Killing Mobs: In Nigeria, Alleged Blasphemy is a Death Sentence
Despite Nigeria’s constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion and expression, religious-motivated mobs have continuously taken justice into their own hands to lynch, burn, and kill people who they accused of insulting and blaspheming their religious principles. From marketplaces to university campuses, allegations of this kind carry a deadlier weight than the law itself. Adedokun Theophilus…