Tuesday, February 7, 2006
BBC: Nigerian MPs burn Denmark's flag
The flags were torched to show disapproval of the publication in Denmark and Norway of cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
Earlier Kano state MPs passed a resolution to call off multi-million dollar trade negotiations with Denmark.
In Niger, thousands took part in banned protests against the cartoons...
The BBC's Ado Saleh in Kano says some 200 people, including the 40 state parliamentarians, attended the flag burning.
They shouted "Allah Akbar" (God is great) as Kano's parliament speaker Balarabe Saidu Gani set the flags alight, he says...
...The Christian Association of Nigeira has condemned the publication of the cartoons.
Tensions between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria have led to clashes leaving thousands dead in recent years...
(H/T: isirota1965)
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