Nigerian authorities detain Shia group leader with ties to Iran

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Nigerian authorities detain Shia group leader with ties to Iran
Tamara Abueish, Al Arabiya English Saturday, 7 December 2019

Nigerian authorities have arrested Nigerian Shia leader Ibrahim Zakzaky upon his return from India, where he was refused treatment because his sectarian ties to Iran do not abide by the country’s residency regulations.

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Zakzaky and his wife are both being held in Nigeria’s Kaduna Prison, and Zakzaky’s trial has been postponed to February 2020, according to the Persian Al-Alam news channel website.

According to unnamed sources, India expelled the Shia leader out of fear that he would use his time in India to spread his sectarian views.

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