ICC Note:

Christian and Muslim leaders in Tanzania have come together under the umbrella of the Muslims and Christians Brotherhood Society (UNDUGU), an inter-faith non-governmental organization that has called on the Tanzanian government to ban  Islamist separatist group, Uamsho. Several of Uamsho’s leaders were arrested and jailed in 2012 for inciting violence. In calling for a ban on the Zanzibar-based organization, UNDUGU compared Uamsho to other separatist terror groups, including Boko Haram and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

05/05/2014 Tanzania (allAfrica) – Tanzania’s Muslims and Christians Brotherhood Society (UNDUGU) an inter-faith non-governmental organisation, has called for the ban of the Islamist separatist group Uamsho, Tanzania’s Daily News reported on Saturday (May 3rd).

“From what they advocate for, they are not different from al-Shabaab, Boko Haram and al-Qaeda,” said UNDUGU chairman Hamad Rajabu. “The government should take measures to ban Uamsho because it may lead to religious conflicts.”

Uamsho is registered as a non-governmental organisation in Zanzibar and advocates for the island’s full autonomy from the government of Tanzania.

Rajabu says the group’s agenda aims to undermine peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians in Tanzania.

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