A popular Sierra
Leone-based Nigerian pastor, Victor Ajisafe has been arrested by the government
after he was found to have made certain outrageous comments about Islamic
religion during his Sunday sermon.
Ajisafe, was arrested in Sierra Leone after recordings of a sermon targeting Muslims went viral on social media.
The Guardian UK reports that Ajisafe, who is the founder and leader of
one of the country’s largest churches, The Sanctuary Praise Church, while
speaking to his congregants called Islam a “violent religion of lies and
deceit,” adding that Muslims have been responsible for “every terrorist act in
the history of the world.”
Sierra Leone’s population
is roughly 78% Muslim, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center estimate.
Audio and
video recordings of the sermon appeared online within three days, and were met
with immediate and near-universal condemnation by both Muslims and Christians
in the country.
The pastor was
arrested on Tuesday, but has not yet been charged.
Head of Sierra
Leone’s Criminal Investigations Department, MB Kamara, said,
“Everyone
is very upset by his message.
“We are a
very religiously tolerant country and no one ever worries whether someone is
Muslim or Christian. We all have lived peacefully for generations, and no one
wants that disrupted.” Watch the video HERE.
- Lailasblog
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