Wednesday, January 2, 2008

80 children massacred in Kenyan church

"Kenya edged closer to tribal warfare last night after more than 100 people – at least 80 of them children – burned to death as the church they had fled to for refuge was set alight. More than 200 people, mainly Kikuyus, the same tribe as President Mwai Kibaki, were sheltering for safety in the Kenya Assemblies of God church five miles outside Eldoret in the Rift Valley. An armed gang of young men drawn from the Kalenjin, Luhya and Luo tribes – ethnic groups which backed the beaten presidential candidate Raila Odinga – stormed the church compound yesterday morning and set it alight."

Seems that Kenya's Christians have totally gone insane. But, notice how the emphasis is placed on "tribal" differences. The fact that the Kenyans are predominately Christian is never mentioned even though this atrocity happened in a church. Imagine what the headlines would be like if this were an Islamic country and the perpetrators were Muslims.

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