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 Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Leader of Nigerias Islamic Movement in a video message on Thu. said that Nigerian government has given incorrect and false information to India government about his health condition. Nigerian government has created problem over giving accurate information to Indian government about my health condition, so I prefer ...

Tasnim The secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) assured Nigerian Muslim leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky that Iran would do its utmost to help the process of his medical treatment. On Thursday morning, WFPIST Secretary General Ayatollah Mohsen Araki had a telephone conversation with Sheikh Zakzaky,...

MNA Secretary of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called for an immediate end to pressures on Sheikh Zakzaky and his family. Ayatollah Jannati highlighted that the Nigerian cleric's need for medical treatment should be met as soon as possible. Sheikh Zakzaky, the Leader of Nigerias Islamic Movement, has been imprisoned for four years ...

MNA Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Thursday that Nigerian authorities are responsible for the health and safety of Nigerias Shia top cleric Sheikh Zakzaky. Sheikh Zakzaki is among great Islamic figures. The Nigerian authorities are responsible for his safety ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman has welcomed the Nigerian governments 'positive move' to permit a medical team to visit and examine Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the leader of Nigerias Shia community, and his wife. In a Saturday statement, Seyed Abbas Mousavi expressed hope that with Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife receiving full treatment inside ...

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....

Press TV - One person has been reportedly killed and several others injured after members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) clashed with the police in the capital Abuja. The police, using tear gas and live ammunitions, forcefully dispersed Shia protesters demanding the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, at the Unity Fountain ...

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 - 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 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- 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 ...

Press TV- A brother of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the jailed leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), has accused officials in the African country of medical negligence. Madamasi Yaqub,Zakzakys half-brother, told Press TV in an interview aired on Monday, that the clerics health was currently better than the time he was brutally attacked ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Ibrahim Musa, the spokesman of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), said Nigerians will continue their peaceful protests across the African country to secure the release of imprisoned Shiite cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and other detainees. For now we have been holding peaceful rallies and protest marches in various state ...