Bola Tinubu is running for president of Nigeria; he and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, are both Muslims. This has caused great consternation among Nigeria’s Christians, who fear, quite justifiably, being disenfranchised and otherwise disadvantaged if Tinubu wins, which he is likely to do. Meanwhile, where did Abdulmutallab Mohammed Auwal get his ideas about Muslims […]
Nigeria: Sharia court sentences Muslim cleric to death for blasphemy against Muhammad
Islam mandates death for non-Muslim subjects of the Islamic state who mention “something impermissible about Allah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), or Islam” (Umdat al-Salik, o11.10). This goes for Muslims as well. Such laws go back to passages in the Hadith and Sira in which Muhammad orders the murders of people […]
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: ‘Soldiers of the caliphate’ pose as customers, murder battery dealer and his friend
“The Prophet said, ‘War is deceit.’” (Bukhari 4.52.269) “BREAKING: ISWAP Claims Responsibility For Killing Of Two Igbo Traders In Kano,” Sahara Reporters, September 26, 2022: Gunmen on Saturday night killed the duo around Azubros Plaza, off France Road, Sabongari in Kano. The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), […]
Nigeria: Secular court upholds Islamic Court affirming Sharia blasphemy law not unconstitutional
Nigeria is roughly evenly divided between a Christian population that is primarily in the South, and a Muslim population that is mostly in the North. Meanwhile, a genocide against Christians in Nigeria continues to wipe out Christians in the country. This latest court decision enables the Sharia’s spread. A Nigerian court has ruled that Islamic […]
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: Atheist jailed 24 years for offending Islam on Facebook
“A Nigerian court has sentenced an atheist to 24 years in prison for making social media posts it found to be blasphemous against Islam in the West African nation’s northern region.” Notice how such judgements rarely indicate what the “offender” actually said about Islam. Mubarak Bala, who was deemed an apostate (a crime worthy of death, according […]
Nigeria: Muslim mob tries to lynch man for tearing Qur’an and stepping on it
Does anyone in these mobs ever wonder why so many people seem interested in desecrating the Qur’an? What could possibly motivate them to do such a thing? Why would they bother? Why do we see instances of this so often, but not the desecration of other holy books, much less mobs forming to punish the […]
This Government Has Gone WAY Too Far: Police Destroy FOUR MILLION Bottles of Beer
My latest in PJ Media: Concerned about the government overstepping its bounds and asserting increasing control over aspects of life it has no business interfering with? You should be. And in many parts of the world, governments are providing daily object lessons in what happens when citizens allow self-serving, power-mad officials to arrogate too much […]