NIGERIA: Thousands of Muslims and Christians in Northern Nigeria intensify protest against a U.S.-produced film insulting Islam

Record ID: 235778

  • Title: NIGERIA: Thousands of Muslims and Christians in Northern Nigeria intensify protest against a U.S.-produced film insulting Islam
  • Date: 25th September 2012
  • Summary: KADUNA, NIGERIA (SEPTEMBER 24, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING VARIOUS PROTESTERS GATHERED AT JUMAAT CENTRAL MOSQUE CHANTING ALLAHU AKBAR (GOD IS GREAT) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS BURNING AMERICAN FLAG (SOUNDBITE) (Hausa) LEADER OF SHI'ITE ISLAMIC SECT, SHEIK MUTHAR, SAYING: "What we are doing here has been done in other countries and journalists are asking why are we doing this when an American ambassador was killed in the same kind of protests. Well my answer is that nobody knows who actually killed the American ambassador because it might be the aim of Americans so that they can create another alibi to attack Islamic states. They are known for killing their fellow Americans, that was what they did by attacking their world trade centre then they proceeded to destroy Iraq, Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden, this is what they want to do again." CHRISTIAN PROTESTERS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) LEADER OF CHRISTIAN PROTESTERS, MUSA ADAMU, SAYING: "All the Christians in Nigeria say not to accuse the Islamic leader in the world." CHRISTIAN PROTESTERS SINGING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSLIM MAN, MALLAM SHINKAFI, SAYING: "For the future occurrence of these problems, we don't want conflict, we don't want violence. But all what we want is everybody should to respect his own religion, we are Muslims and we are born to be Muslims, we are ready to die as a Muslim. Christians are Christians, they should respect their Christianity and we should respect our Islam and that is how world will come together and live in harmony." VARIOUS OF MUSLIMS PROTESTING ON THE STREETS OF KADUNA
  • Embargoed: 10th October 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Nigeria
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Topics: International Relations,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVACNJFZQT67XZ7M0Y5PX2R0EZBL
  • Story Text: Thousands of Muslims and Christians in northern Nigeria protested in Kaduna on Monday (September 24), to express anti-Western anger at a U.S. film insulting Islam.
    Demonstrators chanted anti-U.S. slogans in their native language and burned American flags in the presence of armed security operatives.
    Some Christians carrying bibles joined in the protests, one such Christian Musa Adamu said it was necessary to join in the protests in order to promote peace and unity.
    "All the Christians in Nigeria say not to accuse the Islamic leader in the world," he said.
    The U.S. film has sparked tension in Nigeria's north and protests across the Muslim world.
    The upsurge of Muslim anger - just weeks before U.S. elections - have confronted President Barack Obama with a setback in his efforts to keep the "Arab Spring" revolutions from fuelling a new wave of anti-Americanism.
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