European Parliament and Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality 22 April 2004, European Parliament resolution on women in South-East Europe (2003/2128(INI))

E. having regard to the violent actions of Islamic fundamentalist militants, particularly in these northern states, and whereas a battalion of 500 soldiers, supported by tanks, was required to subdue the upris- ing by the Islamic sect known as ‘Followers of the Prophet’, which had taken control of police stations and schools in Kano State, F.