A truly disturbing little vignette from Nigeria, where Christians and Muslims have been killing one another in the aftermath of the cartoon-related riots. I don't really have a comment here, but have a look at the photograph (click to enlarge).
Christian mobs stopped their killing and looting in this Nigerian city Thursday and turned to disposing of the evidence in the crudest of ways. Men burned the remains of their Muslim victims in smoldering bonfires on downtown streets, leaving behind charred legs, skulls and shoulders that minibus taxi drivers swerved to avoid.Pretty chilling. Then there's this:
As thousands of Muslims struggled to find a way to reach the northern part of the country or huddled for protection at police stations, Christian residents in this southeastern city expressed little remorse for their role in five days of religious violence sparked by anger over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.
At Onitsha's ruined central mosque, one of two reportedly destroyed Tuesday, Ifeanyi Eze, 34, picked up a piece of charred wood and scrawled on a low wall: "Mohammad is a man but Jesus is from above." On the walls of the abandoned mosque, others had written: "No Mohammad, Jesus Christ is Lord."
[A] group of Christian traders said they had no choice but to attack the Muslims living here. "We have to retaliate," said Justin Ifeanyi, 24. "It is a shame to us if we don't kill them."What does "shame" mean in this context?
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