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Bauchi : Nigeria | May 08, 2011 at 9:57 AM PDT
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Out of Nigeria's 36 states, 12 re-adopted a strict version of Sharia in 1999

If you want an example of how sharia law truly operates, then examine the land of northern Nigeria. Look at what happened this weekend when Muslims are given governmental power. This press release is from International Christian Concern (ICC) at www.persecution.org.

International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that today Muslim attackers killed 17 Christians, including the wife and three children of a pastor, and burned down several Christian homes in the village of Kurum, Bauchi State, Nigeria.


“It is not right for anyone to kill another person. Life is precious and a gift from God. Since 1999 in Bauchi state, several Christians have been killed but no one has been brought before justice. The government has to intervene. The government has to be fair to all its citizens,” said Reverend Turbe Ngodem in an interview with ICC. Reverend Ngodem is the General Secretary of Christian Association of Nigeria in Bauchi State.
Since the introduction of Sharia law in northern Nigeria in 1999, thousands of Christians have been killed by Muslim radicals in an unrelenting series of regular attacks. The local Muslim government officials have failed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Jonathan Racho, ICC’s Regional Manager for Africa, said, “We are extremely concerned with this latest killing of Christians by Muslim attackers. We once again urge Nigerian officials to prevent the bloodshed of innocent Christians in northern Nigeria. Nigeria must end impunity for the perpetrators of these heinous crimes.”
Please call the Nigerian embassy in your country and politely ask Nigerian officials to fully investigate this latest attack and bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice. Nigerian Embassies:

USA 202-968-8400 UK 0207 839 1244 Canada 613-236-0521
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Out of Nigeria's 36 states, 12 re-adopted a strict version of Sharia in 1999
Out of Nigeria's 36 states, 12 re-adopted a strict version of Sharia in 1999
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