Muslims To Guard Churches In Kenya

The recent spate of church bombings in Nigeria and Kenya has led Muslim leaders in Kenya to pledge to form groups to guard churches against their wayward coreligionists. This is a very healthy step in the right direction and worthy of emulation by Muslim leaders in Nigeria. In fact, this is a lesson that should be emulated by Islamic leaders in countries where Islamic fundamentalists are visiting violence against their fellow compatriots. It is a lesson that people of different religious convictions can live side-by-side without killing each other. In fact, it is a lesson that religionists should actively be involved in protecting each other against those who would want to see one group of religious people disappear from the face of the earth.