Angola puts Islam outlawed

Angola puts Islam outlawed. This small country in central Africa has become 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.
In the Angolan Constitution guarantees freedom of religion there, but in many newspapers of the country at the weekend it was reported that the authorities for 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 in the right step to stop all the 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 struggling with the radical currents in Islam, but did not penny wise and decided to close all the mosques.

According to 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 population).

After Islam was banned at the country level, some mosques were destroyed in Angola. So the only mosque was demolished in Zang
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