Group says incidents show Nigerian extremism on rise
Posted: December 31, 2009 at 4:56 a.m.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day and armed battles between Islamists and soldiers in northern Nigeria this week are a sign of growing religious extremism in the country, a human-rights group said.
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Religion, Pages 31 on 12/31/2009
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