Five Churches attacked in Kenya

August 30, 2012: Five Protestant churches in Mombasa, Kenya’s second-largest city, were attacked following the August 27 killing of a Muslim cleric, according to Sabahi, a web site sponsored by the Africa Command of the US Armed Forces.

Noting that “innocent worshipers were injured,” the National Council of Churches of Kenya issued a statement “strongly condemn[ing] the atrocious and unwarranted attacks.”

“We have completely failed to understand the logic that made the demonstrators associate the heinous murder of the Muslim Cleric [Aboud Rogo Mohammed] with the churches and other properties belonging to innocent Kenyans,” the statement added.

“No bona fide Muslim leadership would condone attacks on places of worship and threatening and harming other people,” commented Abdulrahman Wandati, executive director of the Muslim Consultative Council. “Why the protesters are targeting churches is beyond anyone’s comprehension.”

The nation of 41.9 million is 25% Catholic, 45% Protestant, and 10% Muslim.