Three violent incidents that call for better protection of worship places

PCEA Church in Kibera was torched on March 27, 2023. A mosque nearby was partly destroyed. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Though tens of thousands of kilometres apart, recent moments in Palestine and Tennessee share parallels with the violence in Nairobi's Kibera, last week.

While the conflicts have different drivers, all three experiences press citizens, police officers and leaders to better protect places of public worship and learning from violence, desecration, or excessive use of state power. Horrific footage of Israeli police attacking Muslims in East Jerusalem shocked even hardened critics of Israeli apartheid policies.