Posts tagged "Nigeria"
Weekly Links: In the World
Nora Connor: According to Salon’s Wajahat Ali, the conversion of Oliver Stone’s son Sean to Islam last week prompted a worldwide Muslim face-palm. Why, the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims are wondering, can’t we get a convert with more upside? In a nod to one of Dave Chappelle’s best skits, Ali “reports” on the first...
Boko Haram in National Perspective
By Alex Thurston
Violence by Boko Haram, a rebel sect in Northern Nigeria that claims to be waging an Islamic jihad against the Nigerian state, has killed over 900 people since 2009, including over 250 in 2012 alone. Domestic and international analysts...The Deathtoll
24 February 2006 After the anti-Mohammad-cartoon riots in Nigeria turned into an ugly mob attack by Muslims on Christian communities and churches — killing at least 25, torturing a bishop’s family, and burning between 11 and 30 churches — Christian mobs retaliated with equally ugly attacks on Muslims — burning their corpses on stacks of tires in...
