The government of Angola has been accused of “banning Islam” by the Islamic Community of Angola (ICA) after authorities closed down all but a few unlicensed mosques in the capital city of Luanda.
There are legal penalties for women who wear the iconic veil and social pressure from both government authorties and private citizens for Muslims to leave the country. Angola does not recognize Islam as an Angolan religion as there are not enough Muslims to meet the required 100,000 members or presence in 12 of 18 provinces.
The government of Angola justified their policies, saying that Islam is an “invasion of Angolan culture and a threat to Christian values.” Muslims have been asked to tear down their own mosques under threat of paying for the demolition fees. The Angolan government has also denied that is has tried to ban Islam, stating that “there is no position that targets the destruction or closure of places of worship.”
Find out more about Angola’s stance on Islam on page 2.
That is what should be done all over the world.
Good for wish we were this smart
It is not a religion.
Trump 2016.
Christians have committed more atrocities than Muslims can do in the next 200 years
What about the Islamic atrocities committed in the past thousands of years?
Good for Angola. If only Western “leaders” had this much common sense and love and respect for their own people, country, culture and economy.
Angel Toro When someone tells you exactly what they will do to you, over and over again, why don’t you believe them? Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I will not close my eyes like you, and just hope everything works out. These people are not ever going to get along. All I can say to you is when you wake up some day and your world isn’t like you thought it was going to be….don’t get on the train.
Angel toro just because YOU deny it doesn’t mean there is not a ton of proof that says otherwise.
Good tear all of them down and burn every copy of the Koran the world does not need Satan’s cult!!!
Granny Nonya So the Billion or so that are in the world don’t get along with the rest of the world?