This tweet got people fighting in the quotes

[Galool]

Holy I didn’t know the religious tensions where so bad in certain African countries people are really going at it in the quotes

That map is inaccurate, unfortunately they did not highlight Somaliweyne and all of our neighbouring Muslim groups. Islam is much bigger, and even with states messing with the figures or hiding them, even with what we have this map is way out of touch.

The real map shouldve been shown so theyd really have something to cry about.

 

[Galool]

Based on the few tweets others have shared on here , they sound unhinged and totally out of their mind. My guess it's Christian European colonial ideology that made them like that.

But i believe @Galool would be more equipped to answer this in more detail.

I am not that familiar with the details in those regions but what is true is they all have large western christian missionary groups and are newly christianized groups (during colonialism). They are most protestant evangelicals, who are pro-zionist, anti-Muslim by nature so close ties to the west/zionists and are taught to fear/hate Islam and its growth.

The South Sudanese have been through war, so for some they probably associate it with that, but many are also Muslim.
Nigerians are known to be evangelicals who hate Islam and Muslims.
Kenyans on the other hand generally seem to be unproblematic but there is a clear push the past few years, what mostly looks to be an online campaign and some videos coming out of their churches, to direct hate towards Islam and Somalis.

 

[iley]

Holy I didn’t know the religious tensions where so bad in certain African countries people are really going at it in the quotes

why isn’t nigeria like eritrea

 

[Nilotic]

The biggest Islamophobic African countries are South Sudan, Nigeria and Kenya from what i observed. Other African countries come close second.

You would think it would be Ethiopia, but with Ethiopia it's limited to christian state ideology that has become more transient in recent years, it used to be more vocal and blatant.

I wouldn't put South Sudan at the top of the list. I don't doubt that there are Islamophobes in our Nation, however, we are usually just weary, rather than downright hostile

The biggest ethnic group (Dinka) have one of the largest Muslim communities in South Sudan, and this is due to the fact that we border the North; Salva Kiir's own sister is Muslim and my father's maternal uncles were Muslim. We're not usually too fussed about religion.

 

[Farahslayer]

It’s mostly nigerians crying

It's the same for me. I think it might be because they have a longer history of christian and muslim co-existence and interractions, so it doesn't feel as alien to them.

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This is a direct result of colonialism. Their islamophobia is straight from white Christianity. Not all countries were affected by colonialism equally. Nigeria and Kenya have a huge issue with cadaan worship. Muslims have been living in these countries longer than they have been Christians so it’s not for a lack of interaction.

Ethiopian Christians are very much Islamophobic but you don’t recognize it because their islamophobia isn’t in the western sense. They don’t think fasting/praying and wearing modest clothes is weird but they don’t like Muslims at all.

I will say though Eritreans I think might be the only Christians I’ve never observed any Islamophobia at all from.

 

[Galool]

I am not that familiar with the details in those regions but what is true is they all have large western christian missionary groups and are newly christianized groups (during colonialism). They are most protestant evangelicals, who are pro-zionist, anti-Muslim by nature so close ties to the west/zionists and are taught to fear/hate Islam and its growth.

The South Sudanese have been through war, so for some they probably associate it with that, but many are also Muslim.
Nigerians are known to be evangelicals who hate Islam and Muslims.
Kenyans on the other hand generally seem to be unproblematic but there is a clear push the past few years, what mostly looks to be an online campaign and some videos coming out of their churches, to direct hate towards Islam and Somalis.

It is also important to clarify when I say "Nigerians" for example, Nigeria is a majority Muslim country. The Majority Muslim population was marginalized and the southern new christianized and westernized non Muslim groups were of course favoured by the colonizers and empowered.

As Islam continue to grow in the country a lot of the evangelical western propped up southern Nigerians have resorted to islamophobia and hatred.



There is a significant Muslim population in South Sudan as well. It is said to be 6-7% and growing.





We are more familiar with Kenya, and anyone who has been there will notice how large to the Muslim population is even outside of Somalis. Even then, they claim Muslims are only 10%.

I think the Muslim population in all of these countries including Ethiopia is a lot larger then they admit, they are probably hiding the true numbers.

Similiar to France and Europe, when islamophobia spikes and they panic and start attacking Muslims, it usually means the population is growing and becoming more religious, and not secularized like they had originally hoped.

 

[Idilinaa]

This is a direct result of colonialism. Their islamophobia is straight from white Christianity. Not all countries were affected by colonialism equally. Nigeria and Kenya have a huge issue with cadaan worship. Muslims have been living in these countries longer than they have been Christians so it’s not for a lack of interaction.

Ethiopian Christians are very much Islamophobic but you don’t recognize it because their islamophobia isn’t in the western sense. They don’t think fasting/praying and wearing modest clothes is weird but they don’t like Muslims at all.

I will say though Eritreans I think might be the only Christians I’ve never observed any Islamophobia at all from.

Thats makes a lot of sense.

 

[Angelina]

I wouldn't put South Sudan at the top of the list. I don't doubt that there are Islamophobes in our Nation, however, we are usually just weary, rather than downright hostile

The biggest ethnic group (Dinka) have one of the largest Muslim communities in South Sudan, and this is due to the fact that we border the North; Salva Kiir's own sister is Muslim and my father's maternal uncles were Muslim. We're not usually too fussed about religion.

Interesting. How is it that in one family you have different religions? Were your uncles converts?

 

[Riftvalley]

I wouldn't put South Sudan at the top of the list. I don't doubt that there are Islamophobes in our Nation, however, we are usually just weary, rather than downright hostile

The biggest ethnic group (Dinka) have one of the largest Muslim communities in South Sudan, and this is due to the fact that we border the North; Salva Kiir's own sister is Muslim and my father's maternal uncles were Muslim. We're not usually too fussed about religion.

Same Christian Bantus and Niger Congo folks seem to have weird takes on East African Muslims especially Horners despite limited interactions with them . I’ve had a few Ghanaians and Congolese telling me I wasn’t a true African/mixed with Arab bla bla. South Sudanese I’ve met seem very chill about this issues and they see Somalis are fellow East Africans etc.

 

[Nilotic]

Interesting. How is it that in one family you have different religions? Were your uncles converts?

My dad's maternal uncles converted to Islam and it wasn't a big deal; and I think the reason for that is because we don't have centuries of Christian tradition (unlike the Habesh) so it isn't part of our core identity. Christianity and Islam are equally alien to us.

My own father was the first Christian in the family; and he converted his mother and his siblings.

Prior to the 80s, Christianity was largely a marginal religion in South Sudan and only gained traction when Christian missionaries from the United States, Britain and the Netherlands brought in Bibles (along with aid) and did much to frame the war as one of religion rather than racism.

 

[Zak12]

This account is actually pretty based. It shows Somaliweyn (except NFD and Djibouti) in one of their maps.

 

[Nilotic]

There was a time (late 1800s) in which a Sudanese "Arab" leader (Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal) came to the Dinka, proclaimed himself to be the Mahdi and asked us to expel the British, and in return, Sudanese "Arabs" would cease any all hostilities...


..Well, the Dinka held up their end of the bargain and defeated and expelled the British and proclaimed this Sudanese "Arab" to be a son of Deng (the Dinka equivalent of Jesus) and believed that this was the beginning of a new dawn; a time in which all foreign forces would be defeated

The so called "Mahdi" reneged on his promise and intensified hostilities -- forcing us to defeat and expel his forces as well. This is why we don't like Sudanese "Arabs".

 

[Keep it a boqol]

My dad's maternal uncles converted to Islam and it wasn't a big deal; and I think the reason for that is because we don't have centuries of Christian tradition (unlike the Habesh) so it isn't part of our core identity. Christianity and Islam are equally alien to us.

My own father was the first Christian in the family; and he converted his mother and his siblings.

Prior to the 80s, Christianity was largely a marginal religion in South Sudan and only gained traction when Christian missionaries from the United States, Britain and the Netherlands brought in Bibles (along with aid) and did much to frame the war as one of religion rather than racism.

so what was the religon of the south sudan and the dinka last few centuries?

 

[Nilotic]

so what was the religon of the south sudan and the dinka last few centuries?

We had our own religion

Nhialic was God (the creator) and his son Deng was our connection to him

 

[El Nino]

We had our own religion

Nhialic was God (the creator) and his son Deng was our connection to him

Very similar to christianity, no wonder you guys converted. The concept is not alien at all.