Nigerian Atheist Faces Death Threats For Blasphemy Against Islam

By Nwachukwu Egbunike*

Mubarak Bala, a self-identified atheist, was arrested in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, on March 29, 2020, for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammed, reports the Punch, a Nigerian daily. 

Bala was arrested following a petition to the police commissioner of Kano, northwest Nigeria, on April 27, by a...