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Burundi's top religious chief urges Muslims to abstain from terror acts

Xinhua, November 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Burundi Muslims' Community (COMIBU) chief Cheikh Sadiki Kajandi on Wednesday urged Burundian Muslims to avoid participating in terror acts, at the launch of a two-day workshop on peace building.

The workshop that had brought together at least 25 imams from around Burundian provinces was aimed at sensitizing imams to preach peace in mosques.

"Nowadays a lot is said about Muslims who are behind or who claim themselves terror attacks in several countries against peaceful people. Real Muslims are not killers. They are peacemakers. Imams are invited to preach love, cohesion and peace among people even non-Muslims," said Kajandi.

According to him, there are reports of recruitment of young Burundian Muslims that would join the Islamic State (IS) or other terrorist groups.

Kajandi said that about ten young Burundian Muslims are known to have joined terrorist groups.

"They are recruited here (in Burundi) and trained in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of them was arrested and he is detained in a prison in Kinshasa, the capital of the DR Congo," said Kajandi. Endit