Source: ASSIST News, November 20, 2013
Seleka, a coalition of local and foreign Islamic militias, seized control of Central African Republic (population 70 percent Christian) in March. By attacking Christians and sparing Muslims, they have turned CAR into a sectarian tinderbox. “Christian” militias are responding, targeting not just Seleka bases, but local Muslims, who respond by carrying out reprisals against Christians. Peter Bouckaert (Human Rights Watch) warns: “This heinous cycle of inter-religious violence only continues to intensify, threatening to explode into an all-out war between Christians and Muslims.”
UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow (who recently returned from CAR), the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng, and other investigators warn that genocide is a real possibility. Please pray for the Church in CAR. May God intervene!
» Read full story with additional background, analysis, and prayer points.
» See also Unspeakable Horrors in a Country on the Verge of Genocide (The Guardian) and Listen to the Silent Crisis in the Central African Republic (Rob Hoskins, One Hope).