[Old_Mil]

It's good to have friends...

Muslim radicals still oppose polio vaccine

July 21 2004 at 08:09AM Kano, Nigeria - A radical Muslim group which triggered panic over polio immunisation in northern Nigeria said on Tuesday it remained opposed to the vaccine, despite it being passed safe by a hardline state government. Polio vacination was suspended in Kano State in August last year after some Muslim imams alleged that the drugs distributed by UN health agencies had been laced with chemicals as part of a western plot to make African girls infertile. On Monday, Kano's Governor Ibrhaim Shekarau announced that local tests had confirmed that the vaccine - which has been in use all over the world for several decades - is indeed safe, and ordered the resumption of vaccination. But Nafiu Baba Ahmed, secretary general of a small but influential pressure group known as the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, attacked the findings and warned that many Muslims would continue to shun the vaccine. Nigeria now has more than three-quarters the world's active polio infections The World Health Organisation and Unicef said that polio, which they still hope to eradicate globally by the end of the year, had spread from Nigeria to other African countries once regarded as safe from the disease. With 257 cases, Nigeria now has more than three-quarters the world's active polio infections, which strikes babies and toddlers and leaves them with permanently withered or lifeless limbs, the UN agencies said. - Sapa-AFP

[FremontLives]

Excellent points. You’re about to get flamed to death.

[khnyny]

I’m sorry to step in here, but, you really don’t know what you’re talking about.

Your example is apples and oranges, and you know it. It’s nice to see that virtually calling someone a “Muslim radical” is what you’ve decided to add to the discussion though, as now me and everyone else knows not to take your posts seriously. Thanks.

[DJ MacWoW]

Sorry but this isn’t a religion thread. If you want to fight or harass, you’re out of luck.