A growing wave of blasphemy attacks by Islamic extremists in Nigeria has stirred anger and threatened to divide Africa’s most populous nation.
Two gruesome mob lynchings over alleged blasphemy on May 12 and June 4 have roiled the country and stirred calls for global action.
Close to one dozen people have been killed for alleged blasphemy in Nigeria in recent years according to media reports. None of the perpetrators has been brought to justice.
Analysts speaking to The Epoch Times fear the practice of prescribing death sentences for alleged blasphemy by Islamic extremists could worsen a wave of lawlessness already spreading throughout the country….