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Nigeria: Sharia Law - Arewa's Export to Yorubaland, By Majeed Dahiru

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At a time that well-meaning Nigerians, including some Muslims, are calling for the secularisation of the Nigerian state and the dismantling of religious laws in the Hausa speaking Muslim North of Nigeria, as a means of effectively separating the state and religion, some wannabe Mullahs in the Yoruba speaking South-West part of the country are struggling to extend Sharia rule to their region. For many decades, the Muslim North has been the hotbed…

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Nigeria: Sharia Law - Arewa's Export to Yorubaland, By Majeed Dahiru

At a time that well-meaning Nigerians, including some Muslims, are calling for the secularisation of the Nigerian state and the dismantling of religious laws in the Hausa speaking Muslim North of Nigeria, as a means of effectively separating the state and religion, some wannabe Mullahs in the Yoruba speaking South-West part of the country are struggling to extend Sharia rule to their region. For many decades, the Muslim North has been the hotbed…

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Sharia law: Arewa's export to Yorubaland, By Majeed Dahiru

Consequently, political Islam and Islamist separatism will begin to define the socio-political landscape of Yorubaland as the Yoruba Muslims increasingly get isolated from their kith and kin of other faiths while aligning their democratic choices with their religious agenda, and the region will lose its religious innocence and descend into anarchy, as the centre of […] The post Sharia law: Arewa’s export to Yorubaland, By Majeed Dahiru appeared …

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Christian group demands Nigeria’s withdrawal from OIC, rejects sharia expansion

Christian group demands Nigeria’s withdrawal from OIC, rejects sharia expansion Professor Ebitimi Weigha and OIC logo. Published By: Michael Adesina Chairman of Thinking Hat, an associate of Christian Soul Winners Worldwide in Nigeria, Professor Ebitimi Weigha, has reacted to the call by Professor Funlayo Adesanya-Davies urging President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government to withdraw Nigeria from the Organization of Islamic Cooperat…

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Premium Times Nigeria broke the news in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday, February 21, 2025.
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