Talk:Religion in Rwanda/Archive 1

Archive 1

Secular French government and Genocide

I think there are credible reports that indicate that the bulk of the genocide cannot be attritubed to NGOs like Christian Churches but rather that it was planned alongside sources close to the very Secular government of François Mitterand. Now, Mitterand was an agnostic person, and indeed his brother Jacques Miterrand was actually the leader of the Grand Orient of France. I have no definitive ideas on the precise role of the GODF in the genocide, but it does nevertheless seem that several French cabinet ministers at the time were senior Freemasons. I feel that it would be worthwhile to investigate this further, much like it would be valuable to look at the role of Masonry in the broader institution of French colonialism, sometimes known as Françafrique. ADM (talk) 01:49, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

No sources for assertions above. This does not seem to be a topic of reliable historians and Wikipedia is not the place for original research.Parkwells (talk) 22:57, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

Use of sources

"On the Protestant front, the small town of Gahini was the origin of the East African Revival in the 1930s, which affected many Anglican communities throughout East Africa." This seems ill-placed in the article, which seems more about how religion contributed or not to the genocide. The source is mostly about the revival in Uganda, with virtually nothing about Rwanda, especially after 1933. If an editor wants to use material from this source, they have to provide more context for why it is significant to Rwanda.Parkwells (talk) 22:57, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

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