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Muhammad Marwa (died 1980), best
known by his
nickname Maitatsine, was a
controversial Muslim preacher in
Nigeria who
founded the Yan Tatsine, a militant...
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cleric Mohammed Marwa Maitatsine,
started in Kano in the late 1970s and
operated throughout the 1980s.
Maitatsine (since deceased) was from Cameroon...
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militant Quranist movement founded by the
controversial Nigerian leader Maitatsine that
first appeared around the
early 1970s. The
group was responsible...
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during his time. The Kano 1980 riot was a riot in Kano, Nigeria, led by
Maitatsine, a
heretical preacher, and his followers. It was the
first major religious...
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major Islamic uprising led by
Maitatsine and his followers, Yan
Tatsine that led to
several thousand deaths.
After Maitatsine's death in 1980, the movement...
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Islamic uprising led by
Maitatsine (Mohammed Marwa) and his followers, Yan
Tatsine that led to
several thousand deaths.
After Maitatsine's death in 1980, the...
- The Kano 1980 riot was a riot in Kano,
Nigeria led by
Maitatsine and his
followers and the
first major religious conflict in
postcolonial Kano. Over 4...
- the
numbers of
Islamic extremism notably among them, the Boko Haram,
Maitatsine,
Darul Islam among others.
These sects have
sometimes resorted to the...
- ("followers of
Maitatsine")
instigated riots that
resulted in four or five
thousand deaths. In the
ensuing military crackdown,
Maitatsine was killed, fuelling...
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rebuilt with
British sponsorship. In
December 1980,
adherents of
Maitatsine,
known as Yan Tatsine,
launched an ****ault on the mosque's
attendees during...
