Despite the entry into force of the two-week siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, another imam committed against the radicalism of Islam in the territory of Beni was assassinated on Tuesday, May 18. Djamal Moussa, who is also president of civil society in the city of Mavivi, was shot dead in his home. He is the second imam killed in May just in Beni’s territory.
as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa
According to Donat Kibwana, the administrator of Beni’s territory, it was while returning from the traditional evening prayer that Djamal Moussa was full of bullets from an unidentified armed man.
He aimed at his head before slipping back into nature. About ten kilometers from the center of Beni, in Mavivi, the Imam was influential and listened to in his small community.
On many occasions, we remember, he warned the media and authorities about the ADF’s movement and abuse in the region.
For Kizito Bin Hangi, the president of civil society in Beni, this assassination is heavy-handed and generates fear for the next day, whether among activists or other Muslim leaders. To him, it is abnormal that all who condemn evil stop being killed.
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It is under the same modus operandi that another imam, who was facing death threats from the ADF, was killed in early May. The shooter had also aimed his head and since then he has never been arrested.
The murder of Ali Amin had nevertheless been attributed to the ADF by the local authorities. Like Djamal Moussa, the first sacrificial mother was also very involved in preaching against the radical Islamism on which the ADF is based.
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