At least 50 dead in Miss World riot in Nigeria

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[Jalapeno]

Nov. 21, 2002, 3:21PM

At least 50 dead in Miss World riot in Nigeria

Associated Press

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Rioters stabbed pedestrians and torched churches during violent demonstrations today 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 neighborhoods, 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.

"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."

Hundreds of police and soldiers were deployed to restore calm. Riding in pickup trucks, they fired tear gas at protesters marching through otherwise abandoned streets waving tree branches and palm fronds.

State government officials declared a curfew of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

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 questioned 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.

[mikeb704]

Maybe if they'd had the right contestant. . .

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[hoosierham]

Shoot ALL looters and rioters !

[snopercod]

You can say that again!

[lelio]

Religion of Peace? More like Religion of Idiots.

[gridlock]

...Others were heard chanting, "Down with beauty" ....

Sounds like Orwell on acid.

What do you do with such people?

[Kerberos]

"None of the contestants were young boys, either. "

Hmmm, thats bad.

[zingzang]

The only network that will air that fact will be Fox News, and the other networks will no doubt keep it suppressed. If they say anything, it's going to be that the Fox source is not credible, and they are nothing but a "vast right wing" conspiracy.

[A_perfect_lady]

How long will we have to wait for the alphabet networks to air this news?

When they do it'll be so santized you won't recognize it. Allow me to predict:

Civil unrest sparked by Miss World Contest

Riots eruped in Nigeria today when citizens offended by the values displayed in the Miss World contest took to the streets. One newspaper that attempted to defend the contest was vandalized, as were several places of worship....

[cmsgop]

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[Andy from Beaverton]

Another 19,999,999,999 pageants and we can win the war on terrorism!

[maica]

You could be a copywriter! None of those channels will EVER say muslim thugs went on a killing frenzy.

Where is Jesse Jackson? Isn't this a cause for his particular PR talents, or even his 'reverend' credential?

[snippy_about_it]

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.

Coming to a neighborhood near you. Our friends, the muslims. :(

[laurav]

Well, say what you will, somebody gave the Muslim leaders in Nigeria some media training on what reporters love to hear. I saw one of them quoted a few months ago on why they didn't want the Miss World contest held there. He said "We're against the exploitation of women for economic gain."

[keats5]

The DNC may have to rethink its planned "How would Mohammed Vote?" ad.

[omegab]

I just sent the article to the whitehouse. I email all instances of muslims attacking Christians and ask them to inform the President so he can get a factual sense of this "peaceful" religion and know his enemy. It can't hurt and I also pray for God to counsel and guide the President and give him victory. All bases covered, :-) while I wait for the world to see that Islam drives these attacks, no matter what country they come from.

[constable tom]

"nothing to do with religion, and a lot more to do with culture and biological factors, and poverty, probably "

And you base that opinion on what evidence? Do you have any clue what's been going on in Nigeria the last several years as Islam has gained a majority in certain areas?

[tacticalogic]

. Why we ever give these savages a dime in aid is completely beyond me.

Why would they need aid? They have lots of money. If you send them your bank account number they'll wire money into it to get it out of the country, and then split it with you.

[zingzang]

Yeah, I forgot about that!! They've moved up in the world too...we used to get that fax years ago at one of my previous jobs, now they've figured out how to email that crap to everyone!!

[DoughtyOne]

That's plagerism, pure and simple. Heh heh heh... Do so at will fella!