Zamfara, Nigeria, Tuesday
� The deputy governor of Zamfara state in northern Nigeria has urged Muslims
to kill the woman who wrote an article which insulted Prophet Mohammed, sparking
religious riots last week.
Fashion writer Isioma Daniel resigned after
writing in the ThisDay newspaper that Prophet Mohammed may have approved of the
Miss World contest and possibly wished to marry one of the beauty queens.
It is binding on all Muslims wherever they are, to consider the killing
of the writer as a religious duty, said Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi, Zamfara�s deputy
governor.
Following protests over her article, more than 200 people were
killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the northern city of Kaduna
last week.
The Miss World contest was moved to London after the riots.
Ms Daniel is in hiding but is believed to be still in Nigeria.
ThisDay
has retracted the article and printed several apologies.
Muslim leaders
in Kaduna urged their followers to demonstrate and text messages were sent on
mobile phones.
Zamfara was the first state in Nigeria to introduce
Islamic law.
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