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December 30, 2011

Reuters: Islamist attacks strain Nigeria's north-south divide

by Tim Cocks
Reuters

JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - The line dividing Christians from Muslims that runs along a rocky valley in the central Nigerian town of Jos may not be visible to the eye, but it burns in the minds of local people.

The mosque lies barely 200 metres (yards) from the main church in the Congo-Russia neighbourhood, a huddle of tin-roofed homes winding up a hill, and on its sandy pavements women in Muslim headscarves politely greet men wearing shiny crucifixes.

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