尼日利亚一名颇具争议的伊斯兰教士在北部卡齐纳州的家门外遭谋杀。
A controversial Islamic cleric in Nigeria has been murdered outside his home in the northern state of Katsina.
消息人士向英国广播公司（BBC）透露，周一晚间，两名骑摩托车的袭击者在杜钦马镇向叶海亚·马苏苏卡开枪，当时他正在向来访者告别。
Two assailants arrived on a motorcycle and shot Yahaya Masussuka in the town of Dutsin-Ma as he was saying goodbye to visitors on Monday evening, sources told the BBC.
警方表示，这位47岁的传教士和一名同样中枪的客人被紧急送往医院，但经主治医生抢救无效，双双宣告不治身亡。
The 47-year-old preacher and one of his guests, who was also shot, were rushed to hospital but both were pronounced dead by the attending doctor, police said.
马苏苏卡遭袭动机尚不清楚，但这位教士曾因在社交媒体发布视频、拒接受主流伊斯兰教的某些教义（包括关于人死后的归宿）而收到死亡威胁。
It is not clear why Masussuka was targeted, but the cleric had received death threats on social media where he posted videos in which he rejected some elements of mainstream Islam, including what happens to people after their death.
伊斯兰教普遍认为，人的灵魂死后会在坟墓中接受两位天使的审问。若回答正确，灵魂将安眠以待审判日；若回答错误，则将遭受折磨。
It is widely believed in Islam that a person's soul will be questioned in the grave by two angels. If they answer correctly, their soul sleeps peacefully until the day of judgement - if not it will be tormented.
这一认知源自“圣训”，即被认为记录了先知穆罕默德言行的文献汇编。
This understanding comes from what is known as the Hadith, a collection of texts believed to be the spoken words and actions of the Prophet Muhammad.
圣训作为伊斯兰知识的关键来源，有助于诠释伊斯兰教的核心经典《古兰经》。
This serves as a key source of Islamic knowledge to help interpret the Quran, the central religious text of Islam.
但马苏苏卡的教义主要依据《古兰经》，他质疑部分圣训，并不信死者会被复活并接受审问。
But Masussuka based his teachings mainly on what was in Islam's holy book, questioned some of the hadiths - and did not believe that the dead were reawakened and questioned.
他曾因嘲讽一些受人尊敬的学者信奉这一圣训及其他教义，而入狱九个月。马苏苏卡育有两妻七子，13岁时便在古兰经学校开始传教。他后来进入埃及的阿兹哈尔大学深造，随后又前往阿曼进修。
He was once jailed for nine months because he teased some respected scholars over their belief in this hadith and other teachings. Masussuka, who had two wives and seven children, began preaching at the age of 13 in Quranic schools. He later attended Al-Azhar University in Egypt and later went to Oman for further studies.
他在家中设有工作室，用于录制教学视频，通过社交媒体向追随者传播。
At his home, he had a studio where he would record videos of his teachings for broadcast on social media for his followers.
这名神职人员还直言不讳地批评暴力极端主义和激进化，并公开倡导不同信仰间对话以及穆斯林与基督徒之间的和平共处。在尼日利亚的人口中，穆斯林和基督徒几乎各占一半。
The cleric was also outspoken about violent extremism, radicalisation and openly advocated for interfaith dialogue and peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians, who make up nearly equal parts of Nigeria's population.
过去25年里，尼日利亚有成千上万的基督徒和穆斯林在族群和宗教暴力中丧生。
Thousands of Christians and Muslims have been killed in ethnic and religious violence here over the past 25 years.
为表彰马苏苏卡的努力，尼日利亚良治与透明网络去年授予他“和平大使奖”。
For Masussuka's efforts, Nigeria's Network for Good Governance and Transparency honoured him with a Peace Ambassador Award last year.
过去二十年间，尼日利亚北部还有六位知名穆斯林传教士遭到杀害——其中数人因批评博科圣地而成为该组织目标。这个圣战组织于2009年开始叛乱活动。
Six other prominent Muslim preachers have been murdered over the last two decades in northern Nigeria - several targeted by Boko Haram for criticising the jihadist group that began its insurgency in 2009.
博科圣地在尼日利亚东北部成立，反对西方文化、教育以及世俗政府——其政治目标是建立一个伊斯兰国家。更多非洲大陆新闻，请访问。
Founded in north-eastern Nigeria, it opposes Western culture, education, the secular government - and its political goal is the creation of an Islamic state. Go to for more news from the African continent.
