கிறிஸ்துவர்களை தாக்கவும் சர்ச்சுகளை அழிக்கவும் இளைஞர்களுக்கு இமாம்கள் அழைப்பு

கிறிஸ்துவர்களை தாக்கவும் சர்ச்சுகளை அழிக்கவும் இளைஞர்களுக்கு இமாம்கள் அழைப்பு விடுத்துள்ளனர்

இந்த கோரிக்கையை சிரமேற்கொண்டு இளைஞர்கள் சர்ச்சுகளை அழித்திருக்கின்றனர்

நடந்திருப்பது செனகல் நாட்டில்.

தமிழர்களே ஜாக்கிரதை. நமக்குள் இந்த இரண்டு மதங்களும் வளருவது நமக்கு நாமே வெட்டிகொண்டு சாவதற்குத்தான்.

ஒன்றாய் இருந்த செனகல் மக்களை ஒன்றோடு ஒன்று மோதவிட்டு வளர்கின்றன இப்படிப்பட்ட வன்முறை மதங்கள். பேரென்னவோ அமைதிமார்க்கம்.


Senegalese youths burn church, destroy bar

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The Associated Press

Date: Monday Jun. 27, 2011 6:20 AM ET

DAKAR, Senegal — Hundreds of Muslim protesters descended on a Jehovah's Witness temple and a bar in a conservative Muslim neighborhood of the Senegalese capital on Sunday, setting the buildings on fire in a rare instance of religious extremism in the predominantly Muslim nation.

Thierno Mbeugne, spokesman for the local imam association, said the head imam in the conservative Yoff district of Dakar had asked the youths to march on Sunday against what they considered "acts of aggression against their faith." They were targeting the temple because they claim its members were proselytizing, and the bar because it was selling alcohol.

He said the Islamic religious leaders did not endorse the violence, "but they do think that the youths were right" to destroy the church and the bar.

One of the rioters Mame Faye, 24, explained that the mob set upon the temple while churchgoers were praying inside before setting upon the bar.

Other witnesses, however, said that the hundreds of protesters burst into the establishment and began drinking the cans of beer. They then stripped the building, making off with the refrigerator, the air conditioners and the furniture. Then they set it on fire.

A doctor who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press said his clinic had treated 37 people, including several wounded police officers. One had a stab wound. The police used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Mbeugne claimed that the head of the temple had been actively trying to convert locals. He said that under the cover of teaching English, she had started handing out crosses and Jehovah's Witness literature.