A Religious Duty
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The author of the phrase that enraged the followers of the Religion of Peace� in Nigeria has fled the country after the deputy governor of Zamfara called on all Muslims everywhere to kill her.
Zamfara’s deputy governor Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi told religious leaders in the state capital, Gusau: “Like Salman Rushdie, the blood of Isioma Daniel can be shed.”
The speech was rebroadcast on local radio in Zamfara state, which was the first state in Nigeria to introduce Islamic law.
“It is binding on all Muslims wherever they are, to consider the killing of the writer as a religious duty”.