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Among the half of the population that is Muslim, it's estimated that about ⅓ of Muslim women in Nigeria wear the hijab. [47] Despite this, there remains a divisive stance on whether hijab should be allowed to be worn by Muslim women and girls in schools, public spaces, and workplaces. [ 48 ]
The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) is a faith-based, non-profit, and non-governmental organization. It was founded in October 1985 by a group of educated Muslim women. FOMWAN's main focus is the dissemination of Islamic beliefs and the education and empowerment of Muslim women in Nigeria. It is the civil society ...
Islam in Nigeria has witnessed a rise in the numbers of Islamic extremism notably among them, the Boko Haram, Maitatsine, Darul Islam [60] [61] among others. These sects have sometimes resorted to the use of violence in a bid to realizing their ambitions on the wider Islamic and Nigerian populations as a whole.
In theory, the sharia legal system and hisbah enforcement apply only to Muslims, but according to the BBC, "in reality, non-Muslims come under pressure to adhere to the hisbah's rulings". In 2020, trucks carrying alcoholic beverages belonging to non-Muslims were destroyed and bars were raided by the hisbah after it accused owners of "corrupt acts".
Adultery is punishable by death when a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man are involved. [183] In 2006, a Filipino woman was sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery. [183] In 2012, six expatriates were sentenced to floggings of either 40 or 100 lashes. [182] More recently in April 2013, a Muslim expatriate was sentenced to 40 lashes for alcohol ...
There are no requirements based on religion in the North, therefore Christians are legally allowed to form polygamous unions just as Muslims may do. Christian church leaders such as Archbishop Peter Akinola of the Anglican Church of Nigeria have condemned the practice of polygamy by Christians, with Akinola going on to write "The observation [of polygamy] will destroy our witness if not firmly ...
On 12 May 2022, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student, was stoned to death by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto, Nigeria, after being accused of blasphemy against Islam. [3] The muslim suspects arrested were charged with "Criminal conspiracy and incitement of public disturbance", bailable offences with a maximum 2 year ...
Nikah means marriage and halala means to make something halal, or permissible. [3] This form of marriage is haram (forbidden) according to the hadith of Islamic prophet Muhammad. [4] [5] [6] Nikah halala is practiced by a small minority of Muslims, mainly in countries that recognise the triple talaq. [7] [8]