El Zakzaky is still being held in illegal detention after the ruling handed down by the courts which stipulated 45 days has lapsed. There have been peaceful protests by Shiites around the country to mark that. Ever wondered how Shia Muslims came to be in Nigeria? @ELBINAWI sheds some light. https://twitter.com/ELBINAWI/status/822862206228398080 https://twitter.com/ELBINAWI/status/822862884858380288 https://twitter.com/ELBINAWI/status/822863720435040256 https://twitter.com/ELBINAWI/status/822864549649010689 https://twitter.com/ELBINAWI/status/822865538560966657... Read More

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Elzakzaky, islam, nigeria, Religion, Shi'ites, Sunni

October 14, 2016

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Peregrino Brimah: Yes some shia cut themselves, but you cut others!

by Peregrino Brimah At the heart of the deadly intolerance against Shia Muslims in Nigeria is a deep-seated hatred for Shia Muslims. We must lay the facts bare in the face of in-our-face death delivering persecution against Nigeria’s Shi’a minority. Though they are more than 9 million, Shia are a minority religious group in Nigeria. In a 2012 pew... Read More

Muslims, nigeria, police, Religion, Religious violence, Shi'a, Sunni

November 15, 2013

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Al-Qaeda rebels apologise for cutting off head of wrong person (PICTURED)

Militant Islamist rebels in Syria linked to al-Qaeda have asked for “understanding and forgiveness” for cutting off and putting on display the wrong man’s head (pictured to the left above). In a public appearance filmed and posted online, members of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, one brandishing a knife, held up a bearded... Read More

Al-Qaeda, al-qaeda cut off head, issi, rebel, Sunni, syria

September 9, 2012

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TICKER: Former Iraqi vice president sentenced to death

Iraq’s fugitive vice president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads. The court ruling came as at least 45 people were killed in a wave of about 24 attacks across Iraq. Hashemi was the most senior Sunni Muslim in the predominantly Shia Iraqi... Read More

Al-maliki, death, hanging, Iraq, Sunni

The Thread: Is this how the Shia muslim sect spread in Nigeria?

Peregrino Brimah: Yes some shia cut themselves, but you cut others!

Al-Qaeda rebels apologise for cutting off head of wrong person (PICTURED)

TICKER: Former Iraqi vice president sentenced to death

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