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Posted on 07/12/2003 5:33:06 AM PDT by T Ruth
On June 13, Muslims rioting over the arrest of one of their clerics torched five churches in Bura, Tana River district, not far from Mombasa in Kenya. The churches razed were the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) in Bura, the Bethel Church, and churches belonging to the Pentecostal Evangelism Fellowship of Africa (PEFA), the East African Pentecostal Church (EAPC), and the Full Gospel Church of Kenya (FGCK).
Of great concern to Christians in Kenya is the fact that no one has been charged over the burning of the churches. Christian leaders say they are still waiting to see if the arsonists will receive justice or impunity.
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The rioting lasted from the arrest at 9:00am until Sheikh Khalifa Mutiso was released at the intervention of a local MP.
There is little shade in Bura, so in an act of great solidarity and generosity, the Catholic Church provided tents for all of the churches that were burned down.
At a subsequent meeting of Christian leaders, Ibrahim Ormondi of the Evangelical Fellowship of Kenya spoke with Bishop Kinnogah, who told him that he had met with the Provincial Commissioner, who promised to order the arrest of the Islamic preacher who incited Muslims in Bura. So far, however, he has not been arrested.
The local Imams say they do not know Sheikh Mutiso, however Christian leaders know him as a preacher from Mwingi who has been preaching the same way in Mombasa and the administration are aware of the threats and inflammatory statements he has been issuing. Sheik Mutiso usually directs his attentions to youths, most of them of school age children and teenagers.
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Kenya is 78 percent Christian and 6-8 percent Muslim. This incident over Sheikh Khalifa Mutiso and the burned churches is only one of several issues in the pot – and the heat is rising - which is why it is imperative that the Kenyan government deal decisively with religious violence, Mungumba said.
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Where there's Muslims, there's tension.
People that wear sheets seem to have a genetic pre-disposition to burning churches.
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