"Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked four non-Muslim villages in central Nigeria on January 10 and 11, killing 18 and burning down a church and over a dozen houses. Soldiers reportedly collaborated in the attack.
News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:13 PM EST
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“The attackers used weapons including guns, machetes, daggers, bows and arrows to attack their victims who were reportedly taken unawares,” according to a Nigerian press account.
Attacks on Christians in Jos on Christmas Eve claimed the lives of 84.
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15% of Nigeria’s 146.5 million people are Catholic, according to Vatican statistics. 25% are Protestant, 50% are Muslim, and 10% retain indigenous beliefs.
Funny how the rise of religious intolerance seems to correlate with the rise of the islamic population.
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Anymore, a legitimate question is whether they are extremists or moderates. It's a question for Pakistan, too, to be asked in the aftermath of that governor's murder.
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