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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| NIGERIA: Christians Massacred and Moslems Call for Jihad |
| 2004-05-20 |
| From strategypage.com May 20, 2004: Anti-Christian violence in the northern city of Kano has left over 500 Christians dead, and twelve churches destroyed. The Moslem mobs doing all the dirty work insist they are part of a Jihad (holy war) against non-Moslems in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the president has replaced the elected governor of Plateau State with a retired general and ordered the new governor to quell the violence between Christians and Moslems there. This angered the Christians in Plateau State, who see the removal of their governor as a concession to Moslems, who the Christians see as the aggressors. A lot of the religious violence goes back to ancient tribal conflicts between the Fulani tribes, who are largely herders and Moslem, and other tribes who have come into contact with the Fulani, but are farmers and largely Christian. Christians are also angry over the use of Islamic law in northern, largely Moslem, states. This religious law is being imposed on non-Moslems, despite protests from the federal government and the non-Moslems involved. There is growing fear of a civil war along religious and tribal lines. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #2 The problem is that, since it is Muslims who are doing it, the media thinks it is A-OK to commit genocide and murder (and rape and enslavement). So most people will never see or even know what is happening. As evidence I give: (By media I mean the ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/BBC alphabet soup) The genocide, murder, rape, and enslavement happening in Sudan upon non-muslims by muslims - no mainstream press coverage. The Murder of a 8 month pregnant woman and her 4 young daughters execution-style in the Gaza strip by muslims. Each child received 2 shots in the head and the woman 1 in the belly. - no (or very little) press coverage. Berg - beheaded on video by muslims - very little press coverage - and then just about only of his father blaming President Bush. Isreal - Each terrorist bombing (by muslims) is barely mentioned in the media and even then it is protrayed to be Isreal's fault (in retaliation). Yet each IDF action is pasted accross the media as a war crime for a week. 9/11 - The media is trying its best to blame this on Bush with the '9/11 comission'. When was the last time the media blamed Al-Q, Sadr, etc.... for anything? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-05-20 10:40:55 PM |
| #1 Nigeria's been going to hell ever since the British pulled out and left the south to the *mercy* of the northern Muslims. Another example of the "You look at this and tell me why Islam is a Religion of Peace" incidents we've been seeing so much of lately. |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-05-20 8:47:05 PM |