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BBC Reports: "Nigerian Muslim Cleric Warns Against Gender Equality..."
- SitiTalkBlog
- Oct 16, 2016
- 1 min read
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BBC reported that "A prominent Muslim cleric in Nigeria has warned Muslim lawmakers that they will be condemned as "unbelievers" if they back a new gender equality bill.The bill proposes that men and women inherit an equal share, violating the Koran, Sheikh Isyaka Rabiu said.Gender activists have been pushing for the bill to end discrimination against women in a country with roughly the same number of Christians and Muslims.Lawmakers say that public hearings will be held before the bill is passed."
