{"id":5631,"date":"2006-09-21T13:52:49","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T13:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/burning-churches-in-nigeria.html"},"modified":"2006-09-21T13:52:49","modified_gmt":"2006-09-21T13:52:49","slug":"burning-churches-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/burning-churches-in-nigeria.html","title":{"rendered":"Burning churches in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria has been a tinderbox for a while, of course, with Muslim-Christian conflicts flaring up regularly. More trouble yesterday – several churches burned to the ground, supposedly inspired by a verbal exchange between a Muslim man and a Christian woman.<\/a><\/p>\n

Among them was the Cathedral and diocesan offices of the Anglican Diocese of Dutse<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Bishop of Dutse (Jigawa State, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Yesufu Lumu, has told ACNS in a telephone interview that a local conflict between a Christian and Muslim woman escalated into a full blown riot on the streets of the city. The end result was St Peter\u2019s Anglican Cathedral was burned to the ground and the Bishop\u2019s office and car port destroyed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was calm during the night,\u201d the bishop said, but was very concerned as the \u201cpolice would not respond to the calls for protection from the Christians.\u201d
According to one report the anger was said to have been \u201csparked off by an alleged blasphemous comment on Prophet Muhammed by a Christian woman, who reportedly spoke in reaction to a similarly irreverent statement about Jesus Christ by a male Muslim.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Provincial Communications Officer, the Revd Canon AkinTunde Popoola, told ACNS, \u201cAll vehicles belonging to the Diocese were also burnt as well as business premises of some church members\u201d during the rioting on 19th September.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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