NIGERIA At least 50 die in Muslim rioting triggered by article on Miss World pageant

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[swarthyguy]

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - 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.

More than 50 people were stabbed, bludgeoned or burned to death and 200 were seriously injured in the violence in predominantly Muslim neighbourhoods, Nigerian Red Cross President Emmanuel Ijewere told The Associated Press. At least four churches were destroyed, he said.

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.

Previous riots in Kaduna, a largely Muslim city with a sizable Christian minority, have escalated into religious battles that killed hundreds since civilian government replaced military rule in 1999.

The latest demonstrations began Wednesday with the burning of an office of ThisDay newspaper in Kaduna after it published the article questioning the reasoning of Muslim groups that have condemned the Miss World pageant to be held Dec. 7 in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Muslim groups say the pageant promotes sexual promiscuity and indecency.

[John Lenin]

horror bump !

[John Lenin]

Now the world will see that the Muslim Fanatics need to be taken care of . Wonder what CAIR has to say about this.

[toddst]

All this amounts to is thuggery by the Muslim clerics who incite people to riot on command. Another situation out of control because Islamic extremists want chaos so they can take control IMO. Monsters!

[Fpimentel]

Islam is a religion of PEACE!

[John Lenin]

More like a religion of death cultists.

[swarthyguy]

>>Wonder what CAIR has to say about this.

LOL! Muslims were provoked and denied their blahblahblah....

[Lassiter]

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.

Just one?

At least four churches were destroyed, he said.

I guess it was a good excuse to persecute some Christians.

The latest demonstrations began Wednesday with the burning of an office of ThisDay newspaper in Kaduna after it published the article questioning the reasoning of Muslim groups that have condemned the Miss World pageant . . .

Tolerance of dissent is apparently quite foreign to Islam.

[gremu]

it's a good thing they don't have a

"What would Mohammed drive?"

campaign....

[swarthyguy]

>>Tolerance of dissent is apparently quite foreign to Islam.


Tell it to the muslims of America.

[Sender]

They wouldn't have had an argument if only they'd suggested that the prophet might have taken a wife from a nearby kindergarten. But not a kaffir harlot in a haraam beauty pageant, parading around half naked and arrogant! Kill the infidels with our peace!

[tuckrdout]

Such a religion of peace, huh.

[Digger]

GW, get the nukes ready & take them AAALLLLLLL out. You, GW, the Christian, sure as heck are not doing much to support your groups. You would rather rag on Pat Robertson than stand up to the towelheads, you would rather rag on Tancredo & allow the breaking of AMERICAN LAWS. You swore on a Bible to uphold our laws. You are sneviling little rich boy that is in office ONLY because Americans have NO CHOICE in presidential candidates. Either chocolate or vanilla or shutup. That's the "Two-Party Cartel" and thank the stupid sheeple for voting for either of these two is sickening.

[highpockets]

Where ever Islam goes, death follows.

[swarthyguy]

BTTT!

[Poohbah]

NIGERIA At least 50 die in Muslim rioting triggered by article on Miss World pageant

I thought the rioting was caused by some guy trying to smuggle $523 million in illegally-hidden oil revenues out of the country. At least, that's what this email I just got says...

[swarthyguy]

They just celebrated Ramzan at the WhiteHouse.

[giotto]

Obviously it's the pageant people's fault for not being more sensitive to the Muslims. If they had required that all contestants appear clothed in burkas, there wouldn't have been any need for violence.

[Smogger]

Religion of Peace Bump.

This should be breaking IMHO. The mainstream media never reports the atrociites committed against Christian's by Muslims in Africa on an almost daily basis.

Sudan anyone?

[swarthyguy]

Wait til you get one promising a date with one of the contestants.