Libreville (AFP) -

Many Muslims returning to western areas of the Central African Republic after last year's intercommunal massacres are being threatened and "forced to abandon their religion," Amnesty International said Friday.

"Having forced tens of thousands of Muslims to flee western CAR, anti-balaka militias are now repressing the religious identity of the hundreds of Muslims who remained or who have returned," said Joanne Mariner, the London-based rights group's senior crisis response adviser.

Thousands died in violence and hundreds of thousands remain displaced from their homes following a March 2013 coup. Atrocities committed by mainly Muslim Seleka rebels led to reprisals by vigilantes, so-called anti-balaka, from the Christian majority.

The Amnesty report, entitled "Erased identity: Muslims in ethnically cleansed areas of the Central African Republic," said that Muslims who have returned to their homes in large swathes of the west of the country following the 2014 killing spree and mass forced displacement "are barred by armed anti-balaka militia from practising or manifesting their religion in public."

Some "have been forcibly converted to Christianity on the threat of death," the report added.

"In areas where UN peacekeepers remain notable by their absence, Muslims are targeted with impunity," Amnesty asserted.

A 23-year-old former Muslim in the Sangha-Mbaere prefecture told Amnesty International: "We had no choice but to join the Catholic Church. The anti-balaka swore they'd kill us if we didn't."

Amnesty said that outside of areas where Muslims live under the protection of UN peacekeepers, Muslims in the western areas "have no freedom to practise their religion in public. Prayers are effectively banned, traditional Muslim clothing cannot be freely worn, and the reconstruction of mosques, an estimated 400 of which were destroyed across the country, is not allowed."

"It is effectively illegal for us to pray," said a Muslim trader in Mbaiki in the southwest. "We have to hide, do it quickly, and do it by ourselves. Collective Friday prayers are impossible."

Amnesty called on the government in Bangui, the UN mission to the country, and the international community "to support Muslims' efforts to reintegrate into towns and villages across western CAR, and to strengthen the presence of peacekeeping forces to better protect communities from anti-balaka militias."




http://news.yahoo.com/muslims-c-africa-forced-abandon-religion-amnesty-230832041.html

shit happens

.

person still be muslim for this generation ?

Some people belonging to a particular group, all members practicing a certain religion from which they claim justifies their massacre of innocent people, chanting a particular clause and calling a particular name. When you finally find a way around them to tame and subdue them, is Amnesty International saying you still allow them practice such religion, chant same clause and call same name that motivated them to carry out the initial massacre of innocent people. NO WAY. That will be carelessness.

GOOD.

The Vermin must be taken out.

Islam is that Trojan horse

hmmn @http://my.notjustok.com/track/24670/ @http://my.notjustok.com/track/22684/

PPAngel:
GOOD.

The Vermin must be taken out.

Islam is that Trojan horse

mumu hypocrite. If it is muslims now u will start saying terrorism

Why the persecution? Some mofos will come here to confirm intolerance by spewing on how their is more tolerance and the religion of peace. Selective justice is an invitation for anarchy. #practicepeace #preachpeace

ISLAM--I Sincerely Love All Mankind....Your religion is your religion,my religion is my religion, why are these people like this? Is there no freedom of religion in there country?

kodded:





person still be muslim for this generation ?

Google is a friend

kodded:





person still be muslim for this generation ?

Google is a friend

neurologist:
mumu hypocrite. If it is muslims now u will start saying terrorism

Mumu, you ediots are being paid in your own coin and you are complaining.

Islam will sooner or later be banned

PPAngel:
GOOD.
The Vermin must be taken out.
Islam is that Trojan horse

mumu infidel watch your back

lilsurveyor:
mumu infidel watch your back

Lolz.

The Vermin like you is not in any position to threaten me.

Useless rag head

UglyTajudeen

PPAngel:


Mumu, you ediots are being paid in your own coin and you are complaining.

Islam will sooner or later be banned

If they ban Islam in Nigeria am very sure that there is no any other religion in Nigeria except Islam, because I read it in the book of Matthew 15 verse 24 where Jesus said he was sent only to the people of Isreal...not Nigerian, that means if they ban Islam there is no any hope for u again in this country.

Countries with zero tolerance for Islamic rubbish:

Central Afrique Republic

Angola

Ethiopia

China

hannysur8:


If they ban Islam in Nigeria am very sure that there is no any other religion in Nigeria except Islam, because I read it in the book of Matthew 15 verse 24 where Jesus said he was sent only to the people of Isreal...not Nigerian, the mean if they ban Islam there is no any hope for u again in this country.

Illiterate dunce.

We will leave you in your Arewa Islamic Republic.

Tajudeen

You will hear them now preach peace, tolerance, acceptance. In fact you will see them become good Muslim because they are powerless in that region. Allow them to grow, they certainly will start practicing terrorism. Why are they being treated this way? Because when they were allowed to practice their religion, they couldn't do it peacefully instead they went on killing innocent people that didn't convert to their religion.

PPAngel:

Lolz.
The Vermin like you is not in any position to threaten me.
Useless rag head
UglyTajudeen

poo are you scared already..Full of shit

nnachukz:
You will hear them now preach peace, tolerance, acceptance. In fact you will see them become good Muslim because they are powerless in that region. Allow them to grow, they certainly will start practicing terrorism. Why are they being treated this way? Because when they were allowed to practice their religion, they couldn't do it peacefully instead they went on killing innocent people that didn't convert to their religion.

They are cowards and traitors

Never ever let your guard down with these muslim liars

kodded:





person still be muslim for this generation ?

So person still dey wey no get brain for this generation?

lilsurveyor:
poo are you scared already..Full of shit

Scared of what?

Why should I be scared of an advocate of the religion of peace?

I thought your useless religion is all about peace?

What you sow, so shall you reap

Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji'un.

PPAngel:


They are cowards and traitors

Never ever let your guard down with these muslim liars

my brother, most times we cause our problems. I think they caused theirs in this case. Anyone complaining should do a little research on the matter.

PPAngel:


Scared of what?

Why should I be scared of an advocate of the religion of peace?

I thought your useless religion is all about peace?

hehe
why did you feel threaten earlier when you know its all about peace??


Mind you its not useless..

lilsurveyor:
hehe
why did you feel threaten earlier when you its all about peace??


Mind you its not useless..

Islam is a religion fit for pigs

abuayman:
Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji'un.

Why are you complaining?

What is happening in those countries you listed are all the handwork of your fellow muslims

This is great, I guess?

But they shouldn't have forced them to be Christians. That's just annoying.

well....they started it...dey never envisaged such a fight back from the Christians

Why are the mudslimes posting here complaining?

Muslims are told to fight unbelievers until they are either dead, converted to Islam, or in a permanent state of subjugation under Muslim domination. Allowing people of other faiths to live and worship independently of Islamic rule is not an option.

Qur'an (8:39) - “And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allah) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allah Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allah), then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.”


Qur'an (3:83) - "Are they seeking a religion other than Allah's, when every soul in the heavens and the earth has submitted to Him, willingly or by compulsion?"