“The members of his Muslim sect went on rampage, demonstrating against America and the state of Israel, over claims that it was the prayers of Christians over the aborting of the gospel event of 2004 that caused their leader to be involved in an auto crash.” “Nigeria: Islamist group attacking Christians in Kwara state,” from […]
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Nigeria: Muslim mob kills 50-year-old man for “blasphemy”
Apparently what this poor man said about Muhammad is too terrible to repeat, but in any case, here is a story about the far end of Sharia accommodation — this is the kind of thing to which it ultimately leads, unless a line is drawn somewhere. What’s that? It’s unthinkable that Sharia blasphemy laws could […]
Nigeria: Sharia court jails female singer for staging concert
Sharia Alert. “Nigeria: Sharia Court Jails Female Singer for Staging Musical Concert,” from News Agency of Nigeria, July 2: A lower Shari’ah Court in Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State has sentenced a 34 year old female singer, Talatu Mai-Gurmi, to two months imprisonment or N5,000 fine for staging a traditional musical concert. The […]
Nigeria: Muslims destroy six churches in protest of police rescue of kidnapped Christian girls
“These girls are usually kidnapped, forcefully converted to Islam, and then married out to other Muslim men against the will of both the girls and their parents.” And this is nothing new. “Nigeria: Rescue of Girls Ignites Islamic Rampage,” from Compass Direct News, May 19: NINGI, Nigeria, May 19 (Compass Direct News) — Islamists under […]
Attempts to stem trafficking of teenage girls in northern Nigeria hampered by… Sharia law
“The [Child Rights Act] has been endorsed by the Nigerian federal government but not as yet by the predominantly Muslim northern state legislatures because it contains clauses which many northerners see as going against their religious and cultural values.” But wait… Islamic law is supposed to elevate women, and bring law and order to the […]
Nigeria: Muslims rioting, attacking Christians over claim that a Christian blasphemed Muhammad
Thousands of Christians trapped in churches as Muslims riot, looking for them. “Nigeria: Muslim Rioters Attack Christians In Kano: Claim of “˜blasphemy” in city market leads to looting, destruction,” from Compass Direct News (thanks to Morgaan Sinclair): KANO, Nigeria, April 23 (Compass Direct News) — Hundreds of Muslims took to the streets of this northern […]
Nigeria: Third attempt by Muslims to burn down church
An update on Islamic Tolerance in Nigeria. “Nigeria – Northern Church Survives Arson by Muslims,” from Compass Direct: DAWAKIN KUDU, Nigeria, March 5 (Compass Direct News) — The Kano state government has refused to grant approval to a church in this northern Nigerian town for 28 years, further emboldening area Muslims to attack it numerous […]
Six sharia convicts await stoning death in Nigeria
Islam forbids stoning, say the disingenuous apologists in the West. But they do not say it to those who need to hear it, such as those who operate the Sharia Courts in Nigeria. Sharia Alert from Reuters (thanks to James): LAGOS (Reuters) – Six people convicted by Islamic sharia courts in a northern Nigerian state […]
Nigeria: Three killed in riots over caricature of Muhammad
Is this worth killing for? A cartoon of Muhammad does not harm Muhammad. It does not harm Islam. It may even reflect more poorly on the cartoonist than on the object of the cartoon. Yet all too many Muslims around the world continue to fail to grasp this, and to commit cold-blooded murder in their […]
Nigeria: “Tension mounts” as “sharia police” enter non-Muslim areas
Obviously, a Sharia Alert. “Tension Mounts in Kano as Govt Enforces Sharia,” by Ibrahim Shuaibu for ThisDay: Tension was rife in Kano following moves by the state’s sharia police against brothel, hotels and cafes situated in non-Muslim sections of the Sabon Gari area of the metropolis. The sharia police numbering about two hundred were seen […]