Tag: Shiite Muslims
Islamic Movement says police shoot Shiite marchers
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, whose members are known as Shiites claimed today that the police fired at its people…
Kaduna govt. denies placing ban on Shi’ites
The Kaduna State Government said on Wednesday that it had not placed any ban on Shi’a Muslims in the state.…
Come clean on Shiite killings, Amnesty tells Nigeria
Satellite images and witness accounts offer damning new evidence that Nigeria’s military killed hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims late last…
Amnesty insists Nigerian Army killed hundreds of Shiite Muslims
Amnesty International said on Friday that Nigeria’s army killed hundreds of men, women and children from a minority Shi’ite Muslim…
Shiite Muslims threat to Nigeria – DSS, Police
Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday said that the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) wing…
Probe Nigerian Army for killing Shiites -Amnesty
Claims by a Kaduna state official that Nigeria’s military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority…
Nigeria desperate to link Shiite Muslims with Boko Haram – IMN
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has claimed that security agencies in Nigeria are trying desperately to associate Shiite Muslims…
About 200 Shiite Muslims arraigned in Kaduna
Nigerian prosecutors on Wednesday charged nearly 200 members of a pro-Iranian Shiite group with illegal possession of firearms following December…
Zakzaky: House Committee visits Zaria, promises to be fair
aky The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence on Wednesday promised to be fair to all parties…
Wounded Shiite members dying in detention – Spokesman
Nigerian Shiites wounded in military raids are dying in military and police detention because they are being denied medical care,…
Northern Governors meet to stem another religious rebellion
Femi Adi/ Kaduna Governor of 19 northern states under the auspices of Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF on Saturday met…
Iranians protest killing of Shi’ites, demand release of Zakzaky
Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran to condemn the killings of hundreds of Shiite Muslims in…
Senate constitutes committee to investigate Shi’ite, military crisis
The Senate on Wednesday constituted an ad hoc committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the clash between members of the…
Shi’ite Muslims reject FG’s probe, demands Zakzaky’s release
Shi’ite Muslims in Nigeria have rejected a panel set up by the government to investigate a military crackdown in which…
Killing of Shi’ites in Zaria must be urgently investigated – Amnesty Intl
Amnesty International has called for an urgent investigation into the shooting of members of a Shi’ite religious group in Zaria,…
Iranian President calls Buhari, protests killing of Shiites
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has telephoned his Nigerian counterpart to protest the army’s deadly crackdown on pro-Iranian Shiites in the…
Nigeria army raids Shi’ite sect; hospital says 60 killed
At least 60 people were killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided a minority Shi’ite sect and arrested its…
We will wipe out Shiite Muslims, says Boko Haram
Boko Haram on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a Shiite Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city…
25 dead in attack on mosque
Sanaa (AFP) – A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshipers at a mosque in Yemen’s rebel-held capital on Thursday killed at…
Boko Haram bombs Shiite muslims marking religious festival
*The bomb victims were in a procession in Tsohuwar Kasuwa in Potiskum, Yobe state A large explosion on Monday rocked…
Soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims Clash in Zaria leaves Four Dead
At least four persons have been reported dead after the clash between soldiers and adherents of the Islamic Shiite Movement…
Thousands Protest Anti-Islam Film In Kaduna
Shiite Muslims in their thousands trooped out in Kaduna, Kaduna State in Northcentral Nigeria today to protest the widely-condemned anti-Islam…