we're a peaceful bunch....really

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    Churchgoers on the tiny, Muslim dominated island of Zanzibar off the
    coast of Tanzania are aware of a growing threat by Muslim extremists
    suspected of carrying out recent attacks against church facilities.
    "There are some people who think they can do away with the Christians,
    and most of them are coming from outside (the country)," said Father
    Arbogast Mushi of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zanzibar. Tensions
    increased on March 5 when the Islamist group UAMSHO (Revival and
    Propagation Organization) held an illegal rally despite a government ban
    imposed after previous demonstrations in which UAMSHO distributed
    jihad-training videos and literature. The group urged killing secular
    politicians who refuse to impose sharia, or Islamic law. Five days
    later, arsonists set fire to a Roman Catholic church in the Jumbi
    district. The Associated Press quoted police official Hamad Issa
    describing the attack as "a deliberate act aimed at inciting religious
    hostilities in ( Zanzibar )."
 
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