Shia in Nigeria

Shia in Nigeria

Though the majority of the Nigerian muslim population is Sunni, there is a significant Shia minority, particularly in the states of Kano and Sokoto.

Members of the Nigerian Shia community have been persecuted in some cases, but in other cases have united with Nigerian Sunni in the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. [ [http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2892 Alert: Nigerian security forces crackdown on Islamic Movement in Sokoto] Islamic Human Rights Commission, 20 August 2007.] Shia cleric Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky is a primary figure in the movement. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/1573491.stm Nigeria's firebrand Muslim leaders] "BBC News", 1 October 2001.]

Shia Islam was "almost unknown" in Nigeria until the 1980s, when Ibraheem Zakzaky introduced a syncretic blend of Shia and Sunni Islam. Zakzaky's gained a following among those disenchanted with the political and religious establishment, and began identifying themselves as Shia. [Farouk Umar, Estelle Shirbon [http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSL18808392 Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in ancient Nigerian city] "Thomson Reuters", 20 March 2008.]

The state government of Sokoto has reacted to the rise of Shia Islam in the state by taking such measures as demolishing the Islamic Center in 2007 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6926119.stm Nigerian Shia base knocked down] "BBC News", 1 August 2007] [ [http://www.aimislam.com/news/news/shia-center-demolished-in-nigeria Shia Centre demolished in Nigeria] "AhlulBayt Islamic Mission", 02 August 2007] . Furthermore, clashes between Sunni and Shia residents followed the assassination of Imam Umaru Danmaishiyya, who was known for his fiery anti-Shia preaching [ [http://smma59.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/act-now-raise-your-voice-against-the-attacks-on-shias-in-nigeria/ Statement: Nigerian Shia Muslims under Attack] ] [ [http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=21464&sec=46&cont=3 "Nigeria: Sunni-Shia clashes" ] "WorldWide Religious News"] .

ee also

*Islamic Movement (Nigeria)

ources

*Muhammad Mansur [http://www.jafariyanews.com/2k7_news/jan/29nigeria_aza.htm Nigeria’s Zaria city crammed with mourners of Imam Hussain] "Jafariya News", January 29, 2007.
*Mohamed Ali [http://www.jafariyanews.com/2k4_news/june/10_nigeriamosques.htm Mosques vandalised in (Abuja) Nigeria clashes] "Jafariya News", June 10, 2004.
* [http://www.isim.nl/files/review_21/review_21-36.pdf Nigerian Echoes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]
*Elise Aymer [http://www.yale.edu/iforum/Winter1996/nigeriaWin96.htm Nigeria: Clash of Religions] "The Yale International Forum", Winter 1996.
* [http://members.tripod.com/~Bregava/ purported Biography of Zakzaky]

External links

* [http://www.islamicmovement.org/ Official homepage of the Islamic Movement (Nigeria)]

References


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