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| Africa: West |
| School Girl Fight Turns Ugly |
| 2003-11-21 |
| Remember the last Nigerian riot? A schoolyard row between 12-year-old girls escalated into a sectarian riot that left 11 churches burned, 40 shops looted and a young man fighting for his life, witnesses said here on Thursday. That’s right, the girls started it. Muslim rioters took to the streets of the northern Nigerian town of Kazaure on Tuesday targeting Christian businesses and churches after a policeman shot a protester in the throat, police and officials said. Trouble had been brewing for two weeks after a Christian schoolgirl, responding to schoolyard taunts from Muslim playmates, allegedly insulted the Prophet Mohammed, an education official said. Oh, the horror! On Tuesday a group of Muslim radicals descended on the school to protest the head teacher’s alleged reluctance to take action against the girl. I was right, I bet they did want her stoned. Trouble spilled out into the street as the enraged mob ransacked and burned out around 40 businesses, starting with Christian-owned stalls but eventually also looting Muslim stores, including two owned by their imam. Snicker A police source said that eight rioters had so far been arrested and that officers would swoop on the ringleaders after reinforcements arrived from Kano and Jiagawa State capital Dutse. He said the female head teacher had been taken into police protection. No wonder the mob didn’t like her ruling, after all, she’s just breeding stock. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 these f*ckers never cease to amaze....... |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-21 10:45:49 PM |
| #5 What I notice is that it is ever churches who get burned, would be time to start testing MOABs and similar equipment on mosques. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-11-21 5:04:15 PM |
| #4 The ROP always has a great reason for pulling shit like this, don't they? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-11-21 4:14:24 PM |
| #3 Ah, yes, the daunting "Religion of Pieces©" strikes again. Only this time, half a village is in pieces because of it. When will these idiotarians ever learn they bring their problems upon themselves? If they can't learn to get along in the world of real people, they should all be deported to the island of Ceylon and forced to live only among those just like themselves. When the last one of them dies out, we can build a huge monument to the folly of Religious Bigotry, and make the Catholics, Baptists, Episcopalians, and Buddhists visit at least once in their adult lifetime. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-21 2:40:10 PM |
| #2 The 'Religion of Peace' in action.... The funny thing is, is that their Iman was probably the one to incide them to riot in the first place. Now 2 of his businesses were looted. But not to worry... he will manage to blame someone else (the jooos) for it. |
| Posted by: Anon 2003-11-21 2:19:39 PM |
| #1 Trouble had been brewing for two weeks after a Christian schoolgirl, responding to schoolyard taunts from Muslim playmates, allegedly insulted the Prophet Mohammed, an education official said. What can you say about a religion that think God give's a rat's ass what a schoolgirl says about Him? What can you say about a culture that abuses a schoolgirl, then riots when she responds? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-21 2:14:35 PM |