إفريقيا الوسطى: صلاة الجمعة وسط مخاوف من التعرض للعنف

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أقام المسلمون بمدينة "بانغي" عاصمة جمهورية إفريقيا الوسطى شعائر صلاة الجمعة وسط مخاوف شديد من التعرض لعمليات العنف والاعتداء، في ظل ما يتعرضون له من بطش وقمعٍ على يد ميلشيات النصارى والحكومة والقوات الفرنسية الداعمة.

وقد أقام المسلمون عددًا من معسكرات اللجوء لاستيعاب الفارين من العنف، الذين من بينهم العديد من النساء والأطفال المشردين، عقب تركهم منازلهم طلبًا للحماية بالمسجد؛ حيث ينظم عدد من الشباب دوريات أمنية بالمنطقة تحسبًا لوقوع هجمات؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Muslims conduct Friday prayers in CAR amid fear

As the sermon continued inside the mosque, worshipers glanced up fearfully from time to time.

A state of fear and anticipation prevailed as worshippers flocked to a local mosque located some 5km from Central African Republic (CAR) capital Bangui.

Inside the mosque compound, a mini-refugee camp had been set up for Muslims seeking refuge from the conflict that has been raging in the country for weeks now.

Several displaced Muslim families, especially women and children, sat under trees in the vicinity of the mosque compound, seeking shelter from the hot sun.

While young girls prepared food outside, men inside the mosque listened to Imam Ahmed Tijani deliver his weekly sermon.

Most people's faces bore traces of anxiety. A group of volunteer youths was on patrol outside the mosque to protect worshippers from possible attacks by Christian "anti-balaka" militiamen, who had attacked the area last week, killing about 29 Muslims in the process.

As the sermon continued inside the mosque, worshipers glanced up fearfully from time to time.

"We never lived in fear before, but now we have to be alert all the time because of the sectarian violence," a Muslim youth, wielding a machete, told Anadolu Agency.

At first, he said, they thought the anti-balaka would never strike their area because of its large Muslim population.

"We were wrong," the young man, insisting on anonymity, added. "The anti-balaka attacked and killed many of our family and friends."