Well, I guess Gumi hates me, then. From Nigeria’s Sun (thanks to Anthony) comes this revealing interview with Dr. Ahmed Gumi, a Muslim leader in that country. Dr. Ahmed Gumi, the son to late radical Islamic scholar, Sheik Abubakar Gumi is very angry with Christians in Nigeria. Although he denies planning an attack on adherents […]
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Nigerian Woman Appeals Stoning Sentence
From AP, with thanks to Susan: DASS, Nigeria – Lawyers for a woman sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery asked an Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Wednesday to overturn the verdict, and the judge said he would issue a ruling in two weeks. Hajara Ibrahim’s lawyers appealed the sentence at the […]
Nigerian Women to Appeal Shariah Court Death Sentences
From the Christian Post, with thanks to Nicolei: Two women sentenced to death by a court in northern Nigeria are seeking to appeal the sentences, a human rights group said Friday. The women, sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery, will see their appeals heard on Oct. 25 and Nov. 3 respectively. Nigeria, […]
Nigeria: Muslim militants threaten to kill Christian nurses
And Christian worship has been banned at their hospital. From Compass Direct, with thanks to Stephen Scott: October 13 (Compass) “” Muslim militants have threatened to kill Christian nurses serving at the Federal Medical Center in the town of Keffi, in the central state of Nasarawa, unless they stop conducting Christian worship services. An undated […]
Nigeria: Women face death by stoning over sex
The Sharia’s evidence laws codify unjust and unequal treatment for men and women in such cases. From Reuters, with thanks to JE: Bauchi, Nigeria: Islamic courts in northern Nigeria have sentenced two women to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock, but two men whom they said they slept with were acquitted for […]
Muslims “disillusioned with Shari’a” in Nigeria
So will they stop trying to impose it on the rest of Nigeria? From Afrol News, with thanks to Ali Dashti: After twelve Northern Nigerian states since 2000 have introduced Islamic law, or Shari’a, the Muslim population majority is mostly disillusioned. They had hoped Shari’a courts would be better than Nigeria’s old and discredited justice […]
Nigeria: 6 Await Amputation Under Sharia
Dhimmis, beware: this is the kind of society that radical Muslims want to institute everywhere. From This Day of Lagos, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Six persons are awaiting amputation of their hands in Zaria, having been convicted by an upper sharia court in Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State. President of Civil Rights Congress (CRC), […]
Jihadist paranoia fuels major polio outbreak in Nigeria
Why does this happen? See here for a few clues.* From AP, with thanks to citybilly: KANO, Nigeria — A suspected large-scale polio outbreak was reported Friday among children in a heavily Muslim northern Nigeria state that had boycotted immunization campaigns, and local authorities appealed for urgent action to stop the spread. The suspected outbreak […]
Nigeria: Hundreds of Christians Die in Bloody Massacres
Christians fleeing Kano From The Barnabas Fund: Many hundreds of innocent Christians have died in Kano since a Muslim protest turned into carnage in retaliation for Muslim deaths hundreds of miles away in Yelwe. Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) say some 600 Christians have been killed so far this week in Kano, […]
Nigerian Muslims Rampage for Second Day
Nigerian Christians fleeing Kano The jihad in Nigeria continues. It is still portrayed as ethnic violence, and still blamed on Christians whenever they respond, but the attacks all originated in jihad initiatives. Note that this story does contain information about how the Muslims were incited by a preacher who told them that Nigerian Christians are […]