Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Nigeria
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sufi
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: Death
Date of Detainment: July//2021
Date of Sentencing: December/15/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Giving, Sharing, & Listening to a Religious Speech Religious Belief Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Incitement to Commit Crime & Violence
Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara
Extra Bio Info:
Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kabara, a cleric, and charged him with blasphemy and incitement for his allegedly “defamatory sermons” that were “mortifying to the Holy Prophet Muhammad.” Prior to his arrest, authorities banned him from preaching and closed his mosque and affiliated religious schools.
On December 15, 2022, an upper-Sharia Court in Kano sentenced Kabara to death for blasphemy.
Publicly Available Information:
- USCIRF Annual Report 2023: Nigeria
- "Sharia court sentence Islamic cleric Abduljabbar Kabara to death for blasphemy" British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- USCIRF Tweet November 12, 2021
- USCIRF Muslims in Africa Factsheet October 2021
- USCIRF Commissioners Frederick A. Davie and Tony Perkins, Op-ed, October 17, 2021
- USCIRF Kano State Issue Update October 2021
- "Islamic group reveals why Ganduje arrested Sheikh Kabara, demands his immediate release" Daily Post
- "Sheikh Abduljabbar: Malamin ya shafe daren farko a hannun 'yan sanda" BBC
- "Muƙabalar Abduljabbar da malaman Kano: Muhimman abubuwa 10 da suka faru a muhawarar" BBC