T. A.G CHURCH BURNT IN KIGOMA TANZANIA

The building of the T.A.G Church- Bunyambo Parish at Kibondo in Kigoma after set on fire by un identified people due to political hostility.

Unidentified people using petrol fuel, burnt the building of the Tanzania Assemblies of God (T.A.G), Bunyambo Parish, Kibondo District, Kigoma region in Western of Tanzania, 1258 km from Dar es Salaam. The incident took place on Friday of 9th January, 2015 at 11 p.m night.

The criminals poured petrol fuel on church benches and other furniture, and set fire which consumed many church properties. Neither  human affection nor the total sum of destruction is reported.

The reason is said to be the political hostility, when Mr. Danford Mushachi, won the seat of Village Chairman, during the Local Government Election held on 14th December, 2014. Mr Danford Mushachi, is a church-member of the E.A.G.T - Bunyambo Parish.

A Christian Rosary Defiled in Kigoma Tanzania

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 16^th 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.