“Cleansing” in Zanzibar: 2 Churches Demolished
by sheikyermami on December 1, 2010
“Islamic extremists” suspected on island where fears are growing among Christians.
The latest in a string of violent acts aimed at frightening away Christians in the Muslim-dominated region, the destruction on the island off the coast of East Africa has raised fears that Muslim extremists could go to any length to limit the spread of Christianity, church leaders said.
File photo (looks like Zanzibar has quite a history of burning churches. The slaves adopt the slavers religion/ed)
“One Muslim was heard saying, ‘We have cleansed our area by destroying the two churches, and now we are on our mission to kill individual members of these two churches – we shall not allow the church to be built again,’” said one church member who requested anonymity. (Christian Today)
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