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from area to another, Christian mobs have been targeting Muslim places of worship in central Africa, killing Muslims and looting their belongings, as violence rocked the restive country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Of the 36 mosques that had originally stood in Bangui, \u201ctoday, they are less than ten,\u201d Imam Oumar Kobine Layama, a top Muslim community leader in CAR, told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday, February 12.<\/span>
Over the past weeks, thousands of terrified civilian Muslims fled for their lives to escape killings, looting and harassment by armed militias drawn from the Christian majority in the city.<\/span>
Their flight follows months of escalating attacks on Muslims in the strife-torn republic.<\/span>
Going from door to door, anti-balaka Christian militias have raided Muslim homes killing children and women and looting and vandalizing properties, the UN report revealed.<\/span>
Yet, over the past days, mosques became their latest target as Christian mobs raided a Bangui mosque last Tuesday.<\/span>
\u201cThey looted the mosques’ iron sheets, doorframes and windows,\u201d Sherif Wadi, a Muslim eyewitness described the attack with coincided with the release of Amnesty report that denounces targeting Muslims in CAR.<\/span>
According to Imam Layama, at least 67 mosques had been destroyed across the strife-torn country.<\/span>
For Christian mobs, the attacks were targeted at forcing Muslims to abandon their homes and flee abroad.<\/span>
\u201cWe’re fed up with Muslims here and want them all to leave,\u201d local resident Hubert Ndho shouted.<\/span>
\u201cThat’s why we destroyed their mosque.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite increasing attacks targeting mosques, some CAR Muslims found their mosque in Kilometer 5 district as the last remaining shelter for thousands of them.<\/span>
\u201cWe used to live in harmony with the Christians in this country for many years,\u201d Marriam,.an elderly woman who take refuge at a central mosque in Kilometre 5, told AA.<\/span>
\u201cWe don’t know who poisoned their minds to start these [sectarian] murders.<\/span>
\u201cThis is our country, but they’re telling us to leave or they will kill us,\u201d Marriam added tearfully.<\/span>
Located in a Muslim detonated district, the mosque serves as a refugee facility where children are playing, women cooking and men patrolling to ensure safety.<\/span>
\u201cI feel safe here,\u201d said Fatima Mahamat, a middle-aged woman.<\/span>
\u201cI used to live in Miskine. Then one evening Christian mobs attacked my home,\u201d she recalled.<\/span>
\u201cWe fled and they looted everything.\u201d Mahamat, added.<\/span>
The crowded mosque shelters hundred of displaced Muslims who have brought their belongings and cars.<\/span>
\u201cMany families have come from the countryside, where there is increasing violence, to seek safety here,\u201d said Ramadan, a displaced Muslim.<\/span>
The number of displaced persons at the central mosque remains un-clear.<\/span>
\u201cSometimes the numbers go up if there is an attack in the area,\u201d said Imam Ahmed Tijani.<\/span>
\u201cBut at most there are about 500-700 people living here,\u201d the Imam added.<\/span>
On Tuesday, Amnesty International warned that Anti-Balaka fighters in the Central African Republic were trying to \u201cethnically cleanse Muslims\u201d.<\/span>
The human rights organization has also accused peacekeeping forces of failing to protect the threatened Muslim minority.<\/span>
The group said that at least 200 killings of Muslim civilians by Christian militia groups known as the anti-balaka.<\/span>
It added that the attacks against Muslims were committed with the government intending to \u201cforcibly displace\u201d the Muslims from the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: OnIslam<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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