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> NIGERIA: Deadly sectarian riot over alleged blasphemy > > KANO, 4 February 2008 (IRIN) - A violent clash between a Muslim mob and > the police over a woman accused of blaspheming the prophet Mohammed in the > north-central Nigeria state of Bauchi left at least one person dead and > five seriously injured. > > "The youths stormed the police station and insisted on taking the law into > their hands," Bauchi police-chief Adnan Tolman Gaya told IRIN, adding that > police had taken the woman into custody on 2 February to protect her from > the crowd. > > The police shot live bullets at the crowd, killing a man in his early 20s. > "My men were under threat and had no option but to shoot into the crowd in > self-defence," Gaya said. > > The youths then torched the police station and looted houses of policemen > and Christians in the town, according to eye-witness accounts. > > Nigeria has a long history of Muslim-Christian tension and periodic > violent clashes, especially in the north. > > In December 2007 sectarian riots between Muslims and Christians over a > mosque construction left six dead and dozens injured in Bauchi city, while > many houses were burnt. > > In February 2006, 30 people were killed in an uprising when a school > teacher allegedly made blasphemous remarks. > > In the worst recent rioting in 2004, hundreds of people were killed in > waves of sectarian violence in Kano, ostensibly in retribution for similar > attacks in Plateau state, central Nigeria. > > Islamic or 'Sharia' law was introduced into 12 states of the predominantly > Muslim northern Nigeria in 1999, heightening tensions between Muslim and > Christian communities, with many Christians opposing it and many Muslims > defending it. > > Suleman Baba Jahun, a member of the Muslim-Christian dialogue forum in > Bauchi state, which is trying to build understanding between the two > religions and to get the government involved in doing the same, told IRIN > the outbreaks of violence are caused by over-zealous youths. > > "It is sad that Muslims and Christians keep fighting each other while > their religions teach peace mutual respect and tolerance. What is > disheartening is that the youth from both sides do not understand the > basic tenets of their belief. They just get carried away by passion and > act contrary to the beliefs they fight to protect." > > However Nigerian politicians admit that the country's religious divide is > often exploited by political leaders who create clashes and manipulate > youths to attack their opponents. > > aa/aj/nr > [END] > > > > C IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: > http://www.irinnews <http://www.irinnews.org> .org > > IRIN Kenya crisis coverage: > http://www.irinnews <http://www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=68&ReportId=76116> .org/InDepthMain.aspx?InDepthId=68&ReportId=76116 > > . <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=11648958/grpspId=1705447214/msgI d=54763/stime=1202161851/nc1=3848614/nc2=3848641/nc3=5028924> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
