BBC Report Excerpt
Writer's anger over Miss World deaths
The journalist blamed for causing riots in Nigeria over the Miss
World contest says she may be forced to live in hiding for the rest of her life.
The Nigerian journalist whose article about the Prophet Mohammed and Miss World contestants sparked deadly riots in Nigeria says she will probably spend the rest of her life in hiding.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Isioma Daniel said her initial guilt soon turned to anger that fanatics would use a newspaper article as an excuse to kill.
People used her article to "unleash their anger, their frustration with other aspects of their life".
More than 200 people died in violence between Christians and Muslims last November, while the beauty pageant was moved to London.
Trouble was centred on Kaduna - a city in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria which has a large Christian minority.
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Aluko Commentary
Very good interview - and a well-spoken 21-year old too! Hope THAT she lives a full life - till 90-something!
Now that we have finally heard her voice, maybe we can see her face too ?
The report would not even give the country she was talking from, only that she said that it was a country in the West that she was not too familiar with. Where the heck is that?
Or is the fatwa still operative? Is it this easy to lose Nigerian citizenship, in a democracy? Is no democratic leader in Nigeria asking after her well-being?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Bolaji Aluko
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