{"id":17856,"date":"2025-09-02T06:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=17856"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:31:25","slug":"animals-islamic-nigeria-students-kill-deborah-samuel-for-alleged-blasphemy-14-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/animals-islamic-nigeria-students-kill-deborah-samuel-for-alleged-blasphemy-14-may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals: Islamic Nigeria students Kill Deborah Samuel for alleged blasphemy 14 May, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><strong>A 24-hour curfew has been declared in Sokoto State, Nigeria, after protesters took to the streets demanding the release of two suspects in the murder of a Christian student last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Deborah Samuel was beaten and burned by Muslim students who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/world-africa-61169482?ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_source=twitter&amp;ns_campaign=bbc_live&amp;ns_linkname=627dd533c6835775caca7fb8%26Two%20seized%20over%20alleged%20blasphemy%20Nigeria%20killing%262022-05-13T07%3A31%3A14%2B00%3A00&amp;ns_fee=0&amp;pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:1528ff5f-5e2a-4323-99ce-775e3a67079e&amp;pinned_post_asset_id=627dd533c6835775caca7fb8&amp;pinned_post_type=share\">accused her of posting &#8220;blasphemous&#8221; statements<\/a>&nbsp;about Islam in a WhatsApp group on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Her death has been widely condemned by Muslims and Christians across Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On Saturday, demonstrators burned tyres and the police fired teargas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-53726256\">Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-55756834\">Jailed teenager wins blasphemy appeal in Nigeria<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Some of the protesters besieged the palace of the Muhammad Sa&#8217;ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and the highest spiritual figure among Muslims in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Sultan has condemned the killing at Shehu Shagari College of Education and demanded those involved face justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Announcing the curfew, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal urged the protesters: &#8220;Please, in the interest of peace go back home.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"178\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Deborah-Samuel.jpg?resize=284%2C178\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17857\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Nigeria is Africa&#8217;s most-populous country and most people in its mainly Muslim north and the largely Christian south are deeply religious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Religious tensions and deadly clashes are not uncommon, particularly in the north where some states have adopted strict sharia laws, including death sentences for blasphemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Blasphemy in Islam includes the mocking or disparaging of attributes of the religion as well as denying any of its fundamental beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Ms Samuel&#8217;s killing and said there should be an impartial investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Nigeria&#8217;s largest grouping of Christian churches has demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 24-hour curfew has been declared in Sokoto State, Nigeria, after protesters took to the streets demanding the release of two suspects in the murder of a Christian student last week. Deborah Samuel was beaten and burned by Muslim students who&nbsp;accused her of posting &#8220;blasphemous&#8221; statements&nbsp;about Islam in a WhatsApp group on Thursday. 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