Senegal President Wade apologises for Christ comments

[ccharles000]

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has apologised to the Christian minority for comparing a controversial statue to Jesus Christ.

Archbishop of Dakar Theodore Adrien Sarr said the comments had "humiliated" Catholics, leading to angry protests by hundreds of Christian youths in Dakar.

Mr Wade made the comments after imams condemned the statue as "idolatrous".

The $27m (£16.6m) North Korean-built "African Renaissance" statue has also been criticised as a waste of money.

Senegal has a long history of tolerance between majority Muslims and the influential Christian community, who make up some 6% of the population.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8435805.stm

[vadawg]

1. might be time to get out of dodge if your a christian here, seems the fracture lines are opening

[Ken Burch]

2. Here's a picture of the statue, while still under construction.

(wow...I mean, you could NEVER tell that this was designed by extreme Stalinists.)

:eyes:

[Zoeisright]

3. Why don't Christians get upset about things that actually MATTER??

Like starving children, pollution, homeless families, sick people without health care?

And don't tell me that they do. Those things do NOT get widespread attention from mainstream Christians.