A Muslim mob in Warji, Bauchi, Nigeria failed to get its violent hands on the target of their lynching efforts: a 40-year-old Christian woman accused of blasphemy on social media. So in a frenzy, they rampaged and “set fire to over a dozen commercial and residential properties.” Whether it be in Pakistan or Nigeria, the stories […]
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Nigeria: Muslim rights group demands arrest of Christian pastor for blasphemy to stop ‘chaos and religious war’
The Osun State Chapter Chairman of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Dr. AbdulAzeez Ademokoya, is enraged over an “audio tape insulting Allah, Islam, the Qur’an, and Prophet Muhammad, an effrontery more dangerous than one could imagine and which no sane Muslim can stomach.” Ademokoya is an esteemed leader; his comment about “no sane Muslim” accepting an […]
Nigeria: Muslim leaders condemn killing of Christian for ‘blasphemy,’ but want stronger blasphemy laws
The only problem they have with the murder of Deborah Samuel is that it was extrajudicial. They don’t have any problem with a death penalty for blasphemy. “Strengthen laws to criminalise blasphemy — Muslim leaders,” by Alao Abiodun, The Nation (Nigeria), May 22, 2022: Muslim leaders have called on State Governments to strengthen and promulgate laws […]
Nigeria: Muslim cleric says ‘Anyone who touches the prophet, no punishment. Just kill!’
“Indeed, those who malign Allah and his messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment. And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and obvious sin. O prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of […]
Nigeria: Muslims set houses and shops on fire over claims of blasphemous message on social media
If there was a blasphemous message at all, the owners of the houses and shops that have been set on fire had nothing to do with it. But for those who are ready at the slightest provocation to fly into a rage over alleged blasphemy, that’s of no importance. “Irate Youths Set Houses, Shops Ablaze […]
Nigeria: Policeman says ‘Anyone insulting the prophet should be killed and anyone questioning that is a kuffar’
“Indeed, those who malign Allah and his messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment. And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and obvious sin. O prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of […]
Nigeria: Muslim murders four people in jihad suicide bombing
Allah promises paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for him (Qur’an 9:111). “Kano explosion: 4 bodies recovered, as eyewitness ‘saw a suicide bomber,’” by Abdulmumin Murtala, Vanguard, May 17, 2022: About four people are feared dead, following an explosion today along Aba Road by Court Road, close to one Winners School Academy in […]
Nigeria: Muslims attack cathedral, partially burn church, bishop says ‘This has nothing to do with religion’
Right. And I’m the Sarkin Zongo of Kumasi. It would be interesting to see Kukah try to explain exactly how this has nothing to do with religion. The Muslim mob didn’t burn mosques. Why did it target a cathedral and a church? Why was Deborah Samuel killed in the first place? “Catholic cathedral attacked in […]
Nigeria: Last words revealed of Christian woman Muslims burned alive for ‘blasphemy’
“What do you hope to achieve with this?,” Deborah Samuel asked. The answer is clear: they hoped to frighten Christians into never daring to say anything remotely critical or negative to Muslims about anything in any context, for fear that their words would be interpreted as “blasphemy.” They hoped to intimidate Christians into submission, just […]
Nigeria: State government official says more Christians will be killed for disrespecting Muhammad
We see this kind of intimidation the world over, but in the U.S. it more commonly takes the form of fear of charges of “Islamophobia.” That fear has intimidated millions of abject cowards into silence. “More Christians will be killed for disrespecting Prophet Muhammad: Sokoto Govt Aide,” by Ahmed Oluwasanjo, Peoples Gazette, May 13, 2022: […]