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Zamfara Christian Convert, Zainab Set To Face Trial In Sharia Court Friday For Switching Religion

In a development that has sent shockwaves to many quarters, 22-year-old Miss Zainab Muhamadu faces the death penalty in Zamfara State.

Family sources told SaharaReporters that her crime is converting to Christianity.

Zainab’s journey of faith began when she encountered Pastor Samuel, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member posted to her area.

Samuel had treated Zainab with dignity and shared his Christian faith with her.

Their bond later blossomed around shared values and spiritual connection.

Upon discovering her conversion, authorities arrested Zainab. She is now scheduled to stand trial this Friday in a Sharia Court — a move legal experts and human rights advocates are decrying as a gross violation of Nigeria’s constitutional right to religious freedom.

“This is not just a test of one woman’s faith,” said an Adamawa-based human rights lawyer.

“It’s a test of Nigeria’s soul — of whether we truly uphold the right to choose one’s faith.”

As fears grow that her right to a fair trial may be compromised in a state where the judiciary is heavily influenced by Islamic authorities, urgent calls are being made for intervention.

Christian communities across Nigeria are being urged to mobilise in prayer and advocacy.

Legal teams are also exploring the possibility of transferring her case to a secular court, arguing that as a Christian, Zainab should not be subjected to Islamic jurisprudence.

Meanwhile, Pastor Samuel is reportedly under immense emotional and spiritual strain, with many calling for protection and for him as well.

What’s at stake? Zainab’s life hangs in the balance. A defining moment for Nigeria’s religious freedom - just as for her, time is running out.

Apostasy (Arabic: riddah) refers to the act of a Muslim renouncing Islam—whether by converting to another religion, rejecting Islamic beliefs, or ceasing to practice the faith.

Under classical Islamic jurisprudence, apostasy has traditionally been treated as a capital offence, based on Hadith rather than the Qur’an.Travel guides

Many modern scholars argue that faith must be voluntary, and that punishing belief contradicts the essence of the Qur’an.

Still, apostasy laws remain enforced in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan, though international human rights groups continue to challenge them.­

https://saharareporters.com/2025/05/20/zamfara-christian-convert-zainab-set-face-trial-sharia-court-friday-switching-religion

Is this their plan for trying to force Sharia court on the South West?

What happened to freedom of religion as enshrined in the constitution?

This must not stand! CAN should get involved immediately and see to it that this mad.ness doesn't continue.

Whereas the rest of the world is solving global problems using science and technology, Northern Nigeria is still obsessed with Islam.

She will come out victorious. I hope she gets good lawyers to fight for her. She has every right to change her religion abeg.

Instead of them to defeat bandits na Zainab be their problem

It is against the Law for Christians to be Tried in Sharia Courts

It was out of mere extremism and misadventure in Zamfara,the then governor insisted that they will practice sharia law in a secular nation like Nigeria, Obasanjo did all he could to calm it down during his tenure, but guess what?it strengthened different radical groups to come up with their own version of islam.What did they North got from it?Boko Haram,terrorists herdsmen,Lukurawa,ISWAP and a host of others,with the list still counting.

This is the useless Sharia they wanted to foist on the west.

The northern part of this country is just amazing. I've seen certain Muslim countries. You'd be amazed at their growth. But here, Islam is more of a religion of bondage.

Christistruth02:

It is against the Law for Christians to be Tried in Sharia Courts

Exactly! Is it by force to be a Muslim?

These guys have a very sinister plan. From their strategic eradication of Christians, to the Sharia law.

Which Obasanjo are you making reference to? Most of problems we are facing in this country today was actually instigated by Obasanjo. Even this sharia law supposed not come to be in the first place but Obasanjo granted the request of this Islamic fundamentalist just to secure second term as a president.

Meanwhile this northerner have been asking for Shari'a law from different military and civilian president back then these sensible leaders continue to turn down their request because they have seen the future.

Here in southwest a Fuji maestro converted to Christian despite that some are not pleased with everyone move on at last.

AustineE1:
It was out of mere extremism and misadventure in Zamfara,the then governor insisted that they will practice sharia law in a secular nation like Nigeria, Obasanjo did all he could to calm it down during his tenure, but guess what?it strengthened different radical groups to come up with their own version of islam.What did they North got from it?Boko Haram,terrorists herdsmen,Lukurawa,ISWAP and a host of others,with the list still counting.

Even we Yoruba Muslims are not in of trying her in Sharia court, the should be freedom of worship, even most of our Yoruba Muslims and sisters are converting to Christianity, what is there

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Hmmmmmmmmmm 😮

We need to start tagging the president and the opposition on twitter

Google 'spread by the sword, but dying by the internet' and see how the eyes of the Islamic world is being opened, especially in core advanced Muslim nations.

Can you believe that the current percentage of practicing Muslims in Iran 🇮🇷 is less than 50% of their total population? (I read it today, with some Iranians claiming they are even less than 20%) as I was reading about them today it even baffled me the more, an Iranian who has left the faith said he visited home last Ramadan and in his community none is taking fasting serious, that they eat when they want to and that now even their ladies dress as they want to, he ended by saying that they are Persians and were once an advanced kingdom until Islam came, that they want to go back to the old Persian era when they were free. This is just an example of countless others that I read today even from Algeria 🇩🇿, to Morocco 🇲🇦 to Egypt 🇪🇬 and others. With high ranking Islamic scholars (I can't their names now) raising alarms that the percentage of people leaving Islam is now at an alarming rate, one even said about 100,000 every year. He might not be wrong.

Even in th western countries, people like Godlogic, Bob, Orlando and others have been proselytizing Muslims in swathes into Christianity by opening their eyes to the disrepancies in their religion.


I know this swathe will soon sweep across Northern Nigeria 🇳🇬 albeit slowly as far as we are in this internet age.

Oops! No wonder the Sultan of Sokoto was talking against the internet and social media the other day, now it makes sense.

This lady might even ignite that fire in Nigeria 🇳🇬, we can't wait!

All these fake imported religions have destroyed the normal mental processes of a lot of our people.

If you are following any of the two religion, you should know for fact that:

There is no heaven, there is no hell, there is no God (or god), there is no Allah, there are no angels, there are no demons, there are no spirits, there is no life after death, juju don't work, there is no eternal judgment, there is no karma, there was no historical Jesus. All those are figment of human imaginations and tools use by a very few some to control the very many others. The earlier you understand and accept these facts as facts, the happier and merrier your life and existence will be.

The religion you're currently claiming is the religion of your parents, if you were born into a different family of another religion (say Hinduism), that is the exact religion you will practice.

You were born without a religion in you, your factory reset has no religion in it. If you were to be a phone and they do factory reset on you today being a phone, there will not be anything found related to religion in your settings, files and file systems anymore; you learn religion only after your birth growing up.


Islam is idolatry and paganism, Christianity aswell is idolatry - All the world religion is idolatry, including all the Abrahamic religion. Holy communion is idolatory, bowing for a stone call Kaaba of the Bedouin tribes is also idolatory, killing of rams is idolatory, kissing or licking of a stone at mecca is idolatory, throwing of stone at pilgrimage is idolatory too.

Infact, Illah is what the Arabic call God and not Allah. Allah was one of the diety been worshiped before the invention of Islam. That is why muslims will say something like "la ilah ila huwa" meaning Allah is one Illah (God). Have you ask yourself why Prophet Mohammed's father who was an idol worshiper and who lived before the invention of islam has Allah in is name Abdullai== Abdu Allah? It is because Allah has been an idol worshiped by paganists before the Prophet received his revelations.

Nakedly circumambulations of the Kaaba, annual prigrimage to mecca, kissing of black stone, bowing towards the stone (stone worship) are all preislamic pagan practises by the nomadic Bedouin tribe and the same is what they still practice today.

All Abrahamic religion are idolatory, they only package them well and condemn your heritage as evil, whereas, Nigeria was better in of morality, honesty and integrity before they brought the foreign religions.

In peace loving, emotional intelligence, love for neighbors, respect for sanctity of life, we are even better than those who brought those religion with primitive leaders and prophets whose morality and characters are highly questionable.


Release yourself today from the shackles of religion. Stop wasting away your life and existence!

If you like, allow one illiterate alfa, imam or pastor to be telling you "you will go to hell". When you die, your dead experience will be like the same experience you had before your conception (pregnancy) ie. There is nothing like afterlife. Or where were you before your mother gave birth to you?


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Muslims will celebrate the conversion of a Christian to Islam but prosecute or kill anyone moving from Islam to Christianity and you tell me this is God's set religion.

I do not blame them. I blame stupid Christian leaders

The northern CAN which has been validating every APC politician because there was no work.

Now work don come, let's see how you go about this particular case

Is there no freedom of religion in Nigeria? Why does the north practice Sharia law with impunity while the South follows the Nigerian constitution?

Do we really have laws in this country? 🤔

I really don't think Nigeria can stand the test of time with all these Islamic extremists and their problems. It's just too much!

Yes, Nigeria remains a secular state.

And religious attacks against Christianity is said not to b ongoing
That is definitely a lie

Islamic law is subject to Nigeria Constitution. Thank you op for raising this alarm, nothing will happen to her.

If she dies a Christian at least there is hope for eternity in heaven but she will live and not die. Their plans against her will not stand neither shall it come to .

fuckingAyaya:
Instead of them to defeat bandits na Zainab be their problem

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