Nigerian court bars Islamic police from arresting Christian convert over faith, marriage refusal

Nigerian court bars Islamic police from arresting Christian convert over faith, marriage refusal Women are pictured in a file photo praying during Mass at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo: OSV News/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters.

A federal high court in Nigeria has restrained authorities in the country’s Kano state and the Islamic religious police, known as Hisbah, from arresting a 22-year-old woman because she converted from Islam to Christianity and rejected a forced marriage. In its May 26 ruling, the court described the actions taken against the woman, identified by…

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