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58 CHRISTIANS killed, 30 churches burnt
Maiduguri mayhem: 58 CHRISTIANS killed, 30 churches burnt
No fewer than 58 persons were killed and 30 churches burnt as the protest in Maiduguri, Borno State, over controversial cartoons published in Europe on Prophet Muhammed Gov. Ali Modu Sheriff
A victim, Mr Joseph Tukwa watched helplessly as six of his children were burnt to ashes. Another family of five in another part of Maiduguri were also burnt to death in the disturbance which occurred last Saturday.
In a reaction, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Borno State chapter has accused the police command of complicity in the crisis. The state chairman, Rev. Joshua Adamu revealed that over 68 persons were reported dead and churches numbering about 30 burnt in various parts of the city.
Altogether, he estimated that the CAN corporate members have suffered greatly, putting the loss at over N5 billion .
According to the state secretary, Rev Niven Mshelia, the police failed to act promptly to nip the crisis in the bud. Rev Mshelia told journalists that the police failed to provide security while the hoodlums were gathering, and for over three hours disappeared from the city of Maiduguri while the havoc was going on.
Daily Sun counted over 50 shops and three hotels belonging to southerners which were either burnt, looted or destroyed. Dr. Anthony Uba who led the delegation of Igbo Community Welfare Association to meet with Governor Sheriff at the Government House, told journalists that the damage in terms of lives lost and property damaged was extensive and yet to be estimated. “We are now seeking hope, shelter and food for the homeless,” he said.
Rev Mshelia, however, asserted that southerners were the main target, and they greatly suffered during the crisis, which lasted over six hours.
The state commissioner of police, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed said the police has on its record 17 deaths, while they have arrested 144 suspects. He also confirmed that 30 churches were completely burnt down.
The first 11 people whose death were actually confirmed, a priest and his personal assistant, were burnt to death at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Olokutu area of Maiduguri.
Sources at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital also confirmed that more than 35 corpses were received at the hospital mortuary. However, the sources declined disclosing their identities.
Prominent on the list of churches destroyed include newly completed multi-million naira two-storey building of the Living Faith Church, which premises houses a nursery and primary school,
The Deeper Life Church also lost its state headquarters, while the Catholic Church lost over 10 church compounds housing church halls, offices and residents for its priests and other church workers.
Governor Sheriff in a speech on Saturday warned that there would be no sacred cow in dealing with the culprits caught in the crisis.
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Anti-Muslim Riot in Nigeria Turns Deadly
Sumber: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060221/ap_ ... NlYwM5NjQ-
LAGOS, Nigeria - Christian mobs rampaged through a southern Nigerian city Tuesday, burning mosques and killing several people in an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence that followed deadly protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad over the weekend.
Residents and witnesses in the southern, predominantly Christian city of Onitsha said several Muslims with origins in the north were beaten to death by mobs which also burned two mosques there.
"The mosque at the main market has been burnt and I've counted at least six dead bodies on the streets," Izzy Uzor, an Onitsha resident and businessman, told The Associated Press by telephone. "The whole town is in a frenzy and people are running in all directions."
The violence appeared to be in reprisal for anti-Christian violence Saturday in the mostly Muslim northern city of Maiduguri in which thousands of Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches, killing at least 18 people.
Another Onitsha resident, Isotonu Achor, said one badly beaten Muslim man ran into his office from the streets to escape the violence.
"There is blood all over him and I'm scared they'll come for him here. If he doesn't get urgent treatment he will die," Achor said.
Police and government officials were not immediately available for comment.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country of more than 130 million people, is roughly divided between a predominantly Muslim north and a mainly Christian south. Thousands of people have died in religious violence in Nigeria since 2000.
Saturday's protest over the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in Maiduguri marked the first violent demonstrations over the issue in Nigeria. Police say at least 18 people, most of them Christians, died, and 30 churches were burned down. The Christian Association of Nigeria said at least 50 people were killed in the violence.
The cartoons, which first appeared in a Danish newspaper in September, have set off sometimes violent protests around the world. One caricature shows Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with an ignited fuse.
Islam widely holds that representations of Muhammad are banned for fear they could lead to idolatry.
A Danish newspaper first printed the caricatures in September. Other newspapers, mostly in Europe, have reprinted the pictures, asserting their news value and the right to freedom of expression.
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Tuch khan akhirnya yang kena getahnya agama laen. (Org) Islam emang paling bisa dech nyari2 alesan buat membenarkan tindakan mereka. Kemaren juga masak yg didemo kedutaan Amrik......Geblek kok dipiara.....
Sumber: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060221/ap_ ... NlYwM5NjQ-
LAGOS, Nigeria - Christian mobs rampaged through a southern Nigerian city Tuesday, burning mosques and killing several people in an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence that followed deadly protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad over the weekend.
Residents and witnesses in the southern, predominantly Christian city of Onitsha said several Muslims with origins in the north were beaten to death by mobs which also burned two mosques there.
"The mosque at the main market has been burnt and I've counted at least six dead bodies on the streets," Izzy Uzor, an Onitsha resident and businessman, told The Associated Press by telephone. "The whole town is in a frenzy and people are running in all directions."
The violence appeared to be in reprisal for anti-Christian violence Saturday in the mostly Muslim northern city of Maiduguri in which thousands of Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches, killing at least 18 people.
Another Onitsha resident, Isotonu Achor, said one badly beaten Muslim man ran into his office from the streets to escape the violence.
"There is blood all over him and I'm scared they'll come for him here. If he doesn't get urgent treatment he will die," Achor said.
Police and government officials were not immediately available for comment.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country of more than 130 million people, is roughly divided between a predominantly Muslim north and a mainly Christian south. Thousands of people have died in religious violence in Nigeria since 2000.
Saturday's protest over the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in Maiduguri marked the first violent demonstrations over the issue in Nigeria. Police say at least 18 people, most of them Christians, died, and 30 churches were burned down. The Christian Association of Nigeria said at least 50 people were killed in the violence.
The cartoons, which first appeared in a Danish newspaper in September, have set off sometimes violent protests around the world. One caricature shows Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban with an ignited fuse.
Islam widely holds that representations of Muhammad are banned for fear they could lead to idolatry.
A Danish newspaper first printed the caricatures in September. Other newspapers, mostly in Europe, have reprinted the pictures, asserting their news value and the right to freedom of expression.
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Tuch khan akhirnya yang kena getahnya agama laen. (Org) Islam emang paling bisa dech nyari2 alesan buat membenarkan tindakan mereka. Kemaren juga masak yg didemo kedutaan Amrik......Geblek kok dipiara.....
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Kamu akan dikucilkan, bahkan akan datang saatnya bahwa setiap orang yang membunuh kamu akan menyangka bahwa ia berbuat bakti bagi Allah. Mereka akan berbuat demikian, karena mereka tidak mengenal baik Bapa maupun Aku. (Yohanes 16:2-3)
"Jikalau dunia membenci kamu, ingatlah bahwa ia telah lebih dahulu membenci Aku dari pada kamu. Sekiranya kamu dari dunia, tentulah dunia mengasihi kamu sebagai miliknya. Tetapi karena kamu bukan dari dunia, melainkan Aku telah memilih kamu dari dunia, sebab itulah dunia membenci kamu. (Yohanes 15:18-19)