{"id":85717,"date":"2026-08-23T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85717"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T14:20:13","slug":"nigeria-muslim-cleric-says-christians-are-infidels-should-leave-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/nigeria-muslim-cleric-says-christians-are-infidels-should-leave-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Muslim Cleric Says Christians Are Infidels, Should Leave Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Jihadwatch.org:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jihadwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shaik_sani_Yahaya_jingir_21-300x174.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A firestorm erupted across Nigeria after influential Islamic cleric Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir declared that Christians are \u201cinfidels,\u201d a minority, and should leave the country if they oppose Muslim\u2013Muslim political leadership. The remarks, applauded by some officials present were made during an August 8 mass wedding in Kano, and triggered nationwide condemnation and reopened one of Nigeria\u2019s most volatile questions: who actually constitutes the country\u2019s religious majority, and what does that mean for political power in Africa\u2019s largest democracy?<\/p>\n<p>The remarks were widely reported by Nigerian media and generated intense argument\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Jihadwatch.org: A firestorm erupted across Nigeria after influential Islamic cleric Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir declared that Christians are \u201cinfidels,\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85719,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85717\/revisions\/85719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}