Remember: the Muslim Prophet Muhammad said, baddala deenahu faqtuhulu — if anyone changes his religion, kill him. From Compass Direct, with thanks to Nicolei: December 12 (Compass) — For Pastor Zacheous Habu Bu Ngwenche, time is running out. In the next two weeks he may find himself back in police detention if he does not […]
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Nigeria: Muslims horse-whip Christian female students for dressing improperly
Sharia alert from Nigeria: “Muslim Fundamentalists Attack Xtian Female Students in FUT,” from the Daily Champion of Lagos via AllAfrica.com, with thanks to Silvester: Academic activities were yesterday disrupted at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Niger State as suspected Muslim fundamentalists attacked female Christian students whom they accused of improper dressing. The fracas […]
Nigerian Islamic court orders amputation
This is the reality of Sharia coming to Kano, where battles over it have raged for some time. From the Mail & Guardian, with thanks to Twostellas: Nigerian Islamic judges have ordered that a teenager from Niger have his hand cut off after he confessed to stealing a motorbike, court officials said on Monday. This […]
Nigeria: Man faces death for sodomy
From News.Au, with thanks to Two Stellas. A UN human rights expert raised the alarm today over the case of a man who is on death row in northern Nigeria awaiting execution by stoning after a Sharia court found him guilty of sodomy. Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, […]
U.S. closes its Nigerian embassy on security threat
From Reuters: LAGOS – The United States closed its Nigerian embassy in Abuja and consulate in Lagos on Friday due to a “security incident” which is being investigated by Nigerian police, an embassy spokesman said. A diplomatic source said intelligence indicated that foreign militants posed a specific threat to the U.S. presence in Nigeria, the […]
Muslims attack Christians in Nigeria
“Religious Violence in Benue, Nigeria, Claims 17 Lives,” from Open Doors USA, with thanks to the Snail: LAGOS, Nigeria — Fourteen Christians were among 17 people killed in the villages of Chilakera and Imbufu in the central state of Benue, Nigeria, as a result of violent clashes between Christians and Muslims. According to police reports, […]
Nigeria: Jihad Threat Worries Christians
From All Africa, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), has called on the Federal Government to take extra security precautions to protect law abiding Nigerians, following threats of Jihad by Northern Muslim leaders. The call was contained in a communiqué issued in Jos yesterday, signed by COCIN President, Reverend […]
Nigerian Muslim Militants “Pronounce Death Sentence” over Christian Students
Traditional Islamic law mandates death for those who leave Islam, and for non-Muslims who try to induce Muslims to leave Islam. That may have been a motive in the New Jersey murders — and for those who don’t believe that that sort of thing really happens, here is a story from Nigeria. From “Nigeria: Muslim […]
Nigeria: Sharia court declares man wanted over alleged homosexual act
So they can stone him to death. From Vanguard National News, with thanks to Twostellas: A NASARAWA Sharia court sitting in Keffi has declared wanted a middle-aged man, Mr Michael Ifediora Nwokoma for allegedly engaging in homosexual act with a businessman, one Mallam Abdullahi Ibrahim. The court issued bench-warrant on him following an explanation by […]
Nigerian girl spared death by stoning
From Al-Jazeera An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has discharged and acquitted a pregnant teenager of her conviction for adultery, for which she had been sentenced to be stoned to death. Presiding judge Muhammad Mustapha Umar of the Upper Sharia court said on Wednesday that the lower Sharia (Islamic law) court was wrong in sentencing […]