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‘Can Christians be butchers?’ Tanzania’s Islamist tensions continue

May 23, 2016 Tanzania Butchers, Islamic extremism, Mwanza, Zanzibar

The recent attack on a mosque in Mwanza, northern Tanzania, has highlighted the area as one under growing pressure from political Islam. More than three years have passed since the murder of a Tanzanian pastor, killed when rioting Muslims protested against Christians working as butchers. Tanzania is believed to have . . . Read More

Tanzania – bomb outside new Catholic church one of worst ‘terrorist’ incidents in years

May 10, 2013 Tanzania Arusha, Butchers, Dar es Salaam, East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar

Mwananchi Tanzania, once celebrated as a role model for peace in Africa, is no longer being considered ‘safe’ after an increase in inter-faith violence, with little evidence so far of perpetrators brought to justice. Last Sunday’s blast outside St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Arusha, a town popular with tourists . . . Read More

Burned church is latest in string of Tanzanian attacks

February 25, 2013 Tanzania Butchers, Dar es Salaam, East Africa, Seventh-day Adventists, Zanzibar

Arsonists burned a Tanzania church Feb. 19 in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, two days after gunmen killed a Catholic priest there. The Evangelical Church of Siloam was set afire early Feb. 19 by an as-yet-unidentified group of people, police spokesman Mohamed Mhina said. No one was hurt and the . . . Read More

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‘Can Christians be butchers?’ Tanzania’s Islamist tensions continue

Tanzania – bomb outside new Catholic church one of worst ‘terrorist’ incidents in years

Burned church is latest in string of Tanzanian attacks

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