Christians react in Nigeria

Needless to say, it's not exactly the most Christ-like reaction. From the Beeb:

At least 20 people are believed to have died in two days of violence in the southern Nigerian city of Onitsha.

Christian mobs rampaged through the city attacking Muslims in retaliation for anti-Christian riots in the north.

Nigerian police said hundreds of Christian Ibos attacked houses belonging to Muslim Hausas when news of the northern clashes reached Onitsha.

Danish cartoon protests in the north led to sectarian clashes which have seen dozens of deaths in four cities.

On Wednesday, groups of Christian men wielding clubs and machetes rampaged through Onitsha for a second day attacking any members of the Muslim Hausa community they could find, according to witnesses.

One eyewitness said cars driving into the town had been stopped by angry crowds demanding to know if there were any Hausa on board.

Those who were identified were dragged out and taken away.
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Eyewitnesses told journalists that mosques had been burnt in the city during rioting on Tuesday.

It is worth keeping in mind that designations of "Christian" aren't always the most accurate appellation, i.e., the term shouldn't imply people as quiet as church mice. It can be a reflection of historical influences, as well as political divisions.

All Africa adds this:

Packs of armed youths killed dozens of people and set fire to mosques and Muslim properties on Wednesday in more revenge attacks against Muslims in the mainly Christian southern Nigerian city of Onitsha.

Angered by weekend attacks against Christians in two northern cities, mobs of youths from the mainly Christian Igbo people, armed with machetes, clubs and cans of petrol, hunted down Hausa-speaking Muslim northerners, beating and burning them to death for the second day running.

This violence is a the reaction to the killings a week ago. Igbo shops were burned then as well.

However, there has been violence in the past between Muslims and Igbo people, and those memories linger. Similar violence occurred in 2000.

There is more to the violence than simple religion, but those who willingly take the name of Christ ought live in such a way that honors that name