Tag: blasphemy
Man burnt to death in Abuja over alleged blasphemy (video)
A man has been stoned to death and lynched at the Lugbe Timber Shed, along Airport Road in Abuja over…
Blasphemy and the Constitution
The extremists laid siege to the palace of Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubabkar. Sultan became a target because he…
Bauchi boils over alleged blasphemy: Christian girl escapes lynching, houses burnt
The riot is coming barely two weeks after a Christian girl, Deborah Samuel was burnt to death at the Shehu…
Pastor sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam
Bhatti, who has been in prison since 2012, was accused of sending blasphemous SMS text messages.
Police arrest 2 Christian nurses on blasphemy charges
The nurses were accused of blasphemy by their colleagues for the removal of a sticker with a sacred inscription from…
Kano barber Elijah Ode arrested for rape, not blasphemy: Police
Elijah Ode, a barber in Kano widely reported on Wednesday to have been arrested for blasphemy, was arrested for a…
Blasphemy: Reprieve for Kano man Sharif sentenced to death by Sharia court
Kano-based singer Yahaya Aminu Sharif was saved from the gallows by the Appeal Court on Thursday, over a death sentence…
UNICEF tackles Kano over 13 year-old jailed for blasphemy
UNICEF has expressed deep concern over the jailing of a 13 year-old boy by a Sharia court in Kano. The…
UNICEF pleads on behalf of 13-year-old who blasphemed
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to reverse the sentencing of a 13-year-old…
Blasphemy: Ganduje vows to sign order for hanging of Kano singer
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano said on Thursday that he will not hesitate to sign the execution order of a…
UK kicks against death sentence over blasphemy
The United Kingdom has joined the call for observation of human rights in Kano on Wednesday as it opposes the…
Kano Sharia court condemns man to death over WhatsApp post
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Monday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death by hanging after…
Blasphemy: Pakistani Christian woman released from prison
A Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row has been freed from prison.
Italy working ‘discreetly’ to help Pakistani woman in blasphemy case
Italy is working “discreetly’’ to help Asia Bibi, a Christian woman at the centre of a blasphemy case in her…
Pakistan shuts phone networks as Islamists protest acquittal of Christian woman
Pakistan suspended mobile phone networks in major cities on Friday and many schools were closed as Islamist groups protested for…
Pakistan frees Christian woman facing death in blasphemy case
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam and…
Pakistani Women Kill Man Accused Of Blasphemy
Police in India said three women dressed in “burqas” (enveloping outer garment worn by women) killed a man who had…
Jakarta’s Christian governor arraigned over blasphemy case
The Christian Governor of the Indonesian capital went on trial on Tuesday to face charges of blasphemy over remarks perceived…
Incredible! Kano court frees suspected killers of trader accused of blasphemy
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Thursday discharged all the five suspects, who allegedly killed a trader, Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, in…
Kano court sentences cleric to death for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed
An Islamic Court in northern Nigeria has sentenced to death a Muslim cleric for blaspheming Islam’s holiest figure, Prophet Muhammad.…
Iceland parliament legalises blasphemy
The Parliament of Iceland legalized blasphemy in Stockholm on Friday. A member of the opposition Pirate Party described it as…
Youths protest in Kano, burn sharia court over blasphemy
KANO, (Reuters) – Hundreds of youths ran through the streets of the northern Nigerian city of Kano shouting “Allahu Akbar”…
Nigeria quells sectarian riot
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano But for the timely intervention of security forces, the bubbling community of Bichi in Kano, northwest Nigeria would…