A form four Christian secondary
school boy and an Anglican Church member (name withheld), of the Hwazi Secondary. School, Kasulu District, Kigoma region, in Tanzania, on Monday of 16th February, 2015
at 8:05 a.m , was, severely, beaten by
his teacher, Mr. Matebo and cut his rosary claiming that, it is useless and
dirty, but also, not part of the school
uniform.
Hwazi Secondary . is a
government owned school.
The Anglican rosary, is a loop of strung beads which Anglicans all
over the World, as well as Christians of
other denominations, use to order their prayer .
It is permissible by the government
secular for students in Tanzania, to wear the symbols of their religions at
schools. This is also practiced by Muslim student girls who normally wear veil
at schools.
The victim student run home
crying to escape more severe punishment, leaving other students behind who
also had worn their religious clothes i.e veils.
The
Headmaster of Hwazi Sec School, Mr. Jonathan Nkundile said, such action
is un acceptable in the diversity of beliefs like Tanzania, and promised to
deal with this religious discrimination.
Kigoma region is among of the
regions in Tanzania where Christians are highly persecuted psychologically,
emotionally or physically by radical Muslims, who claim the Islamic superiority
in the area. Some of these Muslims do not have names which can direct identify
them with the religion of Islam, hence, not easy to notes them easily.
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