{"id":6691,"date":"2018-11-18T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6691-nigerians-again-wage-protest-rally-to-call-for-zakzaky-s-release\/"},"modified":"2018-11-18T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:12:12","slug":"nigerians-again-wage-protest-rally-to-call-for-zakzaky-s-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/6691-nigerians-again-wage-protest-rally-to-call-for-zakzaky-s-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians again wage protest rally to call for Zakzaky&#8217;s release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Shia Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Shia Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.<\/p>\n<p>Calling for justice for the 65-year-old cleric, who was beaten and arrested in 2015 along with his wife on trumped-up allegations, the protesters chanted slogans in support of Zakzaky on Saturday and insisting on his immediate release from prison.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of Shia Muslim community has been held since December 2015 following a deadly raid by the Nigerian army troops on his residence in the country\u2019s northern Kaduna State. He and his wife as well as a large number of his followers have been kept in custody ever since.<\/p>\n<p>During the raid, Zakzaky\u2019s wife sustained serious wounds too and more than 300 of his followers and three of his sons were killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian Shia Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. \u00a0 \u00a0 Nigerian Shia Muslims have once again waged protest rally in the capital of Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. 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