Stories had recently flooded the internet that Angola had banned Islam and was destroying mosques, but it seems that there may be no truth to the rumors.
An official at the Angolan Embassy in Washington, D.C., who did not want to be identified while discussing the sensitive matter, told IBTimes that there is no such ban, and that the reports are erroneous.
“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.
“At the moment we don’t have any information about that,” the official told IBTimes via phone on Monday. “We’re reading about it just like you on the Internet. We don’t have any notice that what you’re reading on the Internet is true.”
Common sense is indeed not common.
Posted: at 26-11-2013 07:53 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
Archymath at 26-11-2013 08:23 AM (10 years ago) (f)
I hope this is true because be that asit may that muslims want to coexist in peace there are certain actions that will provoke anger in anybody.
Posted: at 26-11-2013 08:23 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
THE TRUE STORY ABOUT THE MATTER IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO ASSASINATE THE ANGOLAN PRESIDENT ON HIS TRIP, WHEN THE ASSASINS WERE BEING CAUGHT, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE MUSLIMS FACTIONS WHO WANTED TO KILL HIM. SINCE THEN HE ORDERED FOR ALL MUSLIM TO BE BANNED AND ALL MOSQUES BURNED DOWN
Posted: at 26-11-2013 08:49 AM (10 years ago) | Newbie
Adeoba10 at 26-11-2013 08:59 AM (10 years ago) (m)
Quote from: femok83 on 26-11-2013 08:49 AM
THE TRUE STORY ABOUT THE MATTER IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO ASSASINATE THE ANGOLAN PRESIDENT ON HIS TRIP, WHEN THE ASSASINS WERE BEING CAUGHT, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE MUSLIMS FACTIONS WHO WANTED TO KILL HIM. SINCE THEN HE ORDERED FOR ALL MUSLIM TO BE BANNED AND ALL MOSQUES BURNED DOWN
If u dnt change ur thinking, u can't succeed in life. What a myopic thinkin. Am very sure ur 4low xtian after reading diz, wil jux hiss n waka pass... Bad belle... Angola was demolishing sum building witaut proper planning, wich include a masjid. Get ur fact straight. U knw wat Paul said abt rumour monger?
Posted: at 26-11-2013 08:59 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
If u dnt change ur thinking, u can't succeed in life. What a myopic thinkin. Am very sure ur 4low xtian after reading diz, wil jux hiss n waka pass... Bad belle... Angola was demolishing sum building witaut proper planning, wich include a masjid. Get ur fact straight. U knw wat Paul said abt rumour monger?
Did he really know Paul? I doubt it.
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Posted: at 26-11-2013 09:40 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
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