People of different faiths jointly protest terrorism in Jos, Nigeria

When Islamist militants set off two bombs that killed 123 people in Nigeria's volatile city of Jos on Tuesday, many feared it would also detonate bloody reprisals in one of Africa's most religiously tense cities. Umar Tijani, a Muslim, barricaded himself indoors, haunted by memories of seeing a mob bludgeon six youths to death four years ago when Christmas Day bombs pushed the city into a frenzy of killing.

But this time, the youths who gathered in Jos's winding hillside streets were not out for blood; they went hoping to prevent more being spilled.

"Everybody suffered, whether Muslim, Christian or voodoo [animist]. We are starting to see that if we fight among ourselves, we will all be dead," said Ezekiel, a 27-year-old Christian who went out that night. With a pink baseball cap covering a machete scar from the past violence, he patrolled his neighbourhood with a group of four friends. At one point they escorted a Muslim whose six-week-old child needed to reach a hospital on a "Christian" street.

A handful of violent incidents aside, youths from both faiths who might have been expected to turn on each other have instead joined forces. Gestures of goodwill, repeated elsewhere in a metropolis where invisible boundaries still determine what streets a Muslim or Christian can safely cross after nightfall, may have saved this city on a cliff-edge from falling off, at least for now.

BigAndy9 wrote:

lol

Didge wrote:Or people become atheist and have no mythical reasons to dislike others.

Vicar of Dibley wrote:

Didge wrote:Or people become atheist and have no mythical reasons to dislike others.

yep that will do as long they get away from the evil of islam at least when judgment day comes atheists will have a chance to repent muslims are going to burn in what they believe is paradise .

Vicar of Dibley wrote:

Didge wrote:Or people become atheist and have no mythical reasons to dislike others.

yep that will do as long they get away from the evil of islam at least when judgment day comes atheists will have a chance to repent muslims are going to burn in what they believe is paradise .

veya_victaous wrote:

Vicar of Dibley wrote:

yep that will do as long they get away from the evil of islam at least when judgment day comes atheists will have a chance to repent muslims are going to burn in what they believe is paradise .

Then we can focus on purging the world of Christians and all the other ignorant religious groups          

@Didge
yeah right, Us Followers of Wallace are going to kick your followers of Darwin Ass  ::hndbg:: ::hndbg:: ::hndbg:: 




 :asvampas:

Didge wrote:Or people become atheist and have no mythical reasons to dislike others.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:Or people become atheist and have no mythical reasons to dislike others.

yeah

just plain old reasons

heavenlyfatheragain wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:

Then we can focus on purging the world of Christians and all the other ignorant religious groups          

@Didge
yeah right, Us Followers of Wallace are going to kick your followers of Darwin Ass  ::hndbg:: ::hndbg:: ::hndbg:: 




 :asvampas:

oh that's good to know another bigot, at least this one admits it would purge the world of those who disagree with them, honesty but not the equality they demand for themselves.... should we expect any better...  

Vicar of Dibley wrote:That's hard to say didge but islam do a great job of killing people .

Vicar of Dibley wrote:

heavenlyfatheragain wrote:

veya_victaous wrote:

Then we can focus on purging the world of Christians and all the other ignorant religious groups          

@Didge
yeah right, Us Followers of Wallace are going to kick your followers of Darwin Ass  ::hndbg:: ::hndbg:: ::hndbg:: 




 :asvampas:

oh that's good to know another bigot, at least this one admits it would purge the world of those who disagree with them, honesty but not the equality they demand for themselves.... should we expect any better...  

wow it is good to see atheist extremism showing its ugly face at last .

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

yeah

just plain old reasons

Old?
Well as many wars have been fought over religion, how many lives would have been saved without such religious wars?

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:

Old?
Well as many wars have been fought over religion, how many lives would have been saved without such religious wars?

i give up

how many??

Didge wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

i give up

how many??

Oh well that proves you do not know much about history I guess, I suggest you read some books it may help

Good luck

smelly_bandit wrote:

Didge wrote:


Oh well that proves you do not know much about history I guess, I suggest you read some books it may help

Good luck

so since you cannot answer how many, then the answer is none