Well it's more complex than that. It appears a deal with struck between them and the government - the raids have been heavily backed by the airforce doing bombing runs before the riders arrived to get on with the whole rape and pillage side of things. It's fundamentally muslim vs christian but there are race issues as well just to make it spicy.
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