The greatest Moslem festival, Aïd, turned to violence this Thursday May 13 in Kinshasa.

According to According to Sylvano Kasongo, the commander of the police force of Kinshasa, a police man was killed, severely people wounded, the Imam’s residence vandalized, 11 vehicles police force damaged including 1 flaring, at the time of these serious incidents between pro imam Youssouf Djibril Djibondo and pro imam Abdallah Mangala.

The government, through his spokesman, Patrick Muyaya, pointed out that the persons in charge for two wings were heard on official report and 34 authors of the incidents were transferred to the court of great authority of Gombe.

Member of Islam, the political actor Moïse Moni Della, condemned this violence and calls the members of his community to the unit.

"I condemn the violence from where which it comes. One did not need to waste a so great festival of our faith ", he laconically reacted.

And to add:"I call some with the unit of all the Moslems of the DRC. One must take as a starting point the Coran and hadjis (prophetic translation). That the authorities of the country can encourage us in this way".

Aïd is the greatest Moslem festival which ends the Ramadan. It commemorates each year the sacrifice by Abraham of a ram whose God had decided that he compensated for the sacrifice of his son.

Moïse Moni Della congratulates, despite everything, the Moslems of the DRC to have achieved this third oath of Islam.

Corneille Kinsala Nsoki


(CKS/Yes)