Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky

Fri, Apr 29, 2016
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Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky, Shi’a Muslim cleric and founder Islamic Movement in Nigeria, 63, May 5. Born in Zaria, Kaduna State, he attended the Provincial Arabic School, Zaria, 1969-1970; School for Arabic Studies, Kano, 1971-1976 where he obtained the ‘Grade II’ Certificate, and Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, 1976-1979. Zakzaky is the primary figure and spiritual leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Africa’s most prominent Shi’a Muslim movement. He believed that the establishment of a republic along similar religious lines in Nigeria would be feasible. He has been detained several times due to accusations of civil disobedience or recalcitrance under military regimes in Nigeria during the 1980s and 1990s and is still viewed with suspicion or as a threat by Nigerian authorities. In December 2015 Nigerian Army raided his residence in Zaria, massacred hundreds of his followers and since then he has remained under state detention.

—  May 9, 2016 @ 01:00 GMT

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