KADUNA, Nigeria — The veiled woman at a camp housing thousands of displaced on the dusty outskirts of this northern Nigerian city tries to explain how her husband was killed, but becomes faint and backs away.

"He said whatever happened we should not go out, that we should just be patient," 67-year-old Talle Musa said as she described taking refuge in a neighbour's house when riots broke out last month in her town of Zonkwa.

"We didn't know it was like his farewell to us."

It has been more than a month since deadly riots spread across the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria following the country's presidential election, leaving some 800 people hacked, burnt or shot to death over the course of three days.

Piles of unidentified bodies have been cleared off the floor of a morgue in Kaduna and buried in mass graves, the displaced have been steadily leaving camps, and President Goodluck Jonathan is due to be sworn in on Sunday.

But deep anger and hurt remain in the north, poorer and less educated than the oil-producing south, and Jonathan, a southern Christian, faces a daunting task in healing divisions in Africa's most populous nation.

In some parts of the north's countryside, dams along rivers provide irrigation that feeds burgeoning farms of tomatoes, onion and maize, baobab trees standing tall in the breeze.

But in other areas of this region on the edge of the Sahara, dust rises like steam, rubbish piles up along the roadsides and young people say they cannot find a proper job.

ekt_bear:

North is working the media like mad trying to play victim

mbatuku2:

The southern Kaduna christians seem to have perfected the act of keeping the islamists in check in northern Nigeria. I've met with a couple of these 'kaje' guys. They appear naturally stubborn and tough.

The beroms have also started to learn the ropes gradually.

alj_harem:

stop talking like an a55 what do u mean

mbatuku2:

The southern Kaduna christians seem to have perfected the act of keeping the islamists in check in northern Nigeria. I've met with a couple of these 'kaje' guys. They appear naturally stubborn and tough.

The beroms have also started to learn the ropes gradually.

joecrack:

Meanwhile my peeps in kd earlier in the day hinted me the town is quite tensed,most people are indoors,apparently some 'buhari' boys are  saying 'baza mu aida ba' in reaction to 2morrows inaugration,but no worries,security full ground.

vedaxcool:

One can easily gauge the ever effervescent Hypocrisy of an average illiterate-media brain washed individual from the south whom managed to cheat his way through school and failed to get enlightenment, to them killing hausas in retaliation is right, the 'Kaje' dudes suddenly turn to david and other biblical heroes, yet when muslim re-enacts such blood scenes they shout murder. Yet the murder of Hausas in Southern KD particularly was played down by media houses especially in the south, where is their commitment to the truth? Well truth is their commitment is to the political.The funny thing is that this same kaje youth fail to see how his "allies" in the south sees him a step higher than a cannibal. people from the north especially the christians and other minorities typically fail to see how the Ibadan -Lagos press continually bombard their identity by calling them all sort of names including animal without even discriminating which "northerner" they are actually talking about, they are probably playing safe, but this simply cast them into the mold of unintelligent ethnic millitias whose trade mark is kindling an already blazing fire. in all the equation it is the southern citizens that falls victim, by deceiving them their problems lies far in the north, their leaders are living a more worthier life, reminds one of the empowerment fighters in the ND, who only succeeded in empowering themselves, or has the north's ever growing list of failure stopped the govts in the south from giving their own people good drinking water or even employment? Wonders they say never cease, but i believe closet stupidity must be put aside if people want to benefit from govt rather than ome here fighting how your greedy leaders intend to eat you pay, we need to build an alliance that focuses on ensuing good governance.

ziccoit:

@vedaxcool. May GOD bless you for the embolden. I really love it.

The problem is the strong hatred and bitter venom against the Islam/Muslims. I don't know a perfect way to explain the reason why a man want to be knowledgeable than the mufti, when holding a view to wrongly islamise what is non-Islamic. More so, in the face of heavy proofs to the contrary, he is still proving pigheaded.

One can easily gauge the ever effervescent Hypocrisy of an average illiterate-media brain washed individual from the south whom managed to cheat his way through school and failed to get enlightenment, to them killing hausas in retaliation is right, the 'Kaje' dudes suddenly turn to david and other biblical heroes, yet when muslim re-enacts such blood scenes they shout murder. Yet the murder of Hausas in Southern KD particularly was played down by media houses especially in the south, where is their commitment to the truth? Well truth is their commitment is to the political.The funny thing is that this same kaje youth fail to see how his "allies" in the south sees him a step higher than a cannibal. people from the north especially the christians and other minorities typically fail to see how the Ibadan -Lagos press continually bombard their identity by calling them all sort of names including animal without even discriminating which "northerner" they are actually talking about, they are probably playing safe, but this simply cast them into the mold of unintelligent ethnic millitias whose trade mark is kindling an already blazing fire. in all the equation it is the southern citizens that falls victim, by deceiving them their problems lies far in the north, their leaders are living a more worthier life, reminds one of the empowerment fighters in the ND, who only succeeded in empowering themselves, or has the north's ever growing list of failure stopped the govts in the south from giving their own people good drinking water or even employment? Wonders they say never cease, but i believe closet stupidity must be put aside if people want to benefit from govt rather than ome here fighting how your greedy leaders intend to eat you pay, we need to build an alliance that focuses on ensuing good governance.

The problem is the strong hatred and bitter venom against the Islam/Muslims. I don't know a perfect way to explain the reason why a man want to be knowledgeable than the mufti, when holding a view to wrongly islamise what is non-Islamic. More so, in the face of heavy proofs to the contrary, he is still proving pigheaded.

And since when did organising to defend your families and friends become so wrong? If that is what works for those southern KD guys, so be it

vedaxcool:

^^^^

Another ethnic militia who lack understanding of what is being talked about

and what is it,that's being talked about.

joecrack:

and what is it,that's being talked about.

chamber2:

Wrong!No one hates Muslims.But the extent in which a few individuals are causing problems[b] in the name of religion[/b] is not wholesome and should be rejected.The[b] Islamic community allows Islam to be used as a tool in the hands of a few untamed miscreants[/b], and that has affected the reputation of Islam as a religion.People are always quick to form stereotypes without even knowing the basis for such, agreed.[b]I live in an Islamic country, but i must say, this place is one of the most peaceful and loving countries on earth.[/b]So, it's not Islam, it's a few  individuals in Islam and Islamic leaders will have to do a lot of work to flush these individuals out of the body of Islam. 

vedaxcool:

if you could read and understand properly you would be able to see that chagrin hardly answered the issues.

Well, I don't know how "Islamic community allows Islam to be used as a tool in the hands of a few untamed miscreants" in a country people described as secular. Explain this further, I don't understand.

  On a lighter mode, what Islam country is that?

Odunnu:

Wondering who starts the riots and if they expect the other group to just wait and be killed.

vedaxcool:

^^^^

Another ethnic militia who lack understanding of what is being talked about

chamber2:

I still maintain that no one hates Muslims as individuals, but when a few individuals use Islam as an instrument of destruction then people will be forced to have a self imposed fear/resentment for Islam and Muslims.


Yes of course, they seem not to have taken any drastic step towards ensuring that people don't engage in violent acts in the name of Islam.Take the case of the al majiris for instance, this is a typical case of neglect and nonchalance by the Islamic religious leaders.Don't blame the society on this, most Islamic countries also have a system of religious education where the use of force is not encouraged.Who operates this al majiri style of education that have left the youths and young backward?Are the northern Islamic leaders not aware of the harm that is done on this young guys and the possible danger they impose on the society?I still consider religion as an opium of the people and religious leaders as guiders of the moral being.If they fail, the entire society have failed.In an overtly religious country like Nigeria, religious leaders have a great deal of role to play.

Hmmm, you want to know? I mean, i have been in this country for a few years now and I am yet to hear even the sound of the gun which is typical of the Nigerian society.I am yet to hear that a Muslim killed or caused trouble somewhere.The Muslims here go about their daily activities so peacefully and orderly.That is why i think our Islamic leaders have not done much to install the principles and teachings of Islam in their followers