Muslim students in Catholic school desecrate Bible

MUSLIM students attending a Catholic School in Malawi tore up copies of the New Testament distributed by the Gideons Bible organization in front of their teachers, according to a report by the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

“Although the school’s director had made it absolutely clear that no New Testaments were to be given to the Muslim pupils and that in no way was any student obliged to take a copy of the book, there was a subsequent uproar on the part of some Muslim youths, who tore up the New Testaments, threw them, howling at their teachers, and then threw the torn-up pages out onto the streets,” the ACN said.

Muslim religious leaders went to the school demanding an apology after the incident, said Father Medrick Chimbwanya, the local parish priest. One Muslim teacher who witnessed the events “was attacked with particular ferocity when he attempted to set the record straight.”

“The behavior of the youths has been an indicator of a danger in our midst. Normally, the Primary school youth in Malawi would not have the courage to tear up any book in the presence of their teacher, let alone a Holy Book. My conclusion is that there must be some awful training given to these youths which if left unchecked, means that we may have dangerous militants in Malawi in the near future,” Chimbwanya said.

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