Nairobi (Halbeeg News) – A mosque and a church were burnt down in Nairobi amid violent protests staged by the country’s opposition.
According to Kenya’s local media, the mosque were torched in Kibera slums.
And in retaliation, a group of youth raided the PCEA church in the area and set it on fire.
Several other stalls near both the mosque and church were razed down in this week.
According to police, in the process, the group set the kiosk on fire.
Police said the fire spread to the nearby mosque burning a section of it before firefighters and those who had gone there to pray contained it.
The law enforcement police said no fatalities were reported in the chaos. He added that the police are investigating the incidents.
Religious leaders now say it is unfortunate that political differences have taken a religious trajectory.
Sheikh Al Haji Ole Nado, the chairperson of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims, said Kibra constituents had for long lived peacefully, and that politics should not be allowed to cause a rift between them.
“It is unfortunate that the incident (burning of a mosque and a church) is taking place during the Holy Month of Ramadhan. The people of Kibra should not be misled and used as tools for political fights,” he said.
Thegu Mutahi, the Moderator of PCEA, who also addressed journalists in Kibra on Tuesday, March 28, termed the torching of religious facilities in the constituency criminal.
“It will cost us a lot in rebuilding what has been brought down. [What we witnessed last night] are not religious fights, but criminal offences aimed at destroying [property] and dividing Kenyans,” said Mutahi.
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