Religion Impunity and Human Rights Abuses Combating Islamic

Religion, Impunity and Human Rights Abuses Combating Islamic Extremism and Witch Persecution in Africa

As Anger Rises, Muslims Protest French Cartoons • https: //www. usnews. co m/news/world/articles/ 2020 -10 -30/as-angerrises-thousands-ofmuslims-protest-frenchcartoons •

Malawi: 40 -Year-Old Woman Stoned to Death Over Witchcraft • https: //allafrica. com/st ories/201912310181. ht ml

Blasphemy: Muslim Lawyers okays death sentence judgment • Read more at: https: //www. vanguardngr. com/2 020/08/blasphemy-muslimlawyers-okays-death-sentencejudgment/ • • Blasphemy: Sharia council urges Ganduje to approve death sentence for Kano singer Read more at: https: //www. vanguardngr. com/2 020/08/blasphemy-sharia-council -urges-ganduje-to-approve-death -sentence-for-kano-singer/

Nigeria atheist Bala 'deemed mentally ill' in Kano state • https: //www. bbc. com/ news/world-africa 28010234 • https: //www. nytimes. c om/2020/08/25/world/ africa/nigeriablasphemy-atheistislam. html

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu: Sentenced to death by hanging • https: //edition. cnn. com /2020/09/29/africa/blas phemy-trialnigeria/index. html

Apostasy and Mental Illness • Sudanese activist accused of apostasy released on grounds of “mental incompetence” • https: //sudantribune. co m/spip. php? article 6244 0 •

Effective campaign against religious extremism/superstition based abuses • defend the rights of all human beings including muslims to blaspheme • Resist attempts to censor comments that are critical of harmful cultural practices • stand against this tendency by believers to value their holy book…. more than human life • Fulfill the mission of a new enlightenment

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