Mainstream media reports have largely focused, as is their wont, on Muslims as victims, as if they are the innocent victims of attacks from Christians in the Central African Republic. This is not actually the case. In reality, the Muslim Seleka rebels started the violence by targeting Christians. The Christians have started fighting back and defending themselves, which for the mainstream media means they’re already way out of bounds, and anything they do is presented in the most negative possible light. This doesn’t mean they’re perfect, but it gives them very little room to maneuver, as everything they do brings down upon them a hail of international condemnations, as is the case with Israel.
“Lynching of Christian man by Muslims is sign of chaos in Central African Republic,” by Sudarsan Raghavan for the Washington Post, February 9:
He was a Christian walking in a Muslim enclave, carrying wood to sell. In these tense days, that is enough reason to die in the Central African Republic. A Muslim mob confronted Pumandele, 23, on a side street and pushed him around. Then, they threw him into a ditch. At least one man stabbed him before his throat was slit.
As the slaughter unfolded, some of his killers ordered a Washington Post journalist witnessing the attack Sunday to leave.
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