Mubarak Bala, 40, was convicted in a court in the northern city of Kano after, in a surprise move, he pleaded guilty to 18 ...

Mubarak Bala, found himself at the center of a firestorm that tested the boundaries of free speech in Nigeria, has finally regained freedom. Bala is a prominent Nigerian atheist and former ...

While the south is relatively safe for nonbelievers, some say threats and attacks have worsened in the north since the leader of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala, was arrested and ...

Despite four years in prison for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala defends his atheist beliefs but says he keeps a low profile now in the face of threats in his mostly conservative Muslim region of Nigeria ...

Bala came out as an ex-Muslim in 2014. He did something that many ex-Muslims in Nigeria could not do, and still cannot do. He dared what many people in Northern Nigeria dreaded, and feared to do ...

Mubarak Bala sentenced to prison for blasphemy has regained freedom. Following his release from prison having completed his jail term for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala, a self-proclaimed atheist said ...

Mubarak Bala, an atheist, has expressed fears for his safety following his release from prison after serving four years for blasphemy. Bala, who was the president of the Humanist Association of ...

The case of Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala has made it necessary to reflect on the situation of atheism in Nigeria. It is imperative to examine how religious minds have demonized atheism and ...

On 5 April 2022, Mubarak Bala – president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria – was convicted of charges related to blasphemy, and received a sentence that sent shockwaves throughout the ...

He returned home only after pretending to be a practicing Muslim even though he remained a closeted atheist, with Bala a strong supporter. “Before Mubarak was arrested, you had the feeling of ...