shiite muslims

Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), has expressed the hope that his return to Nigeria is for the best. In a video said to have been recorded before the cleric boarded his return flight to Nigeria, El-Zakzaky said he was informed earlier that he and his wife...

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky will depart Nigeria today through the Abuja International airport to India, Daily Trust has reliably gathered. read more

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has announced a temporary suspension of its street protests. Ibrahim Musa, president of the media forum of IMN, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. read more

Iran Shiites Protest At Nigerian Embassy In London Over El-Zakzaky

A new faction of Shiite Muslims has emerged in Borno state. This is according to Commandant Ibrahim Abdullahi of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). He said the group was found in Kwaya Kusar local government of the area through intelligence gathering and surveillance. “When we...

Several armed Nigerian soldiers and policemen who surrounded a Shiite gathering at Zango Road, Kaduna, have withdrawn. Worshipers had gathered to commemorate historical events associated with the Islamic month of Muharram that are particularly significant in the Shia calendar, when the...

Thousands of Shiite muslims, members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, on Friday blocked the Zaria-Kaduna expressway in protest of the prolonged detention of their leader, Ibrahim El Zakzaky. Photo credit: MLere Musa Ibrahim, a spokesman of the group said “some of our members” embarked on...