Eight Muslim preachers? How is it that they so spectacularly misunderstood their peaceful religion?
“Eight Pakistani Muslim preachers arrested in Burundi on terror suspicions,” from ANI, February 8 (thanks to Twostellas):
Bujumbura, Feb 8 : Burundian police have arrested eight Pakistani Muslim preachers in a mosque in the central province of Gitega, according to police and local officials.
“A group of eight people calling themselves Pakistani Muslim preachers arrived two days ago and started holding unauthorised meetings, day and night, in the Bihororo mosque,” the Daily Times quoted local official Alexis Manirakiza, as saying.
“Residents became suspicious at the presence of these foreigners in a remote area at a time when there is a terror threat from Somali rebels and they informed the police,” he added….
The arrests came less than a week after the US Embassy in Burundi warned its citizens in the central African country that terror organisations, including Somalia’s al Qaeda-inspired Shebab, could carry out terror attacks in February….