By Patrick Goodenough
September 19, 2011

Nigerian troops deploy in the flashpoint central city of Jos during a period of interreligious violence early last year. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

(CNSNews.com) – A Christian legal group in the United States is urging the Nigerian government to take action in response to the deaths of almost 200 Christians and attacks on more than 500 churches after elections in Africa’s most populous state last April.
The appeal by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) followed a three-month investigation across Nigeria’s restive shari’a belt – the 12 northern states where Islamic law has been implemented since the late 1990s.
The ACLJ said the May-July investigation found similar patterns of attacks in all 12 states where the worst of the violence had occurred.
On Sunday came news of more bloodshed – three people killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire on a Christian village in Kaduna state, one of the worst-hit areas in the post-election violence. The Associated Press quoted a state police official as saying no arrests had been made. Read More: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/christian-group-urges-nigeria-crack-down-religious-killings

From April 28, 2011