals are able to bleed from their blood vessels. It is also Haram to eat any swine, pork of any sort. Before being slaughtered "Allah's name must be mention for giving such bounty" (Elmastry 78). It is Haram "for woman to wear clothes that is "transparent and body tight", they are also to have their body covered, leaving only their hands and face to be seen" (Elmastry 79). It is also Haram for men to take any of their wive's money or property before you marry, during the marriage and after marriage. It is solely the mans responsibility to "care for the family rega...
