Muslim protesters in Nigeria have burned down a newspaper office, angered over an article suggesting the Prophet Mohammed would have chosen a Miss World contestant to be his wife.
The crowd descended upon the local bureau of This Day daily newspaper in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna Wednesday and chanted pro-Islam slogans as the office went up in flames.
No one was harmed in the attack.
Nigeria is hosting this year’s Miss World contest, scheduled to take place in December. An Islamic group, the Nigerian Muslim Umma, has called on Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop the contest.
On Saturday, the newspaper said that Muslims thought it was immoral to bring 92 women to Nigeria to “revel in vanity” as the article put it, and questioned what the Prophet Mohammed would have thought about the situation. The newspaper said he probably would have married one of the hopefuls.
The newspaper has since issued an apology for publishing the article.
Muslim Protestors Burn Down Nigerian Newpaper Office
oh well the apology was a little too late learn your lesson next time :nono3: