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Rwanda religious leader after grenade blasts: Unity is crucial

Rwanda's Muslim leader, who works with Christians on peace issues, has urged citizens in his country to remain united following grenade blasts in the country's capital, Kigali, reports Ecumenical News International.

"For us in Rwanda, unity and reconciliation are a must," Sheikh Saleh Habimana, the Mufti of Rwanda, told Ecumenical News International on 11 March in Kigali.

"For the last 16 years Rwandans have managed to live side by side, on a foundation of zero tolerance of revenge." On 4 March two synchronised grenade blasts injured 16 people in Kigali and a third unrelated explosion killed one person in Gisenyi, a small town in the west of the country. Two weeks earlier, a similar blast killed two people.

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[03/15/2010]

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