₦airaland Forum

All Abrahamic religions and other man made religions wasted many lives fighting for God and irrelevant things.From Crusades to Jihad,caste system.

Political ideology also killed a lot of people like communism etc.

excanny:
I’m talking of the age of civilization. You know how nicely whites treat each other in the modern world.

Only the Russians in this modern age don’t treat their fellow whites nicely.

The Russians are fighting for survival.If your are surrounded by enemies who inVite Armed robbers to stockpile weapons close to your home waiting to launch an attack at any moment,will you wait till the attack is launched or you prevent such from happening if you had the weapons to defend yourself?.

excanny:
Russians are the only whites who kill fellow whites.

Whites have always been killing themselves until they found the loot in Africa.
Danes were always killing Swedes on revenge mission until Denmark had to surrender part of their territory to Sweden(Skåne).Sweden became the largest country in Scandinavian by stealing land from its neighbour through various wars and subjugation.

Europeans are like Africans,take Africa loot away from them they will start killing themselves all over again.

kmarerin:
This Deborah case has changed my perception about this Country. I don't believe this Country was designed to work from the beginning.

Nigeria was designed to protect the European interests not for Africans.

SlyDev:
The problem we have in Nigeria is terrorism. Terrorism in the east has killed many Muslims and their shops destroyed, the same is happening to Christians in the North.

The North and East need their own country

Very true.The two cancer regions of Nigeria need to be cut off so we can implement visa regimes on them before they step into our territory.

PrinceOfLagos:
Why are you particular about the igbos?

Are igbos the only tribe living in sokoto state?

What's your mission of creating this evil thread ?

Princeofndigbo are you afraid to confront your fulani masa?
You see Fulanis are Igbos definition of master who knows how to put their slaves where they belong .They are no cowards like SS,SW in Nyanmirins dictionary.
Fulanis and Igbos are political allies as well as 5&6.

DamianX:
Yorouba Muslims una no Dy ever tire?

Igbo christians wey kill their brothers in the name of religion wetin do you?

Doris4ever:
You are foolish slowpoke. Barbarians killing Christians.

Brainwashed slowpoke.Go to the North to defend your Northern brethren in crisis.”Love thy neighbour as thyself” so says the Lord.

Doris4ever:
I have NEVER seen people that are very docile in my entire life than Nigerian Christian.

They will kill them, they will not retaliate.

They will burn their shops, they will not retaliate.

They will burn their churches, they will not retaliate.

By now, I expect to see Mosque all over Nigeria on fire.

Let the burning begin.

Muslims don't have monopoly of violence.

Let's every Christian return fire for fire to this barbarians.

Or else they will kill you for nothing.

The best way to stop nonsense is to attack.

If Christian refused to attack this barbarians, they will continue the killing spree.

Leave South West out of your burning madness.Go to the North to support your xtians brethren.
Foolish Nigerians wanted to go to Ukraine to defend their white masters but cant defend their fellow black brethren in faith.

Broveens42:
Stop gloating over religion. If I wanna follow your logic..
Who's more demonic ? Muslims or the Christian leaders that have been paying lip service to this type of crisis right from the days of Jos to Kano ?
The earlier you realize religion generally was meant to prey on the weak and gullible in the society, the better for you.

Many pensioners have died under the leadership of Christian leaders in Nigeria, also many children have died of hunger in their hands.

Death isn't just about the knife

Religion came to destroy humanity :Islam,xtianity,Judaism,hinduism etc.
It is a brainwashing technique to see others as inferior /dehumanise them so they can be killed/candidate of hell fire.
Adam and Eve will never be happy to see their offsprings killing each other over differences.

Ijoh:
You are right.
They've just burned down a Catholic church and they are burning down shops.

All because the Killers of Deborah were arrested
Two of the main people.
Christians are running every where right now for their lives.
Some groups have gone to sultan palace and are protesting everywhere.
They are in their thousands.

They are holding objects and causing unrests everywhere.
Separate Nigeria Now!!!

1.Oduduwa Republic with Capital in Lagos

2.Biafra Republic with Capital in Enugu

3.Ijaw Republic with Capital in Wilberforce City
4.Kwararafa Republic(Middle Belt) with Capital in Wukari

5.And useless unity begging Arewa Republic with Capital in Kano
Yugoslavia shared into seven countries and its population was Lagos size.
Everybody must please speak on this!!!!

Disintegrate Nigeria or nothing else!!!

We are not one
We are never ever one!!!!

Itshekiri,Kwara and part of Yoruba speaking kogi will go with Yorubaland.We can recreate our Oyo Empire before the pale face joined us with warring tribes.

Na real wa for this naija.

Deblow:
Kudos to you, offline warrior! Have you not been "rewarded" for the cold-blood murder? All of you that tacitly support this dastardly act shall never witness anything good in ur entire lifetime till you entire hell, where you belong after life. Stupid people serving a god that can't fight for himself! If you were all this 'holy' one wonders why insurgency and banditry fester in ur region so much

Mumu i am not a Northerner and i detest the killing of Deborah.Besides i wasnt replying to your imbecilic self.
May all your curses follow you and your family.

Nigeria’s blasphemy laws are the religious freedom crisis no one is talking about

This op-ed was originally published by Religion News Service, on February 5, 2021.

By USCIRF Vice Chair Tony Perkins and Commissioner Frederick A. Davie.

Last year, a Shariah court in northern Nigeria condemned Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a 22-year-old Muslim gospel musician, to death for committing blasphemy in a series of private WhatsApp messages. The same court found a 16-year-old boy, Umar Farouk, guilty of blasphemy for reportedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad while arguing with a friend and sentenced him to 10 years in prison with manual labor.

Farouk’s sentence has been overturned, and Sharif-Aminu’s case has been sent for retrial. But these harsh sentences are only the latest examples of the problematic application of Shariah law in some states in northern Nigeria, and they remain sources of concern.

Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is almost evenly split between Muslims and Christians. Despite its religious diversity, many Nigerians face systematic threats to their right to freedom of belief. Boko Haram jihadists and other armed insurgents frequently attack houses of worship and religious ceremonies and regularly abduct and execute civilians based on their beliefs.

But nonstate actors like Boko Haram are not the only threat.

Since 1999, 12 states in northern Nigeria have adopted Shariah penal codes that operate parallel to secular and customary courts. In deference to the country’s constitution, which protects Nigerians’ right to freedom of religion and belief, the penal codes do not apply to non-Muslims and exclude provisions against apostasy, which is typically punishable by death.

Yet many Shariah laws in northern Nigeria continue to criminalize blasphemy and result in harsh punishments for blasphemers. Additionally, the Nigerian criminal code includes a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment for insulting a person’s religion.

Blasphemy laws promote intolerance, discrimination and violence against religious communities around the globe. Even before Sharif-Aminu had his day in court, a mob burned down his family home in retaliation for his comments and forced him into hiding. Lawyers filing appeals on behalf of Sharif-Aminu and Farouk have had to do so in secret for fear of violent retaliation.

Recent blasphemy convictions in Kano State are particularly concerning in the context of the continued detention of prominent atheist activist Mubarak Bala. In April 2020, police arrested Bala for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook post. He remains in detention without charge despite a Dec. 21 court order for his release.

During Bala’s detention, Nigerian authorities restricted his access to his legal team and family. In July, his wife, who had recently given birth to a son, had to plead with the government for proof of life and for information on her husband’s whereabouts and wellbeing.

Through the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project, USCIRF is advocating on behalf of both Bala and Sharif-Aminu, urging their immediate and unconditional release.

Blasphemy laws and harsh sentences cannot stand if Nigeria’s commitment to religious freedom is to be realized. In December, the U.S. Department of State designated Nigeria for the first time as a country of particular concern for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of international religious freedom. Nigeria is the first secular democracy to be labeled a country of particular concern.

Repealing the blasphemy laws, which have deep local support in northern Nigeria, will not be easy. Efforts to repeal them, in fact, may backfire if they are perceived as “outsider” Christian or secular actors meddling in local affairs.

Consequently, the U.S. government should incentivize the government of Nigeria to engage state and local actors in a political dialogue designed to align local justice mechanisms with the rights and protections provided by international law and the Nigerian Constitution.

The United States should also urge the Nigerian government to provide stronger security for the lawyers working on blasphemy cases in areas where they are experiencing harassment and physical threats.

Ultimately, every Nigerian citizen has the right to believe and worship as they choose, and that right should be protected equally for all Nigerians, regardless of their faith or creed.

https://www.uscirf.gov/countries/nigeria/religion-news-service-nigerias-blasphemy-laws-are-religious-freedom-crisis-no-one

press9jatv:
BREAKING (Blasphemy): The Sokoto State Chief Imam, Dr. Sheikh Mansour has called on Nigerian police to quickly release those arrested over the grue-some mur-der of Deborah.

The Imam also called to immediately reopen the Shehu Shagari College of Education where the incident happened.

As Sokoto Residents Plan Mass Protest Over Police Arrest Of Suspected Killers Of Female Student, Claim Suspects Were ‘Defending Islam, Prophet Muhammad.

Political Affairs Int

Fake news,where is your source?

Pat081:
hmmmmm or they should post Yoruba to lgbo state and lgbo to yoruba too that will be better

Dont you understand English,Igbos will be posted to South East region,Yorubas for South west.
Why should any Yoruba child go to a region they risked being killed by unknown gunmen and IPOB.
NYSC was introduced as an aftermath of the Biafran war.If igbos dont want to stay in their region,they go to their allies in the North to serve not Yoruba land.

Contd

In view of Deborah Samuel’s death killed for insulting someone was a symptom of religious intolerance exhibited in the North.The govt and society needs to address the root causes so the same thing doesnt repeat itself.

The Igbos always come online to beat their chest that there is no Igbo muslims while the Hausa/Fulani believes Hausa/Fulani christians are “kufar” and not one of them.

Similarly in these two enclaves their own kind are being killed,maimed and their properties destroyed for choosing a different faith from their kith and kins.

Where do we go from here,what are the likely solutions in these two volatile regions to curb religious intolerance?

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/486318-inside-the-world-of-igbo-muslims-in-nigerias-south-east-region.html

Hmmm

Aboki99:
Following hate campaigns by Sunday Igboho, the entire South Western Nigeria erupted into an orgy of attacks against northerners in February 2021. Scores of Hausa/Fulani were attacked and set ablaze in South Western yoruba states.

At that time not even one Yoruba leader or governor came out to condemn the massacres of innocent northerners. Not even one!

Now fast forward to today when some crazy hoodlums decided to take laws into their own hands by killing one Debora Yakubu in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy.

Now the southerners are all up in verbal arms forgetting that they were as silent as dodo when the Igboho-inspired massacres of northerners in the South West of Nigeria took place in February 2021.

At that time, they kept silent with some even justifying the massacres. Now that the shoe is on other other foot, all he'll is let loose. While the killing of Deborah by crazy hoodlums is utterly reprehensible, the bone I have to pick with southerners and their leaders is :

If they truly value human lives, why were they silent when in February 2021 northerners were massacred in South Western States?

I need no insult but just a link of a South west governor or any notable personality therefrom who just condemned the atrocities against northerners in the SW in February 2021. If they didn't, why?

Northerners attacked Yorubas first in their ancestral home before Yorubas taught you guys a lesson to respect your host.
Has any Yoruba group attack Hausas in Kaduna/Kano in their ancestral home before?

Stop being a hypocrite,you Northerners attack Southerners muslims on flimsy political stuff from 60’s -2011 until your Buhari came to power.

Deborah is hausa daughter killed only for insult someone,why didnt those fools take her to hisbah police for prosecution?

maestroferddi:
Common sense you don't have...

Is MURIC ran by Igbos or you think we have not been reading the vitriol coming out from them concerning Yoruba Christians?

It is not your fault but that of Yoruba Christians who allow themselves to be subjugated even when they are the overwhelming majority in Yorubaland....

MURIC guy speaks for himself no Yoruba sen am message.
Can we say Ohaneze and IPOB speak for all Igbos?

uBuNiT:
The lady lynched today in Sokoto state, Please where is her state of origin ? We need to know because the sudden change of her surename from Samuel to Yakubu is VERY SUSPICIOUS.

Which state is Deborah from PLEASE ?

She comes from Orlu so go and fight,yeye dey smell.

blaqoracle:
a typical ipob, whose leader is cooling in jail and yet can not fight.

Ipob ke ,I am only talking common sense.I am a muslim and i detest humiliation and subjugation.The Northern xtians need to fight back so everyone can seek for peace.You can never appease a bully,you only need to fight back to gain your dignity.

gender123:
we need to start killing these northern Muslim too...
If things continue like this in this country we Christian are just going to be meat for this Islamic wolf's and God is never gonna come done to safe us... We need to keep the Bible aside. Stupid religion of murderers

Go to the North to defend Southern Kaduna xtians from fulani bandits.

Mouthpis:
Dear Nairalanders,

The question is very clear. I am just being curious, so I ask, CAN A COUNTRY BE DIVIDED ALONG RELIGIOUS LINES?

After watching the video of the gruesome murder of that lady in Sokoto, I came developed a feeling that, if it is possible, then we are left with no choice than to clamour for it.

I am tired of reading news of people being killed because of religious differences. It's really saddening.

Let's hear your thoughts on this please..�
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Nigeria needs to be divided along ethnic lines.Division along religious lines will only lead to civil war on a massive scale.
Read about India/Pakistan Partition to get s glimpse of dividion along religious lines.

The hellfire called Nigeria.

Jungle country.

Right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan visited western Swedish cities on Thursday, weeks after riots broke out in the wake of his previous anti-Islamic demonstrations which include burning the Quran.
Paludan holds Danish and Swedish citizenship and is the leader of an far-right party which is seeking seats in Swedish parliament.
"I've seen people crying, I've seen people picking up pieces of the burnt Quran and kissing the pieces", Madeleine Bengtsson, reporter for Swedish Radio's local station in Sjuhärad told Radio Sweden.
Sujay Dutt

https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/paludan-burns-quran-in-western-sweden-causing-anger-but-no-riots

NobleAngell:
What a terrible experience! That girl will never want anything to bring her to the North again. I honestly understand why people avoid these guys like a plague, it's because that's what they are.

That is why NYSC should be scrapped and replaced with internship for fresh graduates in your state/region.