Christians are being killed in northern Mozambique.  A jihadi insurgency that began in 2017 conducts regular attacks against the state and its population.  It has already killed thousands of Mozambicans, including many Christians. Evangelical churches and pastors talk of the “persecution” of Christians.  The Islamist armed group makes references, for its part, to a historical conflict between Christians and Muslims.

In a Special Issue of The Caravan (Hoover Institute) on Christians Under Assault, this article by Mitchell Institute Fellow Professor Eric Morier-Genoud explores what is going on.

Read the article here.

Professor Eric Morier-Genoud

Eric’s research interests focus on history, religion, and politics in Africa, the Portuguese-speaking world and Europe.  He has published books on the history of pre-colonial Mozambique, the history of Apartheid in South Africa and Switzerland, the history of the Roman Catholic church and the history of Islam in Mozambique.  He presently works on the jihadi insurgency in northern Mozambique, on Irish missionaries in the world, and the history of Africans in Belfast.