What would Christians do if someone said Jesus would probably have married a particular beauty pageant contestant?
Curfew Clamped on Nigeria City, Churches Torched
Thu Nov 21, 8:55 AM ET
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Authorities clamped a curfew on the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna on Thursday as Muslim militants burned churches in a spreading protest over the staging of the Miss World pageant in Nigeria.
Witnesses said soldiers had been drafted to help police struggling to contain rampaging youths spearheading the riots which killed at least two people on Thursday.
"As I stand in the street I can see a church burning in the Malali-Badarawa area. I have counted no less than 10 churches burned," a resident told Reuters. "I have seen and filmed two dead bodies on the streets."
Kaduna state commissioner for information Isah Abdullahi announced the 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time curfew in a special radio broadcast intended to calm the city, where thousands died in sectarian clashes two years ago.
The latest riots flared on Wednesday over a report in the leading 'This Day' newspaper on the Miss World pageant which Muslims say blasphemed the Prophet Mohammad. The story, since retracted by 'This Day', said Mohammad would have probably married one of the beauty queens. What I want to know is, which one?