Kenyan Church leaders have called for pastors to have the right to carry firearms to defend themselves against "religious opponents", in a further sign of increasing tensions in the wake of attacks by Islamist extremists.
George Karidhimba Muriki, assistant pastor of Maximum Revival Ministries Church, was shot by gunmen believed to be part of the extremist group Al-Shabab in Mombasa last week. The group is growing in strength and has been responsible for massacres including the killing of 36 quarry workers in December, an incident which led to the resignation of the head of police and the replacement of Kenya's interior minister. Keep reading
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After attack on church, Kenyan pastors request guns
Due to the growing number attacks by gunmen on churches here in the United States a number of states have passed legislation permitting the concealed carry of weapons in churches. Churches are being targeted because of the large number of people gathered at church meetings and their vulnerability. Does the Kenyan government plan to station armed police at every church and parsonage and provide pastors and their families with armed police escorts wherever they go? What measures is it taking to stop these attacks or make them more difficult to carry out?
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