Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s Muslim president, just declared Sharia law illegal in his own country and ordered hundreds of students studying Islamic law abroad to come home or lose their citizenship. This documentary breaks down what’s really driving Traoré’s crackdown on religious extremism, from an imam’s arrest in Ouagadougou to Saudi Arabia’s decades of religious financing across West Africa, and why a 35-year-old secular law is suddenly being enforced now.
We trace this story from a Quran found beside a dead insurgent in the Sahel, through Burkina Faso’s 1991 constitution, to the centuries-old history of the Sokoto Jihad and colonial missionary rule that still shapes religious tension across West Africa today. This isn’t just a story about one speech. It’s about who controls the story religion tells across the continent, and who gets to write Africa’s next chapter.
Sources referenced in this video include reporting from Al Jazeera, Daily Trust, La Nouvelle Tribune, Middle East Eye, and the published text of Burkina Faso’s 1991 constitution. Full citations available on request in the comments.
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Да здравствует наше сотрудничество! 🇷🇺🇧🇫🇲🇱
Trahore is a very wise Ptesident ! Good luck to him !
Ich bin nicht Gläubig ich glaube. Wenn man alle Religionen verbieten würde das wäre das wirklich beste ,mein Vater ist Muslime meine Mutter Christin , aber ich glaube das alles nicht.liebe Grüße aus Berlin 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Les pasteurs sont des escrocs
Il faut arrêter de donner
Et je suis chrétien croyant absolu
Jésus a chassé les marchands du temple
Les pasteurs sont les marchands du temple
Правильно Траоре делает. Как и любой правитель ему следует укреплять власть. И он выбрал правильную тактику: суверенитет, технологический рост и благополучие.
Только за спиной все равно сидит сила, что ему помогает
Its wy he inteliggent alah dont giving food and money and power he want inteligent Brothers make together Afrika strong God bless this blCk King
He shld start training successors that will follow his ideals.he just made himself a target of islamist.
Perhaps Islam in Burkina Faso can again become a culture of science and reason like it once was during the Golden Age of Islam.
The people who love one another are the best nation ..
Ibrahim is a star among many stars ..
If this is true, he is not anymore Muslim.
He is a good student of history learning from happenings in Iran and Nigeria.
Subscribed! This is very interesting.
A really rare african leader that knows and studies instead of getting paid what to say
And please warn everyone who gets a contract from russia: 1000s were locked with a job to get to russia. But believe me: at this moment they land in russia and get picked up they bring them to Ukraine without any Training! Please tell everyone you know who thinks about it not to leave! Putin has no soldiers anymore and recrutes in the whole world and masses died! They send them without any wheapon in their hands across the fields! I watch this since 5 years! Please give anyone Informations! Dont let them leave! And they doesnt pay! Send this through the whole Afrika please!
And I think many women from Africa are searched? 😪😪😪
30.000 ukranian children too…
Traore' is on the right way! These extremists try to destroy the real Islam! Fight against them!
If he is a smart guy then he will also wake up and become an atheist but for now he is just a typical guy.
But he is a devout Muslim we are proud of him ❤
But he is a devout Muslim we are proud of him ❤
Unfortunately, although Islam promotes critical thinking, education, empowerment, some don't teach this about Islam.
If Islam was practiced as it should, it would be the most advanced, fair and successful society. Unfortunately, most Muslim countries don't practice Islam. It's just there in name.
The Arabs were deeply involved in slave trading black Africans who they forcefully converted into Islam.Traore has not forgotten that bit of history!
Greater spine than EU leaders
The biggest idol is kaaba the stone why they dont destroy that😂😂😂
Essa religião é pra dominar e oprimir. Gostam disso porque podem fazer das mulheres escravas
They've been lying to us for too long
Thanks for not calling it Sharia Law
Mais e tolice achar que o islã uma religião pura , o islã e na verdade um regime comunista positivo , criado para disface milita d invasão através do no e religião . Com o início de dar golpes de estado , criar guerras. Manipulação , . Este regime comunista disfarçado religião usa a lei satanista para destruir a liberdade e unificar atos de terrorismo em nome de um deus pagão da lua .o antigo astarote o alhah
That is an ideology not a religion.
Vive l'AES!!!
God bles hy trouwre es a gud man ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ai kan spik ingles ❤❤❤❤❤❤but ay hope ju kan onderstand me ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The man loves his people he will always do right for them what a leader pity the other government dont follow his lead
Great video. I did subscribe immediately. Appreciate the valuable education here. Keep it up!