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"Nigeria is deeply divided along ethnic and religious lines. More
than 13,500 people have died in religious or ethnic clashes since
the end of military rule in 1999. In Plateau State, an
unprecedented outbreak of violence in Jos claimed as many as
1,000 lives in September 2001; more than 700 people died in May
2004 in inter-communal clashes in the town of Yelwa in the
southern part of the state; and at least 700 people were killed
in the violence in Jos on November 28 and 29, 2008. Human Rights
Watch documented 133 cases of unlawful killings by members of the
security forces in responding to the 2008 violence." 

Another clear case of inter-ethnic hatred, division and violence.
It didn't start yesterday in the Jos area. Looks similar to the
attacks in Sri Lanka--both communal.
Reminds me of Partition of India 1947, and the massacres in
Punjab.

JK
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Q: How can we be sure that this was a group of "Buddhist"
exremists?

A: Nobody died.

If only all religious extremists were this "extreme". Compare
this to the handiwork of the Christian extremists in Nigeria:
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/01/22/nigeria-protect-survivors-f
ully-investigate-massacre-reports

Curt

Katherine Masis wrote:
> This came out over a month ago.  Had anyone on Buddha-L seen
this?  Apologies for not knowing how to convert long url's into
tiny ones!
>  
> Katherine Masis
> ====================================
>  
> Buddhist extremists brutally attack Catholic church in Sri
Lanka
>
> Rome, Italy, Dec 11, 2009 / 12:59 pm (CNA).- More than 1,000
Buddhist 
> extremists armed with clubs, swords and stones ferociously
attacked a 
> Catholic church in the town of Crooswatta, Sri Lanka on
December 6, 
> destroying the altar, statues and pews.
>
> L'Osservatore Romano reported that Father Jude Denzil Lakshman,
pastor 
> of Our Lady of the Mystical Rose, said "I still can hear their
shouts 
> in my ears, `Cut him to pieces, kill him'."
>
> The attack took place after the 7 p.m., Sunday Mass, leaving
several 
> parishioners wounded. "It is obvious that the attack was
well-planned 
> and that the mob waited for us to come out after Mass," Father
Lakshman said.
>
> One parishioner told the Archdiocese of Colombo that as the 
> congregation was leaving the evening Mass, they saw a mob
coming towards them.
>
> The parishioner added that the mob "set fire to Fr. Lakshman's
car and 
> then someone attempted to strike him with a sword," but a young
man 
> heroically pulled him away.
>
> The extremists "then damaged all other motor bikes, ordinary
cycles of 
> the poor people including a three-wheeler. Some persons armed
with 
> swords and batons went on beating the people. There are six
Catholics 
> in the hospital with cuts and injuries."
>
> The archdiocese noted that Air Force personnel were deployed 
> immediately to bring the mob under control. Guards are still in
the 
> area to guarantee the safety of the faithful, which include 293
families.
>
> As of now, police have arrested 11 suspects from Buddhist
extremist 
> groups that have attacked the church in the past.
>  
>
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/buddhist_extremists_brutal
ly_at
> tack_catholic_church_in_sri_lanka/
>  
>
>
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