KUFENA, Nigeria — Islamic students twice have set fire to a high school chapel in Kufena, Nigeria, since it was rebuilt last August after Muslims burned it down three years ago.
In January, Islamic students at Government Science Secondary School in Kufena, in the Wusasa area of Zaria in the northern state of Kaduna, set fire to the school’s Chapel of Adonai, which was rebuilt last year with services restored in September. The most recent arson attempt, as well as one in December 2006, failed when Christian staff members and students at the high school put out the fires.
Previous to the most recent arson attempt, two letters were dropped into the chapel warning Christian students and staff members of an impending attack unless they left the school. The letters included derogatory comments about Jesus.
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