S. A. Hannan has found something that delights his heart --- a destruction of a community by a hate-inspiring communal strife! He will support and promote any crime against humanity in the name of Islam.
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From: sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:51:24 +0100
Subject: [mukto-mona] FW: [Dahuk]: we no longer sleep
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LAGOS -- Danladi Ali, a middle-aged Hausa Fulani Muslim, is a resident of Kuru Kurama, a village some 35 kilometers from the volatile city of Jos and where 150 Muslim bodies were found stuffed into wells earlier this week. "We didn't do anything, but we were just victims of reprisals by our fellow village dwellers who are Christians," he told IslamOnline.Ali lost four of his own family relatives in the attack mounted against their village at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. "They said they were going to rid us of their city. So I concluded we were suffering from things about which we knew nothing." Ali says the attackers were mostly young men in their early twenties but armed with guns, clubs and broken bottles. "They overpowered us at nights. There was also the incident of rape." Hausa-Fulani Muslims dominate Kuru Kurama, although there are Berom Christian residents as well. Solomon Dung, a Berom resident of the village who attended the stakeholders' meeting in Jos, confirmed Ali's story. But he believes the attack may have been triggered by the alleged sacking of Bisichi village, whose inhabitants are predominantly Christians, the day before by Hausa Fulani herdsmen. "The attack on Kuru Kurama was preceded by similar one on Bishichi village. These attacks are a backlash of the Jos crisis, where scores were killed on Sunday and morning," Dung told IOL. He insisted that both populations had cohabited peacefully until the Sunday crisis. "Why these two sides had to join the fray?" Some 553 people, mostly Muslims, are believed to have been killed in four days of fighting last week in the central city of Jos and nearby villages. Nigeria is a multi-religious society with 50 percent of the population Muslims and 40 percent Christians. Terrorize Both Ali and Dung confirmed that the two villages have now been deserted because of safety concern. "I think the entire crisis is about political supremacy," said the Christian villager. "I advise our government to address this issue very urgently before Plateau erupts again." Ali said tension was still high in Kuru Kurama. "We no longer sleep. We don't know who the next victim will be," he lamented. "Some of our brothers have run away, fearing they will be killed. Some of us have relocated back to core North for safety." There were at least 40 security check posts between Jos and Kuru Kurama, where a team of soldiers and policemen frisk all passers-by. Stop-and-search operation is routine and journalists are not allowed into the village. Attempt by IslamOnline. "No outsider is allowed into this village," a mobile policeman who refused identification told IOL reporter en route the village on Monday. "So, we won't allow you to go there. We are sorry, but this is the order from above," he added. "The killing of over 150 people in this small village poses security challenge, but we are doing our best to bring the situation under control. In doing this we have no choice but to restrict movement where necessary." There is heavy security presence across the Plateau State. Jos, hitherto a serene city with beautiful landscape and with huge revenues from Europeans who throng its Mambilla and other tourist centers, has now been deserted. Air travelers are often told well ahead of the security situation in the city, further scaring away investors and threatening its tourism potentials, its only comparative advantage. The streets were deserted and most business centers still shut when IOL visited the city Monday. Motor garages are depleted too, except for convoys of cars sent by different states of the country to evacuate their people from the crisis-ridden states. The fleeing residents said they were too frightened to stay. Long lines of cars and buses carrying residents and baggage formed before a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Jos. "The last few days have been very traumatizing for me and my two children," said Safiya Abubakri Uthman, 32. "My husband is out of the country on a business trip. We were indoors without food or water with killings and burnings all around us. "I am going to Kano to stay with my family until my husband returns. I feel uneasy here." Umar Bako, a 26-year-old motorcyclist, crammed luggage into a taxi and was leaving for his Sokoto home state. "My family in Sokoto has been worried over the fighting in Jos and my safety," he told IOL. "The best way to assure them I am alive is to visit home." |
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