Editing Persecution of Muslims (section)

==== Central African Republic ====
During the internal armed [[Central African Republic conflict (2012–present)|conflict]] in the [[Central African Republic]] in 2013, [[anti-balaka]] militiamen were targeting Bangui's [[Islam in the Central African Republic|Muslim]] neighbourhoods<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-centralafrican-idUSBREA0P0O220140126 |title=Eight dead in Central African Republic capital, rebel leaders flee city |work=Reuters |date=26 January 2014 |access-date=1 July 2017 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192855/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/26/us-centralafrican-idUSBREA0P0O220140126}}</ref> and Muslim ethnic groups such as the [[Fula people|Fulas]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25216351 |title=Central African Republic militia 'killed' children |work=BBC News |date=4 December 2013}}</ref>

Early 2014 marked a turning point; hardened by war and massacres, the anti-balaka committed multiple atrocities.<ref name="time140529">{{cite news |url=https://time.com/42131/anti-balaka-central-african-republic/ |title='A Question of Humanity': Witness to the Turning Point In Central African Republic |date=29 May 2014 |newspaper=Time |first=Andrew |last=Katz}}</ref> In 2014, Amnesty International reported several massacres committed by anti-balaka against Muslim civilians, forcing thousands of Muslims to flee the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/14/muslim-convoy-central-african-republic-exodus |title=Christian threats force Muslim convoy to turn back in CAR exodus |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=17 February 2014 |date=14 February 2014}}</ref>

On 24 June 2014, anti-balaka gunmen killed 17 Muslim [[Fula people]] at a camp in [[Bambari]]. Some of the bodies were mutilated and burnt by the assailants.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 June 2014 |title=17 Muslims killed in communal strife in Central African Republic |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1114963 |access-date=23 March 2017 |publisher=Dawn}}</ref>

On 11 October 2017, 25 Muslim civilians were massacred by anti-balaka militiamen inside a mosque in the town of [[Kembé|Kembe]].<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2017 |title=Christian anti-Balaka militants kill 25 worshippers in mosque in Central African Republic |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/africa/2017/10/14/christian-anti-balaka-militants-kill-25-worshippers-in-mosque-in-central-african-republic/ |access-date=16 October 2017 |website=[[Daily Sabah]]}}</ref>