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Shia Islam in Nigeria. Although the majority of the Nigerian Muslim population is Sunni, there is a small Shia minority, particularly in the northern states of Kano and Sokoto. [1][2][3] However, there are no actual statistics that reflect a Shia population in Nigeria, [4] and a figure of even 5% of the total Nigerian Muslim population is ...
Nigerian Army. 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). [2][3][4][5] At least 1000 civilians were killed, with 347 bodies secretly buried by ...
The "African Shia Islamic Movement" is a Nigeria-based organization. Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky is the leader of the movement. [1] It was founded in the 1980s, after Zakzaky traveled to Iran and was inspired by the 1979 Iranian Revolution. [2] In 2014, a procession of Shias celebrating Quds Day attempted to pass a military checkpoint.
Ibrahim Zakzaky. Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzaky pronunciation ⓘ (alternately Ibraheem Zakzaky, Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky; born 5 May 1953) is a Nigerian religious leader. An outspoken and prominent Shi'a leader in Nigeria, he has been imprisoned several times for what he sees as injustice, especially the system of corruption in his country.
Muslims in Nigeria are predominantly Sunnis of the Maliki school of thought. However, there is a significant Shia minority, primarily in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Osun, Kwara, Yobe and Sokoto states (see Shia in Nigeria). In particular, A 2008 Pew Forum survey on religious diversity identified 5% of Nigerian Muslims as Shia. [6]
Maitatsine. Muhammad Marwa (died 1980), best known by his nickname Maitatsine, was a controversial Muslim preacher in Nigeria who founded the Yan Tatsine, a militant Quranist movement that first appeared around the early 1970s. [1][2][3] Maitatsine is a Hausa word meaning "the one who damns" and refers to his curse-laden public speeches against ...
The Shia Muslims of Nigeria are primarily located in Sokoto State. [44] [45] Shia Muslims make up between two and four million of Nigeria's population. [46] [47] Ibrahim Zakzaky introduced many Nigerians to Shia Islam. The headquarter of Shia is Zaria where the leader lives with his family. [48]
v. t. e. 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 ...