Angola submits example

Angola puts Islam outlawed. This small country in central Africa, actually became the first country to ban the religion at the country level.

The site The Guardian published an article that in Angola decided to ban Islam.
The Angolan Constitution guarantees freedom of religion there, but in many newspapers of the country at the weekend it was reported that the authorities of one religion have decided to make an exception.
November 22 The Angolan Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva said that Islam was not legalized in the country. Why religion should be legalized in the country the minister said.

Silva also said that the closure of all mosques right step for stopping all so-called religious sects.
November 24 President of Angola, Jos Eduardo dos Santos said that the country is working to minimize the impact of Islam on the territory of Angola. From the article it is clear that the authorities are fighting against radical currents in Islam, but did not penny wise and decided to close all mosques.
The structure of believers in Angola: 47% angoleztsev are representatives of local religious movements, 38% - Catholics, and 15% - Protestants.

According to statistics, among all angoleztsev 80-90 thousand Muslims (18, 5 million of the population).
After Islam was banned at the national level some mosques were destroyed in Angola. So the only mosque was demolished in the city of Zang. (photo below)

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PS, tired, probably Africans example of Niger and his ilk ...





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