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| East/Subsaharan Africa |
| Nigeria + Feminine Beauty + Islam = Death and Destruction |
| 2002-11-21 |
| 50 Die Over Miss World Article Riiiight, they didn't die at the hands of Rioters stabbed pedestrians and torched churches during violent demonstrations Thursday in the northern city of Kaduna. The Red Cross said more than 50 people died and 200 were wounded. The protests were triggered by a newspaper article suggesting Islam's founding prophet might have chosen a wife from among contestants in the Miss World beauty pageant in Nigeria. You can't have anyone suggesting that Mohommed might have wanted a beautiful wife - what a repugnant idea! More than 50 people were stabbed, bludgeoned or burned to death and 200 were seriously injured in the violence in predominantly Muslim neighborhoods, Nigerian Red Cross President Emmanuel Ijewere told The Associated Press. At least four churches were destroyed, he said. Ah, the Religion of Many of the bodies were taken by Red Cross workers and other volunteers to local mortuaries. Many others remained inside homes that were set afire by the demonstrators, Ijewere said. Ah, the Red Cross - a terrorist's best friend. They're always willing to "A lot of people died. We don't know yet exactly how many ... more than 50," he said. Shehu Sani of the Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress said he watched a crowd stab one young man, then force a tire filled with gasoline around his neck and burn him alive. Sani said he saw three other bodies elsewhere in the city. Alsa Hassan, founder of another human rights group, Alsa Care, said he saw a commuter being dragged out of his car and beaten to death by protesters. Schools and shops hurriedly closed Thursday morning as hordes of young men, shouting "Allahu Akhbar," or "God is great," ignited makeshift street barricades made of tires and garbage, sending plumes of black smoke rising above the city. Others were heard chanting, "Down with beauty" and "Miss World is sin." "Down with beauty." That about says it all right there, doesn't it? Sad. |
| Posted by:Aracona |
| #1 Mohammed married Aisha when she was six years old, and consummated the marriage when she was nine. The "prophet" was in his mid-fifties at the time. Miss World contestants would be too old for the Nabi. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-11-21 16:13:33 |