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31 August 2007Kenyan Christian group wants Jesus' crucifixion declared illegal
Moscow, August 31, Interfax - A Christian group wants Kenya's High Court to declare Jesus Christ's conviction declared 'null and void' and his Crucifixion 'illegal.'
The petition has raised a novel set of jurisprudence quandaries - not the least of which involved the statute of limitations and whether the high court of Kenya had jurisdiction over Jesus.
However, the high court spokesperson Dola Indindis said that the appellants actually 'might have a right in court because the issues raised touch on human rights and the high court has unlimited powers on that line,' the BBC reports.
Little is known about Kenya's Friends of Jesus (FOJ), which did not proselytize and was reticent about its numbers, saying they could not be counted in figures, but in 'the many who are ready to heed the Jesus teaching and be his friend.'
The FOJ includes Kenyan lawyers and wealthy businessmen who view their worldly fortune in this east African country, where half the population lived below the poverty line as a gift from God.
The FOJ's lawyer Humphrey Odanga said Jesus' Crucifixion was a wrongful punishment for a trial based on charges of "blaspheming the Holy Spirit" and should be corrected by modern law.
Some lawyers say the FOJ's complaint was legitimate but they rather should have filed it in the International Criminal Court in The Hague which has the mandate to hear that case. Nairobi constitutional lawyer Albert Kuloba, for one, said: 'The Kenyan courts do not have jurisdiction because the 'course-of-action' never arose within its jurisdiction. And even if they have jurisdiction, the application is time-barred.'
Still the group was determined. One member said: 'We need the court to clarify, for the record, that Jesus was not a criminal. He advocated for the rule of law. Do you mean to worship a convicted criminal?'
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