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etween the
ost many live
northern N
he inflamed
eligious; in f
he eternal str
o seek their
ulturally dive
he common
ecomes an
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MA
CO
it religious o
ver, includin
religious c
igerian Chr
s and has cri
igeria. Nonet
reas can easi
ct, it is politi
ggle for con
dominance
rse country
values amo
asy excuse
TTERS D
NFRONT
ERBAL A
H
r is it political
g the Interne
nflict: the
istians and
pled develop
heless, those
ly recognize
cal. It is anot
rol as distinc
in a place.
here religion
g ethnic gro
or many oth
CLINED
TIONS
SSAULTS
A
Rho got
? The media
, refers to it
nending fig
uslims. It h
ment especia
that live with
that it is bar
her instance
sects contin
owever, in
loosely defin
ups, the sa
erwise politi
TO
ND
D
ELod into
all
as
ht
as
ly
in
ly
of
e
a
es
e
al
confli
my ot
new
and th
problenative
some
Islami
foreig
The n
the ne
would
held
that it
tug-ofa pea
the o
verbal
roadbl
New-s
demo
Y
IGIa fight?
ts.
It was som
erwise pleas
eaning. The
e town now
m, however,of the small
oint in the h
c invasion, t
invaders, a
atives of the
w king must
truly uphold
o justificatio
would rema
-war. On theeful protest
casion. Matt
assaults as
ocks and tri
ettlers am
strators killi
O
etime in the
urable childh
raditional rul
wanted to cr
was that thitown; nor w
istory of this
e town got
nd it remain
town, largel
ow be one o
their native
n for the i
in business a
inaugurationand mounte
ers declined
the New-set
d to move t
bushed a
g one in the
Li e ust res
S
onth of May
od was abo
er of the tow
own a new l
s new ruleras the late ki
town, probab
under the r
d that way
Baptists, de
f their own -
culture. Of c
migrants wh
s usual. Ther
day, the natiroadblocks
to confront
lers respond
em. Then,
d disban
rocess.
arted withou
1999, and
t to get a
had died,
ader. The
as not ang, but at
ly after an
le of the
ntil now.
cided that
a king that
urse, this
o insisted
e was the
es startedto thwart
tions and
ed to the
group of
ed the
warnin
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t
t
s
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s
Word
emonstrators
ew-dwellers
hey armed
eapons: dag
ight and one
ut not the katives had p
ith a peace
ubsequent e
reparation f
ppearance, t
nd slaughte
uslims, the
he overwhel
hurch small
olitical morp
he participan
nly the nativ
uslims bec
ituation, plu
uslims and
ause. Both
on-indigenes
ight was not
I had
o violent a
mazing of all
POL
of the m
took to flig
paraded the
themselves
ers, machete
could tell that
nd that hit tepared for b
ul demonstr
rie silence
r a brutal
ey fell on th
ed many i
natives burn
ed Muslims
churches.
hed into a re
ts of the fig
s and 'Musli
use of Islam
s, the fighti
connected th
ighting parti
as neutral,
rimarily relig
never seen s
d resolved
was that it all
HAT WAS
ITICAL M
RELIGIO
ortality spre
t as an arme
treets clearin
ith all kind
, arrows, etc.
they were re
em. Unknottle but deci
tion first. T
as in their
comeback. I
e New-settler
revenge.
b
t
o
o
S
d
down man
, in effect, t
gain, what
ligious confli
t remained c
s' contended
's political a
ng New-dw
eir insistence
es considere
hich shows
ious
ch chaos in
to kill one
built up in fr
OTHERW
RPHED I
S CONFLI
ad and oth
d group of t
all the bloc
s of primiti
It was a dea
dy for violen
n to them ted to head-o
heir flight a
egrouping a
their sudd
s like a torre
This was t
eginning
ree awful da
f bloodsh
n both sid
ince the Ne
wellers we
majo
Mosques a
ook on a f
was otherwi
ct, nonethele
onstant, that
in the confli
ssertion in t
llers were
to the Islam
the Christi
again that t
y life - peop
another. Mo
ont of my ey
ISE
NTO A
CT
er
e
s.
e
ly
ce,
eff
d
d
n
nt
e
of
ys
d
s.
-
re
ly
d
w
se
s,
is
t;
e
all
ic
n
e
le
st
s:
a pea
sour a
wake
had n
kind,
black
as I h
town
that fkinds
watch
found
and i
not s
becau
carna
doubt
their
and cdied
times
within
three
this b
every
acquai
still
this c
some
nowh
peram
and ef
I was
Dad h
amon
eful demons
nd suddenly
up. I closed
ever wished
ut every tim
as prior. Scre
ard people t
orture one a
llowed wasof shouts wo
ed houses b
ations, I ima
mediately fe
own up
e the
e was no
beyond
training
ontrol. Imany
over
the
days of
ttle, and
time I liv
ntance whos
The fight
weird to con
nflict, all figh
time in th
re, the n
bulating freel
fects of the d
at home alo
ad travelled o
the neutral
PEO
RES
tration and a
became a nig
my eleven-y
more the po
e I opened th
ens of immi
at I might h
other to dea
suspicious ald suddenly
urn and cr
ined my ho
lt the loss of
d again, de
visit could n
onetheless h
ceive. Throu
ting and killi
evening.
utral peopl
y as though
ay's battle or
e with two
ut of town t
folks, and
LE SO VI
LVED TO
ANOTH
day off sch
tmare and I
ar-old eyes
er of flight
em, the day
ent death si
ve known in
h. The perio
nd sinister bshatter the sil
mble back
e in a simila
others. The
ath became
t trouble me
ad some rive
hout the thr
g would usu
hen as tho
e would s
nspecting th
checking up
relations and
o days earlier
still remem
He was bu
LENT A
KILL ON
ER
ol turned
could not
ften, and
the air
as still as
kened me
this small
ic silence
ecause allence. As I
into their
r situation
olice had
a casual
further.
ing twists
ee days of
lly stop at
gh from
urge out
damages
n a friend.
a Nanny;
. We were
ber those
rnt alive
D
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e
t
s
t
e
s
t
e
vening stroll
t burnt corp
ne would cal
ecause peop
hose three
ecurity. Som
he gory storie
ay. Everyon
ven a strange
pectators w
iscussing wh
thers to 'an
ppalling. Thi
our lasted fo
r two. Th
lerted by an
he town turn
s night fel
omentary s
ut most o
appened du
attle, this od
After
overnment fimergency. C
nit and set a
as to be in t
n the fourt
araded. App
ill on sight
urpose or sid
. We walked
es and fallen
l a pleasant
le were ever
ays, and p
thing about
s that had oc
e looked as
r could spot t
lked around
atever they h
exhibition' th
recess or so
r about an h
en, as tho
innate whi
ed ghostly a
l. There w
reams at ni
f the com
ing the day.
routine cont
three day
nally declarensequently,
daily curfew
he streets or
h day, man
rently, the p
any troubl
e. That aftern
around with
houses. Thi
alk; it was a
ywhere, a r
rhaps a del
the atmosph
curred in a thi
othing was
he choreogra
, greeting e
ad seen. Som
ey found app
cial
ur
gh
tle,
ain
ere
ht,
bat
Throughout
inued.
of carna
the town tohe State depl
for 9pm: aft
open. As the
people he
trol had strict
maker irres
oon lasted wi
omen looking
others looki
was not wh
necessary w
re moment
sive sense
re outside to
ck and tangi
happening, b
hy. People li
ch other a
e even referr
ealing, perha
the period
e, the St
be in a stateoyed a milita
r nine, no o
military arriv
alded as th
instructions
ective of t
th the sound
or their childre
HE EMB
STILL P
DYSFU
g
at
lk
in
of
ld
le
ut
e
d
d
s
of
te
ofry
e
d
ey
to
e
of
more
militar
would
life as
over t
and n
the mreope
the st
and s
the fig
these t
destru
those
More
conse
was a
my yo
those
Afgha
Somal
knowi
ones
evenin
in an
youngwhere
brings
simpl
areas
neutra
pathet
the ex
me. S
RS OF TH
AGUE T
CTIONAL
sophisticated
y dispersed t
never sound
the madnes
he week. It
eighbors agai
st victimizeded, and stud
ry, eagerly re
are theirs. A
ht led to mys
ales quickly b
The war
ctions and s
days still pl
importantly,
uent relocat
breeze. Non
ung mind. I
in Israel
nistan and, in
ia - a coun
ng for pea
seen in the
g. I thought
unending c
er than I wakillings are
to mind a n
amputated
where the di
l people are
ic and stoma
act world an
eet people:
OSE DAYS
E NOW
TOWN
guns in the
he combatan
better in my
s ended. Th
as indeed d
n especially t
during the fients, which
sumed to hea
lot of myths
teries and fic
ecame popul
ad ended l
orrows it wr
ague the no
my nightm
ion of many
theless, som
started to wo
nd Pakistan.
fact, some o
try that I c
e. It still
in
co
daw
de
M
tr
in
th
orning mig
and still thin
nflict and b
s at the timearbitrary, cr
eighboring c
their victims
spute has n
the victims
ch-turning ev
ther knows
men, women
air and tear
s. The soun
ears for the
dust gradu
elightful to s
he Muslims
ght. In additiepresented a
the account
and legends
ions. As one
r in school.
aving in its
ought. The
dysfunctio
re was over
, including
thing had ha
nder what it
I thought
ther parts of
annot reme
uzzles me
ividuals i
untries feel
ily turbulentuld they def
scribe eart
artian? One
umatic effec
tability in a
uncertainty
t be no m
of countries
attle wher
are even opel and sens
untry where
; another e
neutral gro
of both si
en to imagin
that could
, and childre
as as the
of a gun
est of my
lly settled
ee friends
who were
n, schoolll sides of
of others
oncerning
could tell,
trail the
mbers of
nal town.
, and the
y family,
ppened to
is like for
of Iraq,
frica like
ber ever
how the
those
about a
life. Howine life or
to a
of the
s of such
society is
that loved
re in the
and cities
children
pressed less. This
the rebels
ample of
und - the
des. It is
e, yet it is
have been
n at birth
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te
t
t
t
t
ind themsel
orld where
ulnerable th
roducers in
he taste of t
explicably
ongue; a tasnemy does
elcome to t
ll the callou
nemotionally
As th
echnology, h
f mass destr
he human r
utton to end
sually for pr
onetheless,
he world. W
eet whethe
oment they
o be stranger
es in a c
they live m
an the wild
the food ch
hose bitter d
lingers in
e that evennot dese
e world, tha
s hearts of
utter, but wh
e world deve
mankind ha
uction from
ce as thoug
it all in a s
minence and
the world
en two peo
in the sa
identify a co
. Suddenly, t
uel
ore
life
in.
ays
my
anve.
t is
those expos
at world is th
ops in many
refused to e
the develop
an inevitab
oop. These
dominion ov
as become
reli
iden
peo
com
bas
rudi
shar
Relibec
com
le of differe
e town or
mon faith th
ere is an aw
IT
T
D
d to this li
at?
ways includi
xcuse weapo
ent. It plagu
le self-destru
ontentions a
er other peop
a place whe
ion eas
tifies diver
les under
mon lifest
d on t
ments of th
ed belie
ion hme t
mon culture
t backgroun
overseas, t
ey almost cea
reness of so
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power
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the ccertai
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etuate its cul
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