Showing posts with label blasphemy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blasphemy. Show all posts
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Nigeria’s blasphemy laws must be repealed, orders court

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In Kano State, a Muslim-majority state in northern Nigeria, strict blasphemy laws carry punishments as severe as the death penalty for insul...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Singer on death row denied medical care

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Yahaya Sheriff-Aminu, a 25-year-old singer, was sentenced to death by hanging in August 2020 for “blasphemy” after sharing a song on WhatsAp...
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Nigerian humanist freed after imprisonment for ‘blasphemy’

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The National Secular Society has welcomed news that Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala has been  freed  from prison, after spending four years be...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Christian mother on bail after 19 months prision time in Nigeria for “blasphemy”

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A judge in Bauchi State, Nigeria, has granted bail to Rhoda Jatau. Jatau, a Christian and mother of five, had been imprisoned since May 2022...
Friday, December 16, 2022

Imam Sentenced to Death Over Blasphemy in Nigeria

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A Nigerian Shariah court has sentenced a prominent Sufi Muslim cleric to death for blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad in a rare capital ...
Monday, February 1, 2021

'They were unjust to me,' says teenager freed after blasphemy sentence quashed in Nigeria

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Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life. Insults were exchanged in the heat of the moment, he adm...