Christians in Jos are ‘scapegoats’, says bishop

Posted on December 6, 2008 
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burning house in Jos“Christians in northern Nigeria have said that inaccurate reporting of riots in Jos at the weekend could fuel further Muslim violence against them. The worst sectarian violence in recent years claimed around 400 lives, a figure which the Bishop of Jos, the Rt Revd Ben Kwashi, said was likely to rise. …”

– Pat Ashworth reports for Church Times. See also this story by Ruth Gledhill for Times Online.

More information – and disturbing pictures – at the new website of the Anglican Diocese of Jos.