The Scriptorium

The AP via ABCNews.com has revealed a sad and disgusting bias. They didn’t cover the Muslim attacks on Christians in Nigeria. Some of the attacks were sparked by the Danish cartoons, and involved Muslims killing Christians and burning churches:

Nigeria’s unrest was the bloodiest and most sectarian yet seen, with crowds in the mainly Muslim north turning on the Christian minority.

In Maiduguri, the capital of the state of Borno, Muslims turned on local Christians after police broke up a rally against the drawings, burning shops and churches and killing 15 people, police spokesperson Haz Iwendi said.

At the same time, in the city of Katsina, police opened fire into a crowd of stone-throwers, killing one and injuring others, he said. Churches were also burned in Katsina, he added, but could not say how many.

Another story (not at ABC or AP) found that some Christians were burned inside the churches:

At least 17 people, including a Catholic priest, were killed and 30 churches burned in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri when Muslims protesting cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad turned on local Christians, police said.

Nigerian police spokesman Haz Iwendi said a crowd of protesters in the predominantly Muslim city targeted the Christian minority, burning and looting their shops and churches on Saturday.

“We can confirm that 17 persons were killed, 30 churches and five hotels were also burnt,” Iwendi told IRIN.
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Felix Usman, the priest in charge of St Augustine’s Catholic Church in Maiduguri, said he was lucky to escape when his church was attacked and burned by protesters. Another colleague, Matthew Gajere, in charge of St Rita’s Catholic Church, was burned to death by rioters inside his church, Usman said.

Sadly, a large majority of the MSM was absent during this anti-Christian violence. However, now that Christians have responded to these attacks, the MSM is on the job. This AP article on ABCNews.com, entitled, “Anti-Muslim Riot in Nigeria Turns Deadly” starts off:

Christian mobs rampaged through a southern Nigerian city Tuesday, burning mosques and killing several people in an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence that followed deadly protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad over the weekend.

Residents and witnesses in the southern, predominantly Christian city of Onitsha said several Muslims with origins in the north were beaten to death by mobs which also burned two mosques there.

Yup. Now that Christians can be portrayed as the bad guys here, the MSM is ready to jump into the fray. Disgusting.

Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit have managed to keep their lunch down and write on this as well.