The 2001 Jos riots were riots involving Christians and Muslims in Jos, Nigeria, over the appointment of a Muslim politician, Alhaji Muktar Mohammed, as local coordinator of the federal poverty alleviation program.[1] The clashes started on 7 September and lasted nearly two weeks, ending on 17 September. Some 1,000 people were killed during the riots.[2][3]
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- ^ "300 bodies taken to mosque on 2nd day of Nigeria riots". CNN. 29 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (12 December 2013). "Leave Everything to God": Accountability for Inter-Communal Violence in Plateau and Kaduna States, Nigeria. pp. 42–43. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.