Saturday, July 02, 2011

Ethiopia: Hundreds Are Sentenced for Mob Attacks on Christians

(July 1, 2011, NY times)-A court has sentenced 558 people to prison terms ranging from six months to 25 years for attacks on Christians that displaced thousands and led to the burning of 69 churches.

Mobs of Muslim youths attacked Protestants near the town of Asendabo in March after rumors circulated that desecrated pages of the Koran had been found at a church construction site. 
Source: The New York Times

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