•US Congress United States lawmakers were urged yesterday to pressure the Nigerian government to abolish Sharia law in northern states where they has been adopted and disband the religious-enforcement Hisbah commissions, with experts warning that these laws and groups are fueling systematic anti-Christian persecution. During a joint House brie...
A coalition of civil rights and faith-based organisations has faulted renewed advocacy for the expansion of Sharia law in Nigeria, saying it poses a direct threat to the nation’s unity, constitutional order, and fundamental human rights. The coalition, under the umbrella of End Sharia Now and allied groups including One Nation One Law, Global ...
Nigeria’s Supreme Court held its first hearing in a high-profile blasphemy case today that defence lawyers hope will lead to a ruling that puts curbs on sharia law. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Sufi Muslim musician, was sentenced to death by a sharia court in Nigeria’s northern Kano State in 2020 for sharing song lyrics deemed to […]
•Gani Adams The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams, today, said the call for Sharia law in Southwest by Muslims is a plot to destabilise Yorubaland. This was as he urged the federal and state governments to address the recent report influx of Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province members into Oyo and […]
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