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Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts

Started by Tank, January 21, 2012, 04:52:03 PM

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Tank

Nigeria violence: Scores dead after Kano blasts

QuoteCo-ordinated attacks by Islamist militants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Friday killed at least 120 people, witnesses and reports say.

Hospitals and mortuaries are struggling to deal with the numbers of killed and injured still arriving.

A series of explosions ripped apart police buildings around the city, which is now under a 24-hour curfew.

The Boko Haram group said they carried out the attacks, which would be their bloodiest assault to date.

Police have so far confirmed only seven deaths, but eyewitnesses said bodies had been littering the streets and wagons had been deployed to collect them...

And the religion of peace continues to be peaceful, not.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
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McQ

Sigh.

Sometimes there just aren't words for this type of thing.
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Tank

It's just bloody depressing that some people think their ideas are so important (whatever they may be) they are worth killing over  :-[
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Too Few Lions

Nigeria must be one of the most dangerous place on Earth for sectarian violence. 50% of the population are Muslim and 48% are Christian, that's a recipe for a hell of a lot of bloodshed...

Asmodean

Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2012, 05:46:52 PM
It's just bloody depressing that some people think their ideas are so important (whatever they may be) they are worth killing over  :-[
Do let's not forget that it is not limited to religious extremists. People kill over politics too...
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Tank

Quote from: Asmodean on January 24, 2012, 09:31:32 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2012, 05:46:52 PM
It's just bloody depressing that some people think their ideas are so important (whatever they may be) they are worth killing over  :-[
Do let's not forget that it is not limited to religious extremists. People kill over politics too...
Quite so.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

m.condon

People will find a reason to justify their horrible actions. Religion is not the only way to justify it, it just seems that religion is the most readily available excuse. Religion is hard to question, and often it is blasphemy if you do
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