பகுத்தறிவுவாதிகளை கொல்ல முஸ்லீம்களின் போர் முழக்கம் நசுக்கப்பட்டது

கிறிஸ்துவர்களையும் பகுத்தறிவுவாதிகளையும் உலகம் முழுவதும் கொல்வதற்காக ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் முஸ்லீம் தலைவர் ஒருவர் ஆரம்பித்த இயக்கம் முளையிலேயே நசுக்கப்பட்டது.

இந்த இயக்கத்தில் உள்ளவர்கள் 66பேர்களும் இந்த இஸ்லாமிய இமாமும் கொல்லப்பட்டார்கள் என்று சாட் அரசு தெரிவித்துள்ளது

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Chad halts 'holy war' by Muslim leader, 70 killed
Posted Thu Jul 3, 2008 7:15am AEST

Chad says its security forces have killed 66 followers of an Islamic spiritual leader who was threatening to launch a holy war against Christians and atheists from Africa to Europe.

The 28-year-old Muslim holy man, or sheikh Ahmat Ismael Bichara, was arrested after hundreds of his disciples armed with swords, spears, bows and clubs fought gendarmes armed with automatic rifles at a south-eastern village on Sunday and Monday.

Four members of the Chadian security forces were also killed and six wounded in the one-sided battles at Kouno, 300 kilometres south-east of the Chadian capital N'Djamena.

Bichara, his lip bloodied, wearing a white robe and reciting verses from the Koran, was presented by the authorities to journalists in N'Djamena overnight along with seven of his captured followers.

Ministers in the landlocked ethnically mixed African country, where just over the half the population is Muslim, said the Government had been obliged to act against the Islamic holy man to stop him triggering a religious war in the country.

"Since June 3, he has been calling on all Muslims to prepare to engage in a holy war against Christians and atheists, saying that the war would be launched from Chad to as far as Denmark," Security Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir said.

Cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad published by newspapers in Denmark in 2006 touched off a wave of violent protests in Islamic countries.

Largely arid Chad has suffered waves of violence over the last few years, including not just raids over the eastern border from Sudan by Janjaweed militia and attacks by anti-government rebels, but also bloody clashes between Arab and non-Arab communities.

Some analysts describe east Chad, along with neighbouring Darfur, as a tribal and religious tinderbox.

"Ahmat Ismael Bichara's actions could have plunged the country into fire and blood," Information Minister Mahamat Hissene said.

- Reuters