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Mob Attacks More Than a Dozen Gay Men in Nigeria’s Capital
new york times ^ | ADAM NOSSITER

Posted on 02/15/2014 1:03:16 PM PST by Morgana

DAKAR, Senegal — A mob attacked gay people in a neighborhood in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, dragging young men from their homes, beating them with nail-studded clubs and whips, and shouting that they were “cleansing the community” of gays, several Nigerian activists and a witness said Saturday.

The attack took place late Wednesday night in the Gishiri neighborhood, and one victim was beaten nearly to death, the witness said. Afterward, the mob of about 50 young men dragged four of the victims to a nearby police station, where the police further beat and insulted them, said the witness, who gave his name as John. His last name is being withheld for his safety.

The attack came in the wake of a new law signed by President Goodluck Jonathan prescribing prison sentences of up to 14 years for gay people. There have been recent episodes of similar mob violence in the Muslim-dominated north of Nigeria.

In Abuja, the witness and the activists said, some in the mob were shouting, “We are working for Jonathan!”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: culturewar; homosexualagenda; islamiclaw; muslims; nigera; pinkjournalism; sharialaw; sodomites; theocraticrule
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1 posted on 02/15/2014 1:03:16 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Where is the outrage by the liberal press comparable to Russia’s very limited anti homosexual propaganda law?


2 posted on 02/15/2014 1:06:46 PM PST by Hugin
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To: Morgana

Weird. I searched for Mark J. Newton and NYTimes but wasn’t able to find them reporting on him.

Since he and his boyfriend are the basis for the new child protection laws in Russia, I thought for sure they would have reported what he did.


3 posted on 02/15/2014 1:07:32 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Hugin

If the Olympics were in Africa and they showed pics of bad hotels, people would scream racism.


4 posted on 02/15/2014 1:08:23 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Morgana

Beatdowns occur every week in America (knockout game or just random hate crimes on white people) and the NYet Times cannot be bothered to report on it. “Local crime stories” they say.

Pink Journalists are killing the newsworthiness of the media.


5 posted on 02/15/2014 1:09:01 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Morgana

This is the media set up for allowing African homosexuals to come in droves to the USA as refugees. We don’t have enough AIDS carriers and sexual devients.


6 posted on 02/15/2014 1:09:26 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Morgana

Cry me up a storm.


7 posted on 02/15/2014 1:10:42 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: Hugin

Imperialism in Africa was only bad when it was Europeans doing it.

Foreign funded Communist imperialism and Islamic Imperialism do not get criticized by the Left.


8 posted on 02/15/2014 1:10:57 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: a fool in paradise

In the liberal hierarchy or victimhood, black trumps gay.


9 posted on 02/15/2014 1:16:59 PM PST by Hugin
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To: txrefugee

You are correct. Canada welcomes thousands of AIDS-afflicted homosexuals every month. “Human rights.”


10 posted on 02/15/2014 1:20:07 PM PST by golux
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To: Morgana

How about President Goodluck Jonathan’s mob vs. a Chicago Knockout Game mob in a Steel Cage Death Match streaming live on the internet! Popcorn please!


11 posted on 02/15/2014 1:20:40 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Hugin
why? ..Conrade pResident 0'Muslim, is out playing "golf" w/his gay posse,
after scheduling his next lavish vacations in (1 more) Feb..(2) March..
(2) April..after so much work, planning his biweekly vacations.

12 posted on 02/15/2014 1:20:42 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: Hugin
In the liberal hierarchy or victimhood, black trumps gay.

And Muslim trumps black.

13 posted on 02/15/2014 1:25:48 PM PST by digger48
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To: Morgana

Its okay. Its only a mob of Muslims.


14 posted on 02/15/2014 1:31:26 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: Morgana

This probably has nothing to do with the new law. Abuja is under Sharia and under that judicial system homosexuality was already against the law and subject to severe penalties. It is majority Muslim. Mob violence against suspected homosexuals was happening before the law passed.


15 posted on 02/15/2014 1:33:11 PM PST by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: a fool in paradise

Let’s hope that nail-studded stick doesn’t catch on in America. Cheap and disposable.


16 posted on 02/15/2014 1:56:38 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Morgana

Sounds like a Nigerian cultural thing and none of our business.


17 posted on 02/15/2014 1:57:30 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As government expands, liberty contracts. - President Ronald W. Reagan)
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To: smoothsailing

Would be on Pay pre view I pay for that LOL!


18 posted on 02/15/2014 2:09:13 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: lastchance

Exactly. This is a smear. The new law had nothing to do with this. Its just another day in the Shari’a Law zone.


19 posted on 02/15/2014 2:11:11 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: FlingWingFlyer
sounds like a Nigerian cultural thing and none of our business

That's wishful thinking, right?

20 posted on 02/15/2014 2:12:12 PM PST by grania
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