Sheikh Zakzaky returns to Nigeria
MNA – Nigeria’s senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky returned to his hometown after sabotaging attempts of the Nigerian government on the…
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Why is Nigerian govt. so afraid of Sheikh Zakzaky?
MNA – Nigerian politicians, especially those from Northern extraction, view Shia Islam as a threat to the majority Sunni Islam. This isn’t…
Zakzaky’s 1000 days of wrongful incarceration
MNA – Zakzaky is a religious leader in detention for ideological reasons and peaceful political criticism but the tricky point is that…
Nigerian senior cleric rejects government call to stop activities
IRNA – Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has turned down a government proposal to halt his…
IMN says Nigeria will keep Ibrahim Zakzaky detained until he dies
FNA – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) said the government in Abuja plans to keep the movement’s Leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky…
Releasing footage of Zakzaky is not enough: Islamic Movement in Nigeria
Press TV – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has said the government’s release of an edited video of their leader Sheikh…
Nigerian Shia cleric Zakzaky makes first public appearance since detention in 2015
Press TV – Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, rumored to have died in detention, has made his…
Nigerian forces attack protesters demanding release of prominent Shia cleric
Press TV – Nigerian government forces have opened fire on demonstrators demanding the release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. …
Nigerian forces attack protesters calling for top Shia cleric’s release
Press TV – Nigerian government forces have attacked protesters calling for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria…
Nigeria court rejects Shia cleric’s lawsuit against army
Press TV – A Nigerian court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement…
Police fire ‘live bullets’ at Nigerians urging Zakzaky’s release
Press TV – Nigerian police have reportedly used live bullets to disperse protesters demanding the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the revered…
Nigerian President urged to allow IMN leader access to medical care
MNA– IHRC has written to the Nigerian President urging him to allow the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria access…
Nigerian police tear-gas Zakzaky supporters
Press TV- Police in Nigeria have used teargas to disperse peaceful protesters demanding the release of the country’s top Shia Muslim cleric,…
Nigerian regime ignores court order to release Sheikh El-Zakzaky
Alwaght– The Nigerian government has blatantly defied a court order given by the country’s high court calling for the release of Islamic…
Amnesty urges end to ‘unlawful’ detention of Nigerian cleric Sheikh Zakzaky
Press TV- Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to…
IMN leader must be freed as ordered by Abuja court
MNA– IHRC has written to the President of Nigeria as well as the country’s State Security Services urging them to not miss…
HRW urges Nigeria to free Zakzaky, halt suppression of Shia group
Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Nigeria to end its heavy-handed crackdown on a mainstream Shia group led by Sheikh…
Nigerian protesters call for freedom of Sheikh Zakzaky
Tasnim– Dozens of Nigerians poured into the streets to demand the release of imprisoned Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement…
Nigeria relocates Zakzaky, spouse over assassination attempt fears
Press TV- The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and his wife have been relocated to an undisclosed safe…
Nigeria court rules Sheikh Zakzaky must be released ‘immediately’
Press TV- A Nigerian court has ruled that Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), should…
Nigeria denies Sheikh Zakzaky proper medical treatment: Cleric’s brother
Press TV- A brother of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), has accused officials in…
One martyred, several injured as Nigerian forces attack Shia rally ahead of Arba’een
AhlulBayt News Agency– Nigerian forces have opened fire at a group of Shia Muslims holding a demonstration in preparation for the upcoming Arba’een…
Nigeria Shias: Crackdown smells of Wahhabism
Press TV- Shia Muslims in Nigeria say the government’s bloody crackdown on the religious minority is influenced by Wahhabism, a radical ideology…
Nigerian state bans mainstream Shia movement
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) that has been declared an unlawful society by a northern state vowed Saturday…
Rallies to continue in Nigeria until freedom of Sheikh Zakzaky: IMN spokesman
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ibrahim Musa, the spokesman of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), said Nigerians will continue their peaceful protests across…
Nigerians protest Sheikh Zakzaky’s illegal detention
Over 2,000 Nigerians have taken part in a protest rally calling for the release of prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.…
Zakzaky health condition one priority of Iran’s diplomacy
TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Amir-Abdollahian while referring to FM Zarif’s recent visit to Nigeria, said the issue on health condition of…
Iran: Nigerian gov’t committing genocide against Sheikh Zakzaky’s family
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council Mohammad Javad Larijani warned that the family members of the Leader of the Islamic…
Zarif expresses concern over Zakzaki’s health conditions
Tehran, July 28, IRNA – Representative of Jame Al-Mustafa accompanying Iranian delegation in Nigeria said that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed…
Nigerian Muslim leader’s son: Sheikh Zakzaky in Dire need of medical care
TEHRAN (FNA)- Son of Nigeria’s leading Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, complained on Saturday that his mother and father are suffering from…
Sheikh Zakzaky still in jail, getting better: Nigerian cleric
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Top Shiite cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky still remains in custody…
Nigeria Army killed 100s of Shias: Report
Nigeria’s Army mowed down as many as 347 Muslims last December while swooping on the followers of the country’s leading Shia cleric, a…
Calls mount for immediate release of Nigerian cleric
A Nigerian human rights lawyer has called for the immediate and unconditional release of senior Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic…
Protesters demand release of detained Nigerian Shia leader
CIKATSERE, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of protesters waving banners demanding “Free Zakzaky!” marched down a northern highway on Friday to support the…
Nigerian protesters call for Shia cleric’s release
People in Nigeria have held protest rallies in several cities across the country to demand the immediate and unconditional release of senior Shia cleric…
Nigerian protesters call for release of Shia cleric, Zakzaky
Nigerians have staged fresh protest rallies across the country to call for the immediate release of jailed Shia cleric and leader of…
Nigerian protesters call for release of Sheikh Zakzaky
Thousands of Nigerians have taken to the streets to demand the release of imprisoned Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement…
Pressure mounts on Nigeria to release Islamic Movement leader
Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA – The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it is applying pressure on various international organisations to…
HRW: Nigeria soldiers killed Shia children, no provocation
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Shia children with no provocation before unjustified raids that killed hundreds of the…
All India Shia Ulema Council condemns Nigeria massacre of Muslims
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Islamic group in India has issued a statement condemning arrest of Sheikh Zakzaky and killing of hundreds…