The Problem Isn't Any Particular Religion...
Muslim man says something not very nice about Jesus. Christian woman says something not very nice about Mohammed. Muslims burn churches and attack Christians across the country:
Nigerian authorities have imposed a night curfew on the northern town of Dutse after Muslim mobs burned 11 churches over what they said was blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad by a Christian woman, police said on Thursday... No one was killed in the riot but up to seven people were injured, Iwendi said. "Eleven churches and so many houses and shops were burned. The house of the Anglican bishop was also ransacked," he said, adding that hundreds of Christians fled their homes to military and police barracks fearing further attacks.
It's collective punishment! Where's AI, HRW, and the UN?
Here's a game everyone can play at home. You're a Reuters editor. There's been a vicious attack by Muslims on Jews or Christians. You need to fit it into a "cycle of violence" frame, but there have been no similar attacks by Jews or Christians on Muslims. How do you do it? Correct answer: predict - despite said lack of a retaliation - that a retaliation will happen at some indefinite time in the future anyway:
Any deaths in religious fighting usually spark tit-for-tat killings in different parts of the country.
So any day now, we're sure that we'll see reports of 11 Nigerian mosques burned by Sudanese Christians. After all, tit-for-tat cycle of violence, right?
Nigerian authorities have imposed a night curfew on the northern town of Dutse after Muslim mobs burned 11 churches over what they said was blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad by a Christian woman, police said on Thursday... No one was killed in the riot but up to seven people were injured, Iwendi said. "Eleven churches and so many houses and shops were burned. The house of the Anglican bishop was also ransacked," he said, adding that hundreds of Christians fled their homes to military and police barracks fearing further attacks.
It's collective punishment! Where's AI, HRW, and the UN?
Here's a game everyone can play at home. You're a Reuters editor. There's been a vicious attack by Muslims on Jews or Christians. You need to fit it into a "cycle of violence" frame, but there have been no similar attacks by Jews or Christians on Muslims. How do you do it? Correct answer: predict - despite said lack of a retaliation - that a retaliation will happen at some indefinite time in the future anyway:
Any deaths in religious fighting usually spark tit-for-tat killings in different parts of the country.
So any day now, we're sure that we'll see reports of 11 Nigerian mosques burned by Sudanese Christians. After all, tit-for-tat cycle of violence, right?
