[An Nahar] A student was killed in protests in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott in the early hours of Monday, a hospital source said, as hundreds erupted into the streets to protest against an alleged desecration of the Koran.Oh, noze upon noze! Are we at it again?
The man, a literature student at the University of Nouakchott, according to the source, pegged out as police struggled to contain demonstrators demanding the arrest of a group they accused of seizing copies of the text from a mosque.
Zionist agents, no doubt. I'd recognize their spoor anywhere!
A local government source confirmed the death
"Ayep! Deader than a rock!"
but said the circumstances and cause were yet to be clarified.
"The scent doesn't seem to lead to Tel Aviv!"
Hundreds of protesters had gathered to march on the presidential palace and were shouting slogans including "
"You may gas when ready, Mahmoud!"
[POP! FIZZ! GASP!]
The violence began after four people dressed in turbans were reported to have driven to a mosque in the north of Nouakchott and taken copies of the Koran to destroy.
Wait a minnit! Zionists don't wear turbans!
One of them "took four copies of the Koran which he shredded before throwing them in the toilet," the local imam told AFP.
"Dis is what I think about your Koran! Mine's way holier!"
Several sources told AFP there had been a number of arrests
"Drop the Koran and step away witcher hands up!"
and people maimed, without being able to give figures.
"Owwww! My tibia!"
"Whoa! That's gotta hurt! I shin boned myself once and..."
"Shuddup! Call an ambulance!"
The protests spread to smaller settlements across the west African nation including the towns of Kiffa and Aioun, local media reported.
"What're we protesting about?"
"I dunno. Zionists, likely. Grab a sign and holler!"
The Koran, the holy book of Islam, is treated with great reverence by Moslems and its desecration can cause grave offense in deeply-conservative Mauritania. The country operates sharia law courts but the death penalty has not been applied for blasphemy since the 1980s.
That's why the guys with the turbans think they can get away with that sort of thing.