Brand new millennium, same old ignorance
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2001, 11:16 PM ET (0416 GMT)
One would think that by the dawn of the 21st century, humanity would be enlightened enough to recognize that eclipses are just a matter of celestial mechanics, and not a sign from a superior being. Apparently not. Gangs burned scores of hotels and bars in the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri Tuesday night after seeing a lunar eclipse which the Muslim youths took as a sign to fight "sinners", according to Reuters. Both government and military leaders condemned the riots, which were put down after several hours by paramilitary police.
One would think that by the dawn of the 21st century, humanity would be enlightened enough to recognize that eclipses are just a matter of celestial mechanics, and not a sign from a superior being. Apparently not. Gangs burned scores of hotels and bars in the northern Nigerian town of Maiduguri Tuesday night after seeing a lunar eclipse which the Muslim youths took as a sign to fight "sinners", according to Reuters. Both government and military leaders condemned the riots, which were put down after several hours by paramilitary police.
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