This paper examines Christian-Muslim relations in Tanzania with a view of establishing
whether recent confrontations between Muslims and Christians are enough to call for
concern over the future of interfaith relations. The paper gathers information and evidence
from secondary sources, and primary sources such as blog posts, personal communications,
etc. The findings are that although recent confrontations may seem to challenge the relative
peaceful interfaith relations, the cases presented do not give adequate evidence to make a
conclusion that the future of Christian-Muslim relations is bleak. The paper concludes that
far from being motivated by religious factors, recent confrontations have little to do with
religious differences and more to do with political manipulations of religious diversity.