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"Michael Gray" |
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25 Mar 2007 08:43:09 PM |
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News: Peaceful Islam beats Teacher to death. |
Nigeria teacher dies 'over Koran'
by BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6477177.stm
"Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a
teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police
say.
The teacher, a Christian, was attacked after supervising an exam in
Gombe city. It is not clear what she had done to anger the students.
The authorities, concerned that communal unrest could break out, have
ordered all the city's schools to shut.
Similar accusations sparked riots in neighbouring Bauchi State last
year.
At least 15,000 people have been killed in religious, communal or
political violence since the country returned to civilian rule in
1999.
'Restored calm'
Nigerian police say students beat the teacher to death outside the
school compound after she had been invigilating an exam.
The students had apparently accused her of desecrating the Koran,
though it is not clear exactly what she had done.
The police arrived at the scene to restore calm and say their
intervention stopped a riot.
The BBC's Alex Last in Lagos says violence based on such accusations
is not new.
Last year, in Bauchi State, a rumour swept the city that a Christian
teacher had also desecrated the Koran, which prompted riots in which
at least five people were killed.
In fact, the teacher had confiscated the Koran from a pupil who was
reading it in class.
Religious differences have long been used to justify all kinds of
violence in Nigeria, our reporter says.
In reality it is often fuelled by ethnic or political conflicts and
competition for resources, which can be fierce, given that so many
people live in poverty, he says."
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: News: Peaceful Islam beats Teacher to death. |
25 Mar 2007 11:50:42 PM |
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In article <769e03hjkm4s1ok4m497ciimee0rltst4f@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote:
Nigeria teacher dies 'over Koran'
by BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6477177.stm
"Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a
teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, police
say.
The teacher, a Christian, was attacked after supervising an exam in
Gombe city. It is not clear what she had done to anger the students.
This is you mind on religion No. 27.818.
--
John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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