Ibrahim Zakzaky

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Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzaky (alternately Ibrahim Zakzaky or Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky; born 5 May 1953) is a Nigerian Shia Muslim cleric and political activist. One of the most outspoken and prominent Nigerian Shia leaders, he has been imprisoned several times for what he sees as injustice, especially the system of corruption in his country. Zakzaky claims that only Islam can offer solution to the complex socio-political problems facing Nigeria, which has over the years stagnated the country's development. In a lecture he has delivered in marking the occasion of Sheikh Uthman Bn Fodio Week (May 2023) organized by the Academic Forum of Islamic Movement, Zakzaky stated that he is continuing the Jihad of Uthman Bn Fodio to make sure that Islam becomes the ruling religion in not only Nigeria but the entirety of West Africa. In a lecture he delivered on the same occasion in Sokoto (20 May 2023), one of his proponents, Dr. Nasir Hashim has claimed that Zakzaky’s dream is the only hope for Africa. Sheikh...

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