Nigerian Atheist Declared Mentally Ill

Subject: Nigerian Atheist Declared Mentally Ill
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tinydude 25.06.14 - 02:25pm

A Nigerian man has been sent to a mental institute in Kano state after he declared that he did not believe in God, according to a humanist charity.

Mubarak Bala, 29, is said to have been forcibly medicated by his Muslim relatives, despite being given a clean bill of health by a doctor.

The International Humanist and Ethical Union say a Lagos-based group has asked a lawyer to take up his case.

Kano is a mainly Muslim state and adopted Sharia (Islamic law) in 2000.

The IHEU says that when Mr Bala told relatives he did not believe in God, they asked a doctor if he was mentally ill.

Despite being told that he was not unwell, Mr Bala's family then went to a second doctor, who declared that his atheism was a side-effect of suffering a personality change, the group says.

Mr Bala, a chemical engineering graduate, was forcibly committed to a mental institution, but was able to contact activists using a smuggled phone.

IHEU spokesman Bob Churchill said the group was concerned about his ''deteriorating condition'' and called for his ''swift release''.

[link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28010234[/link] * +

tinydude 25.06.14 - 02:32pm
This is here by request by the way, I've given up trying to reason with religious people, it's a waste of time. Feel free to all agree that he is clearly mentally ill. (good) * +

tinydude 25.06.14 - 02:44pm
Personally is someone told me there was an invisible man who lived in the sky and was watching them and judging them all the time I'd think they were mentally ill and needed help, but you call it religion and anything goes.

It's like this story came from the twilight zone or backwards world or something. * +

iilmadme 25.06.14 - 02:46pm
i was going to say he ought to come to britain where it's the other way around Lol * +

iilmadme 25.06.14 - 02:48pm
how about neither of us are mentally ill? * +

cyberman 25.06.14 - 04:57pm

@ tinydude - 25.06.14 - 02:44pm
Personally is someone told me there was an invisible man who lived in the sky and was watching them and judging them all the time I'd think they were mentally ill and needed help, but you call it religion and anything goes.

It's like this story came from the twilight zone or backwards world or something.

who says its a man ignorant brainwashed muppet? * +

tinydude 25.06.14 - 04:58pm
brainwashed muppet (pmpl) you're projecting again * +

ummati 25.06.14 - 05:32pm

@ tinydude - 25.06.14 - 02:25pm

A Nigerian man has been sent to a mental institute in Kano state after he declared that he did not believe in God, according to a humanist charity.

Mubarak Bala, 29, is said to have been forcibly medicated by his Muslim relatives, despite being given a clean bill of health by a doctor.

The International Humanist and Ethical Union say a Lagos-based group has asked a lawyer to take up his case.

Kano is a mainly Muslim state and adopted Sharia (Islamic law) in 2000.

The IHEU says that when Mr Bala told relatives he did not believe in God, they asked a doctor if he was mentally ill.

Despite being told that he was not unwell, Mr Bala's family then went to a second doctor, who declared that his atheism was a side-effect of suffering a personality change, the group says.

Mr Bala, a chemical engineering graduate, was forcibly committed to a mental institution, but was able to contact activists using a smuggled phone.

IHEU spokesman Bob Churchill said the group was concerned about his ''deteriorating condition'' and called for his ''swift release''.

[link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28010234[/link]