Muslim leaders call for punishment of arsonists
A firefighter at the Salvation Army church following riots sparked by the killing of a Muslim cleric in the port city of Mombasa on October 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO/STR
What you need to know:
- All places of worship should be respected as they are sacred.
- Youth urged to refrain from burning churches as Kenyans of different religions are united and co-exist as brothers and sisters.
Parliament should enact laws to punish those who damage or burn places of worship, Muslim clerics have said.
The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims said burning of religious places is a serious crime that should be abated.
“It high time we come up with laws to curb this kind of crime it should not be left like this,” Supkem Chairman Abdullahi Salat said.
He was speaking during a press conference at their offices in Garissa on Tuesday.
RESPECT WORSHIP PLACES
Mr Salat also condemned the killing of religious leaders in Mombasa last week saying:
“If they were suspected of any wrong doing there is the law.
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“We as religious leaders urge the government to bring to book the perpetrators of those behind the killing of the religious leaders, this is a country with courts and law.”
The chairman also reiterated that all places of worship should be respected as they are sacred.
The Muslim leaders also called upon the youth to refrain from such acts as Kenyans of different religions are united and co-exist as brothers and sisters
