{"id":29491,"date":"2018-07-03T07:33:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T07:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=29491"},"modified":"2018-07-03T07:33:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T07:33:59","slug":"central-african-republic-bishops-and-imams-denounce-the-exploitation-of-religion-to-sow-hatred-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/07\/03\/central-african-republic-bishops-and-imams-denounce-the-exploitation-of-religion-to-sow-hatred-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC:  Bishops and Imams denounce the exploitation of religion to sow hatred\u00a0&#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bishops and Imams denounce the exploitation of religion to sow hatred<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Central African Catholic, Evangelical and Muslim leaders have issued separate memorandums condemning the violence and &#8220;have joined as one man to recognize the secular nature of our Country and the freedom of worship guaranteed by the Constitution.&#8221; Documents issued by the Catholic Bishops and the Imams of the Central African Republic denounce the fact that \u201cReligion is used to sow hatred among the population and divide the country.&#8221; In their memorandum &#8220;Peace, nothing but peace&#8221;, the Imams state \u201cThe acts of violence that have been happening for some time in Central Africa are aimed at turning the political crisis into a confessional crisis.&#8221; Islamic leaders say they have joined Christians \u201cto block the road to those who want to transform the political crisis into a community or confessional crisis.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We draw the attention of Central Africans to avoid revenge that could lead to genocide and therefore to the realisation of a hidden program to divide us. Be vigilant to avoid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buyvaltrexcheap.org\/valtrex-price.html\">http:\/\/www.buyvaltrexcheap.org\/valtrex-price.html<\/a> manipulation&#8221;, the Bishops of the Catholic Church in Central Africa wrote in a memorandum entitled &#8220;Who can separate us from the love of Christ?&#8221; The Bishops also asked the government to explain the Russian presence in Central Africa. Russia has sent instructors, mercenaries and weapons in support of the local armed forces. They urged the authorities to draw up &#8220;a reliable toll on the number of direct and indirect victims of the conflict&#8221; and exhorted the government and MINUSCA (UN Mission in Central Africa) to coordinate their efforts to protect the population, stop the violence and end the impunity enjoyed by the various armed groups that dominate the Country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Both Muslim and Christian places of worship have been targets of the recent acts of violence, in which imams, pastors and priests were killed. These include Fr. Joseph D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Angbabata killed in S\u00e9ko in March and Don Albert Toungoumale-Baba who died in the assault on Notre-Dame de Fatima parish in Bangui along with 25 other people on 1 May.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bishops and Imams denounce the exploitation of religion to sow hatred &nbsp; Central African Catholic, Evangelical and Muslim leaders have issued separate memorandums condemning the violence and &#8220;have joined as one man to recognize the secular nature of our Country and the freedom of worship guaranteed by the Constitution.&#8221; Documents issued by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Bishops and Imams denounce the exploitation of religion to sow hatred\u00a0- ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/07\/03\/central-african-republic-bishops-and-imams-denounce-the-exploitation-of-religion-to-sow-hatred-acn-malta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Bishops and Imams denounce the exploitation of religion to sow hatred\u00a0- ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bishops and Imams denounce the exploitation of religion to sow hatred &nbsp; 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