SPECIAL REPORT: Dissenting Voices: Several Victims Of Religious Violence In Northern Nigeria Recount Ordeals

  An investigation by ICIR documents multiple cases of religious intolerance in northern Nigeria, providing insights into whether or not the holy scripture supports the death penalty for blasphemy and the position of the constitution and international frameworks on religious freedom.   Usman is in his early thirties, a Christian convert, resident of Kano State.

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