Insecurity, a threat to freedom of religion in Nigeria

"Religion is like a pair of shoes.... Find the one that fits for you, don't make me wear your shoes". George Callin "If a believer demands that i as a non believers believers believers, observe his taboos in the public domain, he is not asking for my respect but my submission". Flemming Rose. Yesterday news broke that one Mrs Bridget Agbahime a christian was murdered for alleged blasphemy, she was said to have disallowed some muslims from performing ablution in front of her shop. This is a very sad and barbaric. It would not be the first time muslims kill people for alleged blasphemy. The question is does freedom of religion give right to commit murder? Does freedom of religion enshrined in section 38 Nigerian constitution give right to only one religion? Does freedom of religion give one the right to infringe on another person's freedom of religion? Why did they decide that of all places to perforn their religious ritual, it had to be in front of a christian's shop? If a christian should go to a muslim's shop and starts speaking in tongues, i am certain he wont live to tell the story. If it was a christian that killed a muslim, houses would be in flames by now. I dont intend to dwell on the war between christians and muslims because it has been that way since time immemorial, it will never end. My main concern is where were the security operatives when this woman was lynched? Is it that they were not aware or that they agreed to the murder or that they were scared for their own lives? Obviously, we have no security in this country, our security men are not adequately trained, they dont have the needed machinery and worst is there is no adequate compensation so nobody wants to die for nothing. It is not enough to arrest the suspects, they should be prosecuted and brought to book, an example should be set. People should know that life is sacrosant and their right stops where the other person's right begins. Our security men need to be encouraged, they need adequate training and machinery. Above all compensation to inspire them to do good work. There should also be an immediate response squad and a working number to contact them. We should be our brother's keeper. Live and let live, the world is big enough for all of us. I end with this quote by Thomas Jefferson: "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."