Riots occurred mainly in Kaduna, other events in Abuja and Lagos.
Location
Kaduna, Kaduna State Abuja, FCT Lagos, Lagos State
Date
20 – 23 November 2002
Attack type
Rioting, manslaughter, pillage
Deaths
c. 250[1][2]
Injured
300+[3]
Perpetrators
Islamists, later rioting Christians and Muslims
Motive
Revenge for supposed insult of Muhammad, later (also) avenging killed fellow believers
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Religious violence in Nigeria
Sectarian riots
Kano (1953)
Kano (1980)
Kaduna
Abuja
Jos (2001)
Miss World
Yelwa
Jos (2008)
Jos (2010)
Boko Haram insurgency
The Miss World riots were a series of religiously motivated riots in the Nigerian city of Kaduna in November 2002, resulting in the deaths of more than 200 people. The Miss World beauty pageant, which was controversial in Nigeria, was relocated to London after bloody clashes between Muslims and Christians, caused by what some Muslims deemed to be a "blasphemous" article in the Christian newspaper ThisDay about the event. The Miss World riots were part of the Sharia conflict in Nigeria, that started in 1999 when several predominantly Islamic states in Northern Nigeria decided to introduce Sharia law.
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