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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemns sectarian clashes in Nigeria
Jan 23, 2010, 15:42 GMT
Cairo - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood condemned Saturday the sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria that left hundreds killed.
'We ask the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the African Union to intervene to stop such massacres of innocent people ... and investigate the causes behind these clashes,' the group's leader, Mohamed Badei said in a statement.
Christians and Muslims fought for days earlier in the week in Nigeria, burning and looting homes, churches and mosques and forcing thousands to fell.
'We want to remind the Nigerian people of the Muslim and Christian religious values that call for tolerance, coexistence and solidarity to confront the dangers facing Nigeria as poverty, unemployment and oppression,' Badei added.
New York-based Human Rights Watch, citing local civil society leaders, said the violence was carried out by sectarian mobs armed with guns, bows and arrows, and machetes.
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