Religion is a major issues of great concern both in Nigeria and the outside world. The controversies surrounding pastors and men of God are on the increase and many are tagging it "end time things". Here are some decisions/Judgments taken by some Islamic leaders and family members in 2014 that aroused public attention and agitation.

1. Sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity
Toping the list, though in no particular order is the story of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim who in May 2014 was sentenced to death by a Sudanese court for converting to Christianity. She was ordered to abandon her newly adopted Christian faith and return to Islam. She was also charged with adultery for marrying a Christian man and to be flogged 100 lashes for it. However, her plight captured the world’s attention, with international outcry against her pending execution. After giving birth while in chains, it appeared that Ibrahim would be allowed to leave for the United States, where her husband (a South Sudanese man) is a naturalized citizen. But when she attempted to do, she was re-arrested and the Sudanese government claimed she possessed forged documents. After the intervention of Italy she was able to leave the country
Full story: http://news.yahoo.com/sudanese-woman-sentenced-death-converting-christianity-204352842.html

2. Six Iranian youths arrested and sentenced for dancing.
If you think the first one was ridiculous wait until you read this story of how Six Iranians were arrested in February this year for appearing in a video dancing to Pharrell Williams' song “Happy” were sentenced to up to one year in prison and 91 lashes.
The sentences were later suspended for three years, meaning they will not go to prison unless they reoffend. The video shows three men and three unveiled women dancing on the streets and rooftops of Tehran.

In six months, it has been viewed by over one million people on YouTube. The majority of people involved in the video were sentenced to six months in prison, with one member of the group given one year, lawyer Farshid Rofugaran was quoted by Iran Wire as saying.
The "Happy we are from Tehran" video was brought to the attention of the Iranian authorities in May, after receiving more than 150,000 views.
Members of the group behind the video were subsequently arrested by Iranian police for violating Islamic laws of the country, which prohibit dancing with members of the opposite sex and women from appearing without a headscarf.

They later appeared on state-run TV saying they were actors who had been tricked into make the Happy video for an audition.
The arrests drew condemnation from international rights groups and sparked a social media campaign calling for their release.
Williams, whose song was nominated for an Oscar earlier this year, also protested at the arrests.
"It is beyond sad that these kids were arrested for trying to spread happiness," he wrote on Facebook.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29272732
watch video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbpgqKgxvwc

3. Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death by her family
As a crowd watched outside a courthouse in May 30, this year, the family of a pregnant Pakistani woman beat her to death because she married the man she loved instead of her cousin. The 25-year-old woman's father, brother and spurned fiance were among about a dozen male relatives who used bricks and clubs in the so-called honor killing of Farzana Parveen for disobeying her family's wishes. She suffered massive head injuries and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Lahore police charged her father, Mohammad Azeem, with murder, and the others were being sought. Azeem told police he helped kill his daughter because she had shamed the family.
"I killed my daughter as she had insulted all of our family by marrying a man without our consent, and I have no regret over it," police investigator Rana Mujahid quoted him as saying.
Parveen was attacked as she and her husband, Mohammad Iqbal, arrived at the gates of the Lahore High Court. They went there to dispute charges brought by her father that Iqbal had kidnapped Parveen, who had been engaged to her cousin for several years.
Iqbal, 45, was a widower with five children when he began seeing Parveen, he told the Associated Press.
"We were in love," he said.

Iqbal alleged her family wanted to extort money from him before following through with the arranged marriage to her cousin.
Every year, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Pakistani women are killed by their families for actual or imagined adultery or premarital sex. Public stoning is rare, however.
Last month, the private Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that 869 women were victims of honor killings in 2013.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/05/27/pregnant-pakistani-woman-stoned-to-death/9628161/

4. Nigerian man detained in mental institute in Kano 'because he renounced Islam'

Mubarak had been detained and medicated at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State since June 13th by his family after he declared he does not believe in God, despite being raised in a Muslim family in Kano. Reports say when Mr Bala told his family he did not believe in God, they took him to a doctor and asked if he was mentally ill. After the doctor dismissed claims of psychiatric problems, Mubarak’s family alleged that he also made delusional claims that he was a “governor”. They are then believed to have taken him to a second doctor who claimed Bala was suffering with a personality disorder, so he was sent to the psychiatric hospital.
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However, communicating by email and Twitter from a secreted smartphone, Mubarak Bala was able to raise the alarm that he was been held against his will and activists were able to come to his rescue. After his release, Bala took to his social media pages to thank everyone who campaigned for his release, saying he now wants to reconcile with his family. And that he also wants to leave the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria after receiving death threats for blaspheming against Islam.

- Sources: http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/07/nigerian-man-detained-for-being-atheist.html#sthash.u9i56REQ.dpuf
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nigerian-man-detained-in-mental-institute-in-kano-because-he-renounced-islam-9561511.html

5. 14-year old Kano child bride, faces death penalty for allegedly killing husband
Wasilat Tasi'u is on trial for the murder of her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani, who died after eating food that Tasi'u allegedly laced with rat poison.

"We are appealing to the judge to consider Wasilat's plea," her father, Isyaku Tasi'u, told The Associated Press on Thursday.
On Wednesday witnesses told the High Court in Gezawa, a town 60 miles outside Nigeria's second largest city of Kano, that Tasi'u killed her husband two weeks after their wedding in April. Three others allegedly died after eating the poisoned meal.
The prosecution, led by Lamido Soron-Dinki, senior state council from the Kano State Ministry of Justice, is seeking the death penalty.
The case calls into question the legality of trying a 14-year-old for murder under criminal law and the rights of child brides, who are common in the poverty-stricken, predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria region.

Source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/04/14-year-old-bride-charged-killing-husband3-others-kano/

Nothing shocks me about that religion.

Thats a blood sucking religion joor..
Vampires..

Religion of peace indeed!

that number Four got me laughing.

If these cases are true and not fabricated, they should be refered to the Hague for International Justice.

Your writeup was very good until No. 5

[size=18pt]Moderators won't put this in front page. If its pastors or christian related, before the OP finishes a space will be waiting on front page. Something about this forum sha. Its either fear or bias[/size]

do i have to say how delusional those inhumane acts are....



wonders shall neva cease sha

That is Nairaland for you. May be you have not noticed the trend: every Christmas when christians are celebrating, they bring the story of christians that converted to islam to the front page.
See examples
How an American Lady converted to Islam(front page Dec 25 2012)
https://www.nairaland.com/1139873/how-american-lady-converted-islam

Nollywood actresses that converts to Islam has been on Nairaland since July, see it here https://www.nairaland.com/1809999/nollywood-actresses-converted-islam-over
but it was copied and pasted then brought to the home page on christmas day
https://www.nairaland.com/2064284/top-5-nollywood-stars-dumped

I guess the big fan fare that surrounds Christmas tells the muslims that they are loosing ground so they do that to boost the confidence of its members

Techwriter:
[size=18pt]Moderators won't put this in front page. If its pastors or christian related, before the OP finishes a space will be waiting on front page. Something about this forum sha. Its either fear or bias[/size]

some of the the judgements there are not shariah.

when will these people come out of the middle ages

frosbel:
when will these people come out of the middle ages

Funny enough some people want to take us back to the middle ages with their votes. God forbid!!!

Allah is the same today as the days of Mohammed. He is the most merciful only his servants are merciless.



Allah akbar

may be you need to enlighten me. because i read that muhamed the founder of islam also killed many during his lifetime

MightySparrow:
Allah is the same today as the days of Mohammed. He is the most merciful only his servants are merciless.



Allah akbar

Techwriter:
may be you need to enlighten me. because i read that muhamed the founder of islam also killed many during his lifetime

Though you are reply to this thread eight months after, Allah is merciful, his servants not period.