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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 ...
Qasim Umar Sokoto (died 5 February 2018) was a contributor to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, [1] the prayer leader and Islamic teacher in Sokoto, the Northern city of Nigeria. On 18 July 2007, Shia community was persecuted in the region at by Nigerian security forces, [ 2 ] following the death of Umaru Danmaishiyya, a popular Salafi cleric in ...
This is a list of notable Islamic religious leaders in Nigeria. Sunni. Salafis. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi; Sheikh Adelabu; Ja'afar Mahmud Adam; Isa Ali Pantami;
Following the return of democratic government in 1999, the Muslim-dominated northern Nigerian states have introduced Sharia law, including punishments against blasphemy [54] [55] and apostasy. [56] Several incidents have occurred whereby people have been killed for or in response to perceived blasphemy.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the day of, calling it "Breaking the Walls campaign". [6] Abba Kyari was recaptured on July 20. [13] A political leader in Plateau State, Elkanah Garang, called for the immediate release of some suspects, as they had been pardoned by Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari earlier in the ...
List of Nigerian Islamic religious leaders This page was last edited on 26 May 2024, at 01:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
In the primarily Islamic northern states of Nigeria, a variety of Muslim groups and populations exist, who favour the nationwide introduction of Sharia Law. [106] The demands of these populations have been at least partially upheld by the Nigerian Federal Government in 12 states, firstly in Zamfara State in 1999.
The Zaria massacre, also known as the Buhari massacre, was a massacre carried out by the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, on Saturday, 12 December 2015, against Shia Muslims, mostly members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).