A Yoruba-speaking Islamic cleric, Shafiy Adeba, has sparked controversy after making inflammatory remarks advocating violence and enslavement against non-Muslims, whom he repeatedly referred to as “kafir.”
Adeba made the remarks in a video shared on his popular TikTok page on Sunday, speaking largely in Yoruba while incorporating Arabic expressions and references to the Quran.
In the video, the cleric claimed that Muslims have a religious right to fight and enslave non-Muslims, while urging the imposition of what he described as Islamic laws on them.
“Allah said fight them, enslave them, lock them inside their homes, don’t let them go to market, don’t let them go to farm, don’t let them see the sun,” he said.
“It’s the Muslim who has the right to enslave the kafir (infidel), not the other way around. Anywhere you find them hiding, seal them. That’s what Allah said in the Quran. It’s always first attack. War against kafir is rooted in Islam.
“It’s the Muslim who has the right to enslave the kafir, not the other way around.”
The cleric further warned that Muslims would face retaliation if they failed to impose what he described as laws against non-Muslims.
“What I am saying is that if you refuse to implement these laws on them, they would reciprocate with theirs on you,” he said.
“Anywhere you find them hiding, seal them. That’s what Allah said in the Quran. It’s always first attack. War against kafir is rooted in Islam.”
The term “kafir,” commonly translated as “infidel,” “disbeliever,” or “non-believer,” has different theological and contextual uses in Islamic literature. Its use by Adeba in the video was specifically directed at non-Muslims as he made his statements advocating fighting and enslaving them.
The cleric’s video was released on the same day SaharaReporters reported that another prominent Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahya Jingir called on Muslims in Kano State to support Muslim-Muslim political tickets, while urging his followers to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of future elections.
Jingir made the remarks at a campaign event for Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf tagged “Abba Go Again,” according to a video seen by SaharaReporters.
Governor Yusuf was also present at the event.
In the speech delivered in Hausa, the cleric praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for promoting a Muslim- Muslim ticket and said he remained a strong advocate of the arrangement.
"Special thanks to my (political) hero, Bola Tinubu who raised the flag of this political ideology, describing it as a purely Muslim-Muslim coalition," Jingir said.
“I am among the staunch advocates of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, and I call on you to come together for Muslim-Muslim ticket.”
Jingir acknowledged opposition to the idea from Christians and other religious groups but questioned whether his advocacy amounted to wrongdoing.
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