マリのクーデタも吃驚だけど*1、その前に聞いたモザンビーク北部の港町モシンボア・ダ・プライア*2がISIS系の武装勢力に占拠されたというニュースにはそれ以上に吃驚。(ごく最近ではあるが)モザンビーク北部が内戦状態にあることは知ってはいた*3。
“Mocimboa da Praia: Key Mozambique port 'seized by IS'” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53756692
“Mocimboa da Praia: Mozambique battles for port seized by IS” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53764943
“Mozambique: Militants claim to have seized Mocimboa da Praia (Cabo Delgado province) August 11” https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/368181/mozambique-militants-claim-to-have-seized-mocimboa-da-praia-cabo-delgado-province-august-11
“Religion in Mozambique” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Mozambique
“Islam in Mozambique” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Mozambique
Joseph Abraham Levi “Islam in Mozambique: A Not So Silent Presence” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260019530_Islam_in_Mozambique_A_Not_So_Silent_Presence
Liazzat Bonate “Islam in Northern Mozambique: A Historical Overview” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249473054_Islam_in_Northern_Mozambique_A_Historical_Overview