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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