Blasphemy: Ganduje and Continued Detention of MubaThursday, January 21, 2021
The Kano state governor, Alhaji Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, should be called out for his role in the continued detention without trial of the Nigerian Humanist, Mubarak Bala. Bala has been in custody without any formal charge or prosecution since April 28. And Gov Ganduje seems to be indifferent. He has ...
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Meningitis Outbreak: Questioning the Existence And Potency of AllahFriday, April 14, 2017
Recent events in Nigeria, Senegal and other parts of Islamic Africa should make Muslims across the region to start rethinking and reviewing their faith in Allah. Muslims claim that Allah exists. Does Allah really exist? In many places, Muslims are experiencing poverty, suffering, famine, violent ... |
Invisibility of Atheism: Exploring the Phenomenon of Worldly Religion In AfricaThursday, April 6, 2017
Atheism is a term that is not often associated with Africa and Africans. Studies have rather linked both ancient and modern Africa to religion and theism. The overwhelming impression is that Africans are hard-wired to mystical thinking and magic. In fact, a scholar of religion, John Mbiti, descri ... |
Gender Equality and Misogynistic Islam in NigeriaMonday, January 2, 2017
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa rsquo;ad Abubakar (lll) has made it clear that hatred, inequity, injustice and discrimination against women define the Islamic establishment, which he represents in Nigeria. This was evident in his reaction to the gender equality bill that is currently going through the legi ... |
Building Mosques And Economic Recession In NigeriaSunday, November 13, 2016
The Jigawa state government has just announced a major state development project: the construction of ninety mosques; three in each of the constituencies. One assumes that this project is a way that the government wants to use to show the people of Nigeria and the world how it is developing the s ... |
Islam: No Justice for Victims of Blasphemy Killings in Nigeria?Sunday, November 6, 2016
A court in Kano state in Northern Nigeria has acquitted five persons who were arrested in connection with the killing of a Christian female trader, Bridget Agbahime, from Southern Nigeria. She was murdered on June 2 at Kofai Wambai market after some exchanges with some Muslims. Her killers attacked ... |
2016 Hajj: Buhari and the Challenge of Separating Mosque and StateSunday, August 7, 2016
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, is at it again. Last year, when he pledged to stop state sponsorship of pilgrimages, some people were skeptical about Buhari rsquo;s intentions. They doubted if he would, given his religious track record, make good his promise. On the other hand, many people app ... |
Beheading a Woman for Prophet Muhammad in Northern NigeriaSaturday, June 4, 2016
Some bloodthirsty Muslims, who wanted to please Allah by all means and get into the good books of Prophet Muhammad, have been on rampage in Northern Nigeria. The savage quest by those who are drunk with lsquo;Allah delusion rsquo; and who are desperate to inherit the phantom paradise that was promi ... |
Road Accidents: Zambia Prays Again?Monday, April 18, 2016
What rsquo;s really going on in Zambia? What is this prayer thing all about? I mean, what has come over President Lungu and his government. It seems prayer is the 39;solution 39; to every problem this country is facing. Is this due to lack of political ideas or vision? This prayer business in Zam ... |
Is Nigeria Championing a Homophobic Agenda at the UN?Saturday, February 6, 2016
The Nigerian government has taken itscampaign of hatred and discrimination against homosexuals to the United Nations. It has asked the UN secretariat to stop the issuance of a postage stamp that lsquo;celebrates homosexuality and trangenderism rsquo;. Nigerian Ambassador Usman Sarki deployed the sa ... |
Sharia and State Commercialization of Islam in Northern NigeriaSaturday, November 28, 2015
Professing Islam has become one of the shortest routes to getting state contracts and support, to accessing state funds and securing jobs in sharia implementing states in northern Nigeria. The entrenched Islamic privilege in this part of the country trumps everything including constitutionality, inc ... |
Boko Haram Mosque Attacks: Questioning the Existence and Potency of AllahFriday, October 23, 2015
For muslims across Nigeria and Africa, this is a difficult time to profess belief in an all powerful, all merciful and compassionate Allah. This is a moment that declaring faith in this revered deity, in asserting that Allah truly and certainly exists is challenging because there is every reason to ... |
Zambia Needs a National Day of Thought, Not PrayerFriday, October 16, 2015
Footballers in Zambia will not be slugging it out this Sunday because authorities have ordered Zambians to pray, not to play. Matches fixed for this weekend have been postponed because Zambians will be observing a nati ... |
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