MUSLIM EXTREMISTS WORK TO INCITE HATRED IN CAMEROONForeign Muslim extremists have infiltrated the northern provinces of the West African country of Cameroon as they work to incite local Muslims to rise up again Christians. Cameroon, which shares its porous western border with Nigeria, has experienced a dramatic rise in religious violence since about a dozen of Nigeria’s northern states adopted sharia (Islamic law). Garga Aoudou, a community activist with a Dutch development organization, told Inter Press Service (IPS) that the area has been “inundated with fliers inciting Muslims towards a hatred of Christians. . . . Religious fanatics exhort Muslims to increase the number of marriages between young Muslim men and Christian girls in order to convert them to Islam.The fliers also urge Muslims to refuse to rent houses or sell land to Christians—or to get them to move by raising the rent.” Bishop Yves Steven added that ”several Christian families were forcibly evicted from their homes . . . before they could collect their property.” An IPS report indicated that local Muslim leaders who are keen to preserve the peaceful coexistence are equally concerned about ”outside agitators.”From the news flow at Intercessors Network
