Muslim rioters burn 13 churches in north Nigeria

Reuters ^ | Nov. 20, 2003

[Alouette]

LAGOS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Islamic militants burned to the ground thirteen churches and several houses in a remote northern Nigerian town after a Christian student was accused of blasphemy, police said on Thursday.

Irate youths torched churches, houses and shops late on Tuesday in Kazaure, some 80 km (50 miles) north of Kano, a northern provincial capital where hundreds have died in religious clashes in the past three years.

The dispute began when a Christian student was accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammad and a group of Muslims were not satisfied with the response of school authorities.

Abubakar Sale, police commissioner in the northern Jigawa state, told Reuters that the rioters attempted to invade the school but were repelled by police.

"The hoodlums then mobilised and went into town where they started looting and burning people's property," Sale said by phone from Dutse, the state capital.

"Thirteen churches were burnt, several houses and shops were torched, but there were no deaths," said Keirian Dudari, assistant inspector general of police in Kano.

Police said the town was calm on Thursday after reinforcements were deployed to quell the riots.

The violence came after three students were killed and more than 30 injured in fighting between Muslims and Christians at a university in northeastern city of Maiduguri earlier this month.

More than 5,000 people have been killed in religious violence in northern Nigeria in the past four years since the introduction of Islamic sharia law in 12 states.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[pyx]

Clintonian drool drawl;"I can recall growin' up in Hope and the Nigerians burnin' Christian Churches."

[P-Marlowe]

Hey what do you American Muslims think of this? Be honest.

BTW since when is speaking against the "prophet" blasphemy? I thought blasphemy is mocking God. Do you Muslims put Mohammed on an equal footing with God? If I say that Mohammed was a fraud, is that blasphemy? And if not, then why is Mohammed such a touchy subject? Why is any criticism or Mohammed met with such violence in your Muslim world?

[jtminton]

What we really need to to is view Islam as the new Communism. It seems to share some of the same aspects: destruction, death, etc. Not to mention is seems to spread through third world countries (and France, I guess) like cancer. Where's Reagan when you need him. "Mr. Mohammad, tear down this mosque!"

[freedomson]

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!!

[Getsmart64]

Hmmm...one of the Four Horsemen.....

[Walkin Man]

Gee President Bush said that Christians and Muslims worship the same God!

I guess the average muslim Christian-killer on the street hasn't gotten the word yet.

[mykdsmom]

"Religion Of Peace", my @$$!

Looks like a great tag line to me.

MKM

[Indie]

ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF PEACE.
Don't make me gag. They hate Hindus as well obviously...but unfortunately even though this next link will show the truth about Islam, this Hindu organization also hates Christians (proof that the enemy of my enemy is NOT my friend.) I list the link only because it supplies more info about what the Islamofascists are doing...quite graphically. HINDU UNITY.ORG WARNING: Graphic pictures, films and descriptions of deaths at the hands of Islam, including a film of the killing of journalist Daniel Pearl.

[hellinahandcart]

If I win the lottery this weekend, I'm going to send a cool million to Bishop Akinola in Nigeria.

AND TELL HIM TO SPEND IT ALL ON GUNS.

[knighthawk]

Islamic militants burned to the ground thirteen churches and several houses in a remote northern Nigerian town after a Christian student was accused of blasphemy, police said on Thursday

Islam-list

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[Cobra64]

How about sending it to Rush?

[StriperSniper]

Is there any doubt that Christianity is now under a all out ATTACK ? Guess we all better re- read Revelation and pack our bags!!

If that's the case, I don't think we will need our bags. ;-)

[P-Marlowe]

Spitting on someone else's religion is really uncool.

Well if your islamic buddies had spit on the christians then they might have put out some of the fires they started trying to burn down their churches.

you wouldn't like us saying bad things about Jesus. Treat us as you would like to be treated.

I could care less what Muslims say about Jesus. I certainly am not going to burn down a mosque because you guys don't think he's God Almighty and reduce him to the position of a minor prophet. That's blasphemy to me. But its your loss. If you don't think Jesus is who he said he is, then you can answer to Jesus. You won't have to answer to a mob of angry fundamentalist Christians, because true fundamentalist Christians don't convert with the sword or the torch. I don't think you can say that about fundamentalst muslims.

Treat us as you would like to be treated.

Stop burning christian chruches and stop the genocide of christians in Muslim countries. Allow Christian missionaries in Islamic Countries. Fight for religious freedom for Bhuddists and Hindus and Bahai and Jews.

In other words: Treat us as you would like to be treated.

Its a two way street buddy. Tell your muslim buddies to respect the rights of christians and jews to worship and practice their religion -- including attempting to proselytize Muslims in "Muslim" countries, and then you can have my respect. Stop killing Muslims who convert to Christianity or Judaism or Hinduism.

Until Muslims are willing to allow their religion to be examined, challenged and debated openly, freely and without coersion, then I have no respect for it.

[ZULU]

Muslims are a menace to civlization. Islam must be wipred out. It is a cult, not a religion.

[pollywog]

If that's the case, I don't think we will need our bags. ;-

ya know you are so right!.....wait til hubby finds out we are going on a trip and don't even need to pack! LOL!

[SpinyNorman]

Remember the stoning scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian?

Comedy becomes reality. Or maybe Islam is a joke. Hmmmm.

[Alouette]

Spitting on someone else's religion is really uncool.

Burning down churches and blowing up synagogues is doubleplus uncool. You guys really have to cut this stuff out.

[Cronos]

Thanks to the "Rev" Gene R or the ECUSA. Now all the slamofascists have some reason to burn kirks, slaughter xtians -- 'cause they slamofascists will say that these are pervs. Crazy, but now they've got one more accusation. Will some freepers in New England picket the gay bish?