We've all heard about the poor people who were burned alive in a Church very recently in Kenya. But how many people actually know what is going on there? The Midnight Sun, in a recent post quote a Muslim who says quite clearly the conflict has nothing to do with Islam, which seems to be correct as this is backed up by the article I've linked to below.
The most in-depth analysis of the conflict that has broken out in Kenya appeared in "L'Osservatore Romano", written by a missionary working in the area. The real reasons for this fratricidal war among Christians.Continue Reading: Dateline Nairobi – A Report from the Vatican's Men on the Ground ~ Chisea: News, analysis, and documents on the Catholic Church, by Sandro Magister
ROMA, February 1, 2008 – In Africa, the equatorial region that runs from Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean is among the most Christianized on the continent. There the expansion of Islam from the north stopped, except along the eastern coast. The Catholic Church has a significant presence there.
And yet for many years, these same countries have been the setting of some of the bloodiest slaughters and wars. In Rwanda, in Burundi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, massacres have claimed thousands of lives. Now the conflicts have exploded in Kenya as well. The clashes are not religiously motivated, but neither are the churches a refuge for the fleeing populations. On January 7, in Eldoret, more than 50 unarmed persons, including women and children, lost their lives in a church that was set on fire.
On the morning of Saturday, January 26, Fr. Michael Kamau Ithondeka was killed. 41 years old, he was a priest of the diocese of Nakuru, and the vice rector of the "Mathias Mulumba" major seminary in Tindinyo. Along the road between Nakuru and Eldama, in the Rift Valley, he was stopped, pulled from his car, and killed with stones and machetes. His fault was that he was of Kikuyu ethnicity, a group prevalent in the region, while his attackers were Kalenjin. An open war is now raging among these and other ethnic communities. [...]
Thanks for the link, Lucyna. To believe that this level of violence has anything to do with Christianity is ridiculous or disingenuous. There is nothing in the teachings of Christ that support this kind of mayhem. This arises when the selfish and lawless base instincts rise to the surface and then, after a few slaughters give way to pure bloodlust. SOme of the pictures of those Kenyans armed with long knives and a look of ecstasy on their faces is very revealing. There is nothing religious about that.
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ReplyDeleteI have a copy of document signed by the loser with the muslim alliance in kenya.
they promised to support him and he would implement sharia law in muslim dominated areas.
i've got to go to school now but will post later.
google
memorandun of understanding between hon raila amolo odinga and national muslim leaders forrum (namlef)
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Lucyna
ReplyDeletehere is the link to Kenya background.
https://secure.wikileaks.org/leak/MOU_between_Ralia_Odinga_and_Muslims.pdf