{"id":4103,"date":"2013-12-04T06:04:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2013-12-03T20:21:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:21:45","slug":"central-african-republic-genocide-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4103","title":{"rendered":"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Genocide Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistnews.net\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">ASSIST News<\/a>, November 20, 2013<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>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. &#8220;Christian&#8221; 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: &#8220;This heinous cycle of inter-religious violence only continues to intensify, threatening to explode into an all-out war between Christians and Muslims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow (who recently returned from CAR), the UN Secretary-General&#8217;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!\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assistnews.net\/Stories\/2013\/s13110078.htm\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Read full story<\/a> with additional background, analysis, and prayer points.<\/div>\n<p>\u00bb See also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/nov\/22\/central-african-republic-verge-of-genocide\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Unspeakable Horrors in a Country on the Verge of Genocide<\/a> (The Guardian) and <a href=\"http:\/\/robhoskins.com\/listen-to-the-silent-crisis-in-the-central-africa-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Listen to the Silent Crisis in the Central African Republic<\/a> (Rob Hoskins, One Hope).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &#8220;Christian&#8221; militias are responding, targeting not just Seleka bases, but local Muslims, who respond &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4103\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Genocide Looms<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4105,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions\/4105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}