The Islamization of Nigeria is proceeding apace, while the world looks the other way. To say or do anything about it would be “Islamophobic.” “Nigerian Christians brace for election as Islamic clerics call all-Muslim ticket ‘a jihad,’” by Fr. Justine John Dyikuk, The Pillar, February 21, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Nigeria’s Christian […]
Nigeria: Singer sentenced to death for blasphemy appeals conviction at Supreme Court
The U.S. should be at the forefront of those demanding that Yahaya Sharif-Aminu be cleared and released. Instead, our own government is waging war against the freedom of speech. “Nigerian Singer Sentenced To Death, Sharif-Aminu Appeals Conviction At Supreme Court, Wants Blasphemy Declared Unconstitutional,” Sahara Reporters, November 9, 2022: Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a musician sentenced to […]
Nigeria: TikTok stars sentenced to be whipped 20 times under Sharia
Once again, the character of Islamic law, the divine Sharia, is on display. The human rights abuses it inspires are manifest and undeniable. As is always the case, Sharia is creeping, steadily expanding its influence. Nigeria was once under customary law, with Sharia limited to civil matters. Then in 1999, Zamfara State imposed Sharia, and […]
Nigeria: 16 Christian orphans abducted, abused and forcibly converted to Islam
The Washington based “US Nigeria Law Group (USNLG) has called for the release of 16 Christian children allegedly abducted and Islamised by the Kano State Government two years ago.” The children have reportedly been neglected, abused and forcibly converted to Islam, an all too common practice in Sharia states such as Pakistan and the Sharia-controlled […]
Nigeria: Muslim cleric says any Muslim lawyer who defends man accused of blasphemy has left Islam
This is effectively pronouncing a death sentence on any lawyer who defends Yahaya Aminu-Sharif. Apostasy carries the death penalty in Islamic law. This is based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause […]
Nigeria: Musician sentenced to death for blaspheming Muhammad appeals conviction, says country isn’t under Sharia
This is a very significant case. It will be interesting to see how Shariff-Aminu’s appeal is received. This recalls the case of Robert Hussein Qambar Ali, a Kuwaiti national who converted from Islam to Christianity in the 1990s. Hussein was arrested and tried for apostasy, even though the Kuwaiti Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion […]