Strife in Jigawa

"Religious" strife in Jigawa state after someone apparently insulted the Prophet Mohammad. Religious violence exists in Nigeria, but one can't understate the ability of jobless louts to seize the insulting of a religious figure to loot, slash, and burn. Or even using the situation for political ends, with elections coming up and all that.

Anybody with access to a radio, television, newspapers, or internet, would know the consequences of bandying the Prophet Mohammad's name willy-nilly. And the rioters would know that burning churches is so last week in the West Bank (pictured), rather passé . What Jigawa needs is not arrests, but internet. It would solve all the ignorance problems.