إفريقيا الوسطى: السعي للتعايش السلمي بين المسلمين والنصارى

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد الشيخ "أحمد ميسيل" - أحد الدعاة العاملين بهيئة المساعدة الإسلامية الإنسانية في جمهورية "إفريقيا الوسطى" - أن المسلمين يرغبون في عيش سلمي مع جيرانهم بالوطن من النصارى، والقضاء على الحروب والنزاعات بين الجانبين.

وأعلن عن استنكاره واندهاشه من مقابلة النصارى هذه الدعوات بالاعتداء على المساجد الكبرى بالعاصمة "بانجوي"، وذلك إلى عدد من الزوايا والسيارات التي دمرها النصارى الغاضبون؛ حيث تدعم الحكومة النصرانية الغالبية النصرانية بالمجتمع؛ مما يدعم العنف الذي خلَّف 460 قتيلاً في حرب أدت لنزوح 400 ألف من منازلهم مشردين في الدولة أو مقيمين في المؤسسات الدينية والمدارس والمستشفيات؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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CAR Muslims want peace with Christians

A Muslim cleric who works for Islamic Humanitarian Assistance in CAR said that Muslims in the country wanted to live in peace with their Christian neighbors.

Muslims in the war-ravaged Central African Republic (CAR) want to live in peace, once again, with their Christian compatriots.

"We have always lived with Christians in harmony and we wish the sectarian violence here ends soon and we return to our normal lives," Sheikh Ahamadu Misil, a Muslim cleric who works for Islamic Humanitarian Assistance – a local NGO that provides assistance to Muslims in CAR and in neighboring Cameroon – told Anadolu Agency by phone from capital Bangui.

He added that he had been surprised on Tuesday to see angry Christians destroying mosques in the capital.

Local residents have confirmed to AA that at least one major mosque was attacked and partially destroyed by angry Christians in Bangui.

Armed with machetes and clubs, they destroyed parts of the mosque and set several nearby parked cars afire.

Sources said that at least three other smaller mosques had also been attacked in Bangui on Tuesday.

"This violence must stop," Sheikh Misil pleaded.

According to estimates by humanitarian organizations, at least 460 people have been killed in Bangui alone within the last five days.

The landlocked African country descended into chaos in March, when Seleka rebels – from the mostly-Muslim north – ousted President François Bozize.

A Christian who had been in office for ten years, Bozize had enjoyed the strong support of the country's Christian majority.

The months since have witnessed clashes between Seleka fighters and Christian self-defense anti-balaka militias that have emerged recently.

The groups are accused of killing civilians based on their religious affiliations.

According to UN estimates, the latest violence has forced more than 400,000 people – nearly ten percent of the country's 4.6 million-strong population – to abandon their homes.

They are now taking refuge in religious centers, schools and hospitals – or in the bush – across the country.