blasphemy

Blasphemy: We Are Yet To Find Deborah’s Killers – Police

August 29, 2022 3:51 am

The Sokoto State Police Command has disclosed that, three months after, its men are still searching for the suspected killers of a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in May, 202, Samuel was stoned to death by some students who were said to be her classmates over allegations of blasphemy.

The spokesman for the command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, while speaking with reporters on Monday over silence on the case, said those arrested by the police were not the prime suspects. Abubakar said they were only among those who …

Outrage As Man Beheaded For ‘Blasphemy’ In India

Outrage As Man Is Beheaded For ‘Blasphemy’ In India

July 1, 2022 4:51 am

A man in India, whose name was given as Kanhaiya Lal, was on Thursday been murdered over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammad.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Lal who is a tailor was hacked to death right inside his shop in Udaipur, a city in the western Indian State of Rajasthan.

The perpetrators who went on to post the video online, claimed that they killed him in retaliation of his ‘support’ for a remark about Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

Lal, who ran Supreme Tailors in Udaipur’s Hathipole, was seen in the video posted online taking measurements of one …

Mob Murders Vigilante For Blasphemy In Abuja

June 5, 2022 4:14 am

A mob murdered a member of a vigilante group in Lugbe area of Abuja on Saturday for allegedly making a blasphemous statement.

According to reports which were made available to Africa Daily News, New York, the ugly incident occurred while members of the vigilance group at the popular Timber Shed market at the Federal Housing Estate (FHA) Lugbe in Abuja, were making moves to arrest some residents trespassing the market in the early hours of Saturday.

The residents were said to have begged the vigilantes to free them in the name of Allah but one of the vigilantes kicked and …

VP Osinbajo Condemns Deborah Samuel’s Killing In Sokoto

May 15, 2022 2:07 am

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has condemned the brutal killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto State describing it as a dastardly act.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Samuel, a second-year student of the college, was killed on Thursday following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the prophet of Islam.

Speaking at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Vice President commended the Sultan of Sokoto, the State Governor and other leaders in the state for condemning the dastardly act, insisting …

Buhari Condemns Deborah’s Killing, Calls For Investigation

May 14, 2022 4:11 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the resort to self-help by a mob which resulted in violence, destruction, and killing of Miss Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State on Thursday.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Samuel, a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was on Thursday killed following an allegation that she had blasphemed Muhammad (SAW), the prophet of Islam.

While reacting through a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, President Buhari observed that the news of the killing of the young lady by fellow students was a matter of concern.

He, therefore, demanded …

Pakistani Professor Sentenced To Death For Blasphemy

December 21, 2019 2:04 pm

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced a university professor to death for blasphemy under a law that critics say is often used to target minorities and liberal activists.

Junaid Hafeez, 33, was arrested in March 2013 for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed on social media.

Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in conservative Muslim-majority Pakistan, where laws against it carry a potential death sentence. Even unproven allegations have led to mob lynchings and vigilante murders.

Hafeez’s sentence was announced in the central city of Multan, where he was a university professor at the time of his arrest,

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