Nigerian Forces destroy more Shia religious centers
Nigerian forces have destroyed more religious centers belonging to the African country’s Shia community.
Nigerian forces have destroyed more religious centers belonging to the African country’s Shia community.
“A combined team of security and Kaduna State government (KDSG) personnel demolished the Fudiyya Islamic School at Zaria and the Husainiyya in Saminaka,” The Shia community said in a statement on Friday.
The Fudiyya Islamic School in Zaria is a registered educational facility of the Shia community with nursery, primary and secondary sections with hundreds of pupils studying there.
“The Husainiyya in Saminaka was under construction when the Wahhabis lured the KDSG to stop the construction.
“The KDSG never issued any notice before this demolition,they also didn’t show any court order authorizing them to that effect,they simply came with bulldozers along with heavily armed security personnel and commenced the demolition of the Islamic center.
Some 100 Shiiteswere killed and several others injured on November 12, when Nigerian forces opened fire on Muslim mourners commemorating the fortieth day after martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him.
