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KANO: An enraged mob went on a rampage in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi over alleged blasphemy by a Christian resident, the third such incident in days in the predominantly Muslim part of the country, police said Saturday.Blasphemy is highly sensitive in Africa's most populous country, which is almost equally divided between the mostly Christian south and the mostly Muslim north. Intercommunal tensions often flare up.Late on Friday, a mob set homes and shops on fire in the town of Warji, 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the state capital, Bauchi, following “a blasphemous message posted on social media by one Rhoda Jatau,“ said Bauchi State police spokesman Ahmed Mohammed Wakili in a st

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