Source: Jihad Watch
“The Republic of Angola … it’s a country that does not interfere in religion,” the official said via telephone Monday afternoon. “We have a lot of religions there. It is freedom of religion. We have Catholic, Protestants, Baptists, Muslims and evangelical people.”
News of Angola’s supposed ban on Islam originated in the African press, which went so far as to quote the nation’s president and minister of culture offering statements that suggested the premise of the reports was accurate.
A second official at the Angolan Embassy in the U.S. reiterated that the diplomatic seat has not been made aware of any ban on Islam in the country….
Categories: Africa
Thanks for clarification. Please keep posted about verified news. Good job done by removing this false accusation on Angola.
A Swiss newspaper reports that the ban was directed not only against mosques but against ‘none authorized churches’ also. This reminds me of an incident a couple of years ago when ‘Evangelical priests’ were expelled from Jordan. When I questioned a Catholic official what the story actually was he answered: “Yes, this was by request of the Bishops of the authorized churches (Catholic, Orthodox etc), who did not want the ‘new Evangelical’ competition. May be the Angola experience is a similar exercise?
(no smoke without fire)…
Negative news spread like jungle fire. Its rebuttal or positive aspect hardly gets attention.