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Riots in Nigeria

pgwenthold

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Rachel Maddo (Air America) reported this morning that there are deadly riots going on in Nigeria right now, with something like 100 people killed. I haven't been able to find anything in my usual sources. Anyone else heard anything?

The reason I found it noteworthy is that she said it was muslims being killed, and the rioters were christian. I wanted to confirm the story before commenting.
 
pgwenthold said:
The reason I found it noteworthy is that she said it was muslims being killed, and the rioters were christian. I wanted to confirm the story before commenting.
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Apparently it's a series of reprisals after the muslims rioted over "those" cartoons and attacked christians and churches.

The whole situation seems quite well out of control; I'm surprised we haven't heard more about it to be honest. However it appears that they've been killing each other on a regular basis for some time with very little provocation, so perhaps much of the press considers it "business as usual" :confused:
 
Thanks for the links.

Nigerian human rights workers say they have counted 80 bodies following two days of reprisal attacks by crowds of Christians armed with machetes.

They went on the rampage after the killing of more than 30 Christians in riots in two mainly Muslim towns in northern Nigeria at the weekend.
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Made me think of this:
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1465007#post1465007

It also makes me think of all those "at least christians don't riot and kill people" comments.
 
richardm said:
The whole situation seems quite well out of control; I'm surprised we haven't heard more about it to be honest.
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No kidding! Where's the live coverage of the rampages in all these countries?


Oops, sorry, my cynic filter slipped to allow 100% of my knee-jerk commentaries through... :mad:
 
pgwenthold said:
... It also makes me think of all those "at least christians don't riot and kill people" comments.
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You may actually believe the Nigerian tribal warfare masquerading as religion involves that thesis. Wrong again.
 
pgwenthold said:
It also makes me think of all those "at least christians don't riot and kill people" comments.
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They don't riot and kill people over cartoons. Rioting and killing in retaliation for rioting and killing is a bit different. Not that I'm justifying it, but it's a bit more understandable.
 
This really isn't anything new in Nigeria. They have Christian/Muslim violence all the time, especially in the north.
 
In a few years they're probably going to shoot a "Hotel Nigeria" movie.
 
This will probably leave some very weathly widows who will have trouble getting their money out of the country. I wonder if there is any way I could help...
 
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