Mozambique terror attacks are 鈥榥ot Islamic vendetta against Christians鈥�
History professor says there "is a tendency to transform terror attacks into some kind of Islamic vendetta against the Christians"
Last week an 84-year-old Italian nun, Sister Maria De Coppi, was killed in an attack in Chipene, northern Mozambique. Suspected terrorists raided the mission outpost and set fire to the Catholic church, the sisters鈥� residence, the hospital, and their equipment.
Since 2017, the region has suffered multiple terror attacks in which 4,000 people have been killed and many more displaced. Last year a regional peace-keeping force began operating there and in recent days the top European Union diplomat Joseph Borrell pledged $15 million US dollars of military aid.
However, Dr Yussuf Adam, a retired history Professor from Eduardo Mondlane University, says the problems in the north need more than a military solution. He told Newsday: 鈥淏efore they killed her, they attacked a Muslim mosque and they burned it鈥� most of the reports don鈥檛 mention it because there is a tendency to transform these terror attacks into some kind of Islamic vendetta against the Christians.鈥�
(Picture: Rwandan military troops depart for Mozambique July 10th 2021. Credit: REUTERS/Jean Bizimana.)
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