When was the last time you heard of a Jewish rabbi or a Christian pastor or priest leading a mob that destroyed a mosque? That’s right: never. Yet from all the attention that is given constantly to “islamofauxbia,” you would think it happened all the time. The reality is just the opposite, as this story shows. Christians in Nigeria live an increasingly precarious existence, and the violence and aggression of Muslims is seldom punished by Muslim officials who are sympathetic to the attackers.
“Muslim Cleric destroys N8.7m church building, arraigned,” Vanguard, February 22, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
For allegedly demolishing a church building valued at N8.7 million, an 85-year-old Muslim cleric, Mudasiru Owoyale, was on Thursday, brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Owoyale, a resident of Aboru area of Iyana-Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for conspiracy and damage.
According to the Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase, the accused committed the offences on Oct. 10, 2017 at Aboru. The accused and five others still at large conspired and damaged Jesus Revival Prayer Ministry Church, property of Pastor Mackey Nwabueze.
“The accused damaged the church by destroying the whole building from the roof to the foundation.
“The complainant was called by residents of the area that the accused came with five men to demolish his church….