Wahhabist Muslims move into Cameroon
Concern is growing that Wahhabist Muslims from Sudan and Nigeria are infiltrating and transforming Islam in Cameroon. Professor of Islamic religion Father Krzysztof Zielenda spoke about the problem.
He explained that “it is moving from the traditional Islam of fraternities, to an Islam marked by the Wahhabite movement,” a Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by Muhammad ibn-Abdul Wahhab.
The priest explained “these are more fundamentalist movements that have arrived in Nigeria from Sudan and are now coming here from Nigeria. So the Muslim world is being reformed in Cameroon.”
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“Traditionally relations between Christians and Muslims have been good and continue to be good,” concluded Father Zielenda. “However, both Christians and Muslims are very worried over the influence of Wahhabites, which is increasingly visible.”
Speaking yesterday in Yaoundé, Pope Benedict XVI praised peaceful co-existence and co-operation between Muslims and Christian in Cameroon as an example to the rest of Africa. If Wahhabist Islam continues to grow, watch for peaceful co-existence to decline and the beginning of Muslim violence against Christians, as frequently occurs in northern Nigeria.
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