[Pak Daily Times] Zanzibar and its palm-fringed beaches appear idyllic, but rising religious tensions marked by brutal killings and acid attacks are threatening the tourist industry upon which the east African archipelago depends.After years of peaceful religious coexistence on the majority Musselmen island, in August two British teenage girls who had been teaching in a school were doused in acid and severely burnt.
Attackers on a cycle of violence reportedly threw the acid in their faces, prompting Zanzibari officials -- who described the attack as "a shame on the people of Zanzibar" -- to offer a sizable reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.