Posted on 07/31/2015 6:15:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Muslims in the western part of Central African Republic are being forced to hide their religion or convert to Christianity under threat of death, Amnesty International said Friday. […]
Widespread human rights abuses committed by Seleka led to the formation of a Christian militia known as the anti-Balaka, who have targeted Muslims and sent tens of thousands fleeing to neighboring countries.
Muslims told Amnesty International they’ve been forced to convert or hide practices.
“We had no choice but to join the Catholic Church. The anti-balaka swore they’d kill us if we didn’t,” said a 23-year-old man in the Sangha-Mbaere prefecture, whose name was not given to protect his security. …
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Oh yes because everyone knows that Catholics are such bullies. And Islam is the religion of peace.
Do I really need the sarc tag?
Lemmee think .....
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So . . . am nasty has nothing to say about all of those “conversions by the sword”?
Man bites dog!
Or, “infidel” bites Mohammedan.
Is this a real news story? If it is I only have one word for it...FINALLY!!
D****d Crusaders!
Christians shouldn’t act like Muslims. I can’t see anyone who’s read the Book and understood it would force a person to convert or die. Its just not the Christian way. Of course I’m ot over there and don’t know their customs, culture or history so I’m just an armchar quarterback commentator...: )
Did they behead anyone? Drown/burn them in a cage?
Suck it up. You’ll be better off in the long run.
BS Alert!
You are right, and the Catholic Church does forbid forced conversion.
It would be interesting to find out the background of this situation. It seems that this is a local “militia,” which sounds to me like there is a good chance that Catholics were suffering persecution from Moslems and were not protected by anyone and so have banded together to protect themselves.
Of course you’re right. I think why this is happening now and happening there is because after some years of Muslims abusing Christians there the Christians have organized and armed themselves. They are forcing Muslims to convert because they have correctly figured out Islam is the problem. Their solution, however, makes them act just like the Muslims. Not a good idea.
Not this time. They were busy looking for tall hotels to throw people off of.
I think Jesus would tell them to cut it out
And "the Pope" says?
I agree. What I can see happening is the locals getting fed up with the antics of the death cult worshipers in the area(you know, beheadings, bombings, etc, the things those whacky muslims do), and telling them to stop acting like muslism, or else. To a jihadi with a mission, that would be akin to telling them to convert, or die.
Yes, He would. But, as humans often do, they don’t see God fixing the situation or believe God is fixing the situation through them so they probably feel perfectly justified to do what they are doing. They probably take some satisfaction in knowing that what they are doing is STILL more peaceful than how Muslims act in their country.
Show the beheading vids, please
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