Miss World riots

When

23 Nov 2002

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

10.51° N, 7.42° E

Description

Nigeria religious riot

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Religious riots in Kaduna, Nigeria, in 2002

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 newspaper ThisDay about the event.

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