At a press conference, members of the Islamic movement in Nigeria have raised concerns over Sheikh Zakzaky’s health at the Kaduna Correctional Facilit amidst COVID-19 Pandemic. IMN described the prison as unfit to handle the medical condition of Sheikh Zakzaky, who has been incarcerated for over four years. The Islamic …
Read More »Nigeria postpones trial of Sheikh Zakzaky
According to the Islamic Human Rights Commission, the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and his wife Zeenat had been scheduled to attend the court on Thursday but couldn’t do it due to their illness. A court in Nigeria’s Kaduna state adjourned the trial of top Shia cleric …
Read More »Nigeria: Sheikh Zakzaky Trial Adjourns Due to His Critical Health Conditions
The Trial of the Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zinat, has been adjourned till February 24 and February 25, 2020. Justice Gideon Kurada, the trial judge, at the resumed hearing of the case on Feb. 6, again adjourned the case to …
Read More »Shia appeals at the turn of the decade
| By Leila Yazdani : Despite appeals from human rights groups, activists are deeply concerned about the worsening levels of violence against Shias; murder and repression against the men and women. The year 2019 may be remembered as the time when Shias around the world faced with situations of poverty, …
Read More »Nigerian daily names Erdogan Muslim Personality of 2019
Publisher of Muslim News Nigeria, Rasheed Abubakar, said the choice of Erdogan was “undisputable” for the influence and power he wields within the Muslim world and in the international community. Nigerian Islamic newspaper rated Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan “Global Muslim Personality of 2019,” praising him Friday for standing up for …
Read More »Nigeria’s Zakzaky: A religious leader in captivity
Press TV: The Nigerian government, whether at the behest of some of its more powerful allies or acting on a fatal misconception, is continuing to enact a campaign of deadly dehumanization against the country’s Muslim religious icon and his thousands-strong followers. The acts of brazen oppression that have been visited upon …
Read More »Ayatollah Ramazani urges Muslim states to demand guarantees on Sheikh Zakzaky health
Speaking at a forum in Tehran on Tuesday marking the 4th anniversary of the Zaria Massacre in Nigeria, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani said Islamic countries should use their social and political capacities and demand ensuring Sheikh Zakzaky’s health. The Secretary General of the World Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) Assembly urged Muslim countries to …
Read More »Nigeria Islamic Movement condemns transfer of Sheikh Zazaky, wife to Kaduna prison
In a statement issued on Thursday, the IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, said that any attempt to take Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife to anywhere other than a hospital that is sufficiently equipped to handle their medical needs amounts to punishing them further. The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) denounced the …
Read More »Sheikh Zakzaky’s son warns about father’s health at Kaduna prison
The son of Nigeria’s Muslim leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky in a statement on Tuesday warned that transfer of Shia leader, wife to Kaduna prison put their lives at greater risk. The Kaduna state high court on Thursday ordered the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and …
Read More »Nigeria Islamic Movement condemns transfer of Sheikh Zazaky and his wife to Kaduna prison
– In a statement issued on Thursday, the IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, said that any attempt to take Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife to anywhere other than a hospital that is sufficiently equipped to handle their medical needs amounts to punishing them further. The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) denounced …
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