Thursday, February 25, 2010

I Would Not Feel So All Alone, Ehhhhverybody,...

"Haiti's supreme voodoo leader vowed 'war' on Wednesday after Evangelicals attacked a ceremony organized by his religion honoring those killed in last month's massive earthquake.

'It will be war -- open war,' Max Beauvoir, supreme head of Haitian voodoo, told AFP in an interview at his home and temple outside the capital.

'It's unfortunate that at this moment where everybody's suffering that they have to go into war. But if that is what they need, I think that is what they'll get.'

Police said a pastor urged followers to attack the ceremony, resulting in a crowd of people throwing rocks at the voodoo followers.

Beauvoir claimed hundreds of Protestant Evangelicals along with other people they hired attacked the ceremony, causing a number of injuries.

A voodoo priest named Boukman has been credited with setting off the country's slave rebellion in the late 18th century."
-- AFP

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