Posted on 05/14/2004 2:03:29 PM PDT by Mark Felton
Many hundreds of innocent Christians have died in Kano since a Muslim protest turned into carnage in retaliation for Muslim deaths hundreds of miles away in Yelwe.
Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) say some 600 Christians have been killed so far this week in Kano, Nigerias second-largest city. Andrew Ubah, the general secretary of the association in Kano, told Reuters on Thursday 13 May that he was keeping a tally based on reports from church leaders throughout the city. Almost 600 people have been killed and 12 churches burned, he said.
David Emmanuel, a factory worker told Reuters he saw two truckloads of corpses on Wednesday night, and he counted at least 30 bodies in the street. Elsewhere, correspondents have seen 35 mostly burned and mutilated bodies.
The official police tally of 30 that remains more or less static from Wednesday night is belied by the overflowing morgue and the constant stream of eye-witness reports from all quarters of the city. Bodies were being discovered on Thursday and because the main hospital mortuary was full were taken to undisclosed locations, according to the Red Cross. Not all cases are reported, especially cases in which relatives have already buried their dead, said Aminu Inua, a Red Cross official in Kano.
Hundreds of people were killed, said Christian leader Mark Amani. Some corpses were burned in wells. Even little children were killed. The bodies of pregnant women were ripped open and their bodies burned, he said.
Sources report the killing of several hundred people when defiant mobs of Muslim youths armed with clubs and machetes and cutlasses rampaged at about 1 a.m. on Thursday despite a police imposed curfew. Mobs went from house to house looking for Christian victims and in some cases trapped the occupants inside and torched the houses. Police have been issued orders to shoot armed rioters on sight. While Muslims have complained that the police have killed innocent civilians as a result, they do not mean the scores of hacked bodies that lie in the streets and in charred buildings and vehicles according to residents.
There are fears that the number of deaths may continue to grow since an order was circulated by Umar Ibrahim Kabo, the most senior Mulim cleric in Kano, for all Christians to leave the area by today, Friday 14 May. More than 30,000 residents, mostly Christians, have been driven from their homes in Kano officials said on Thursday, a figure confirmed by Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon in a telephone conversation with Barnabas Fund.
Barnabas Fund wishes to announce an urgent appeal to support the survivors, those displaced from their homes and the families of Christian victims in Kano. You can make a donation to help the pastors, their families and their churches through a Barnabas Fund office or via our website donation page http://www.barnabasfund.org/donations.htm. Remember to specify Project 39-500.
PRAY
Yeah, I know, it's kinda like they have to do something more terrible than the last ones did. I cannot, for the life of me, comprehend how ANYONE could do such horrible things. The scary thing is that they ALL do it. It's like they have no souls.
I hate feeling this helpless.
I think that (some) Christians would NOT take up arms, however. This machete killing is another example of how difficult Christian forgiveness is to achieve. I'll never forget the particular Christian religious service I attended on September 16, 2001, the Sunday after the terrorist attacks here. The pastor told everyone that they should "forgive" Osama bin Laden.
I was confused, but not for long. Let God forgive bin Laden, just let our troops assist in the meeting of the two, if it hasn't happened already.
We've helped arm the larger groups in southern Sudan. Nigeria, I don't think so. Personal arms, or organizing village militias, don't think anyone's done that either.
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Muslim mobs brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets
Islam is the problem.
Islam is the problem.
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Islam is the problem.
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Islam is the problem.
Islam is the problem.
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I hate feeling this helpless.
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I know what you mean. I've had that same horrid feeling in the pit of my gut since that morning in 1993 when I turned on the TV and these same muslim whackjobs were dragging our soldiers through the streets of Mogadishu.(however you spell it!)
This can't be true. The UN stops things like this from happening.
I'm sure we will see it soon.
It's not just the heinousness of the crimes either. It seems like the frequency or intensity is increasing.
A year or two ago, I had a horrible dream that people in this country were in mini camps and were being put in huge cauldrons and boiled. Now I'm beginning to wonder if that dream is so far fetched.
>Police have been issued orders to shoot armed rioters on >sight.
I have a feeling when this happens, only then will the dumb media have anything to say about this. And it won't be in the favor of the police.
That's because they are. More often and more horrific.
A year or two ago, I had a horrible dream that people in this country were in mini camps and were being put in huge cauldrons and boiled. Now I'm beginning to wonder if that dream is so far fetched.
That must have been a real nightmare. Were they seasoning the water or adding veggies to it? LOL I just want to know if they plan to eat us. :-)
Hundreds of people were killed, said Christian leader Mark Amani. Some corpses were burned in wells. Even little children were killed. The bodies of pregnant women were ripped open and their bodies burned, he said.
Sources report the killing of several hundred people when defiant mobs of Muslim youths armed with clubs and machetes and cutlasses rampaged at about 1 a.m. on Thursday despite a police imposed curfew. Mobs went from house to house looking for Christian victims and in some cases trapped the occupants inside and torched the houses. Police have been issued orders to shoot armed rioters on sight. While Muslims have complained that the police have killed innocent civilians as a result, they do not mean the scores of hacked bodies that lie in the streets and in charred buildings and vehicles according to residents.
So, this is a religion of peace, eh? Look at the stuff these people do! When they finally arrive to meet Allah, they will find themselves in a very different place than they expected.
David Emmanuel, a factory worker told Reuters he saw two truckloads of corpses on Wednesday night, and he counted at least 30 bodies in the street. Elsewhere, correspondents have seen 35 mostly burned and mutilated bodies.
All the bodies should be sent to the CBS headquarters as their reward for breaking this story.
BTTT
These Islamic Fanatics are just like the Nazis.
It's been nearly 60 years since Hitler's death,
but the evil did not die.
The brainwashed masses who bowed to evil
did not die.
I really do think that these brainwashed fanatics
that we see today, find their roots and their hate
in Hitler's blood.
Perhaps they were even trained and encouraged
by the same people who lived in Hitler's time and
this is the spawning of Hitler's seed.
How are we going to stop this evil
the second time around?
I was wondering the same thing myself. Are they fighting back?
"Owoyemi was whisked to safety by police who fired guns in the air to scare away the attackers. "
Scare them? So much for the shoot rioters on sight order. :-(
bttt
It's not just your intuition. The Muslims did side with Hitler in WWII.
Saudi Arabia. Oil.
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