MNA Nigerias senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky returned to his hometown after sabotaging attempts of the Nigerian government on the process of his treatment in India, Al-Alam news network reported. Meanwhile, leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria had earlier informed of his return to Nigeria in a video message. Nigerian government ...

MNA Nigerian politicians, especially those from Northern extraction, view Shia Islam as a threat to the majority Sunni Islam. This isnt peculiar to Nigeria. Globally, Shia Muslims are not generally viewed positively. In Nigeria, they have been accused of not recognizing the Nigerian state and of trying to run a parallel government. There is also ...

MNA Zakzaky is a religious leader in detention for ideological reasons and peaceful political criticism but the tricky point is that the government labels him with violence to keep him in prison forever. Its been 1000 days of Sheikh Ibraheem el-Zakzakys wrongful incarceration along with his wife and other associates since the Zaria massacre ...

IRNA - Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky has turned down a government proposal to halt his activities in return for his release from prison. Zakzakys wife said the senior Muslim cleric had stressed that he would not give up the decades-long activities of the Islamic Movement, the Beirut-based Islam Times reported....

FNA - The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) said the government in Abuja plans to keep the movement's Leader Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah in detention until they die. "Are the tyrants holding the brave Sheikh captive waiting for time to kill him since Allah has rescued him from their attempt to kill him using their military might?" ...

Press TV - The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has said the government's release of an edited video of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky will not placate calls for the Shia cleric's immediate release. On Sunday, the IMN released a statement stressing that it will continue with its peaceful demonstrations until their leader released. There ...

Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, rumored to have died in detention, has made his first public appearance since he was illegally detained by security forces in 2015. Zakzaky, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), told reporters in the capitalAbujaon Saturday that he was alive ...

Press TV - Nigerian government forces have opened fire on demonstrators demanding the release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. On Tuesday, during the third day of consecutive protests, one person was severely injured during clashes with Nigerian forces and another 50 people were detained in Abuja. Nigerian sources told Press ...

Press TV - Nigerian government forces have attacked protesters calling for the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, killing at least one person. The protester was killed on Sunday in the northwestern state of Kaduna amid widespread demonstrations which were held in over 50 separate locations....

Press TV - A Nigerian court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), against the countrys military over its human rights violations. The Federal High Court in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna on Friday rejected the suit by the prominent Shia cleric, who was seeking ...

Press TV - Nigerian police have reportedly used live bullets to disperse protesters demanding the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the revered leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). Local media in Kaduna state said a peaceful protest held on Tuesday for the release of Zakzaky turned violent after police and accomplices fired live ...

MNA IHRC has written to the Nigerian President urging him to allow the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria access to urgently needed medical treatment. In a direct appeal to President Buhari the letter highlights the deteriorating condition of Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky who family members say is in severe danger of losing the sight ...

Press TV- Police in Nigeria have used teargas to disperse peaceful protesters demanding the release of the countrys top Shia Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, Press TV reports. Violence erupted on Wednesday as hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) were peacefully protesting in front of the National Assembly building ...

Alwaght- The Nigerian government has blatantly defied a court order given by the country's high court calling for the release of Islamic movement leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. On 2 December, 2016 the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeenah Ibrahim should be released within 45 days. The court ruled ...

Press TV- Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to comply with a court ruling that calls for an end to the unlawful detention of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the countrys top Shia Muslim cleric. "Zakzaky is being unlawfully detained, Amnesty Nigeria director Makmid Kamara said on Monday, adding that the Nigerian government ...

MNA IHRC has written to the President of Nigeria as well as the countrys State Security Services urging them to not miss this opportunity to resolve the current crisis involving Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, Head of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria. In December 2015 Sheikh Zakzakys house was demolished and he was injured and arrested. He has been held ...

Press TV- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Nigeria to end its heavy-handed crackdown on amainstream Shia group led by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and release the prominent cleric from prison. In a statement published on Wednesday, the New York-based rights organization said Nigeria should abide by a recent court ruling that ordered the unconditional ...

Tasnim Dozens of Nigerians poured into the streets to demand the release of imprisoned Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky. The demonstrators staged rally in the areas of Kaduna, Katsina and Yola, denouncing the incarceration of the cleric, his wife and hundreds of other Muslims as illegal,...

Press TV- The detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and his wife have been relocated to an undisclosed safe location amid fears of assassination attempts. According to reports, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and Zeenat were moved to the unnamed detention center in the capital Abuja on Saturday. In early December, the Abuja division ...

Press TV- A Nigerian court has ruled that Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), should be released unconditionally. The Abuja division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria on Friday also ruled that Zakzaky's wife, Zeenat, should be released. Justice Gabriel Kolawole said the court had come to ...