Posted on 11/24/2013 8:21:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Last October, Muslims from the urban municipality of Viana, Luanda, attended the destruction of the minaret of their mosque Zengo. (On Islam)
Angola became the first country in the world to ban Islam and dismantle mosques in an effort to stem the spread of extremism. IBTimes reported:
A number of news outlets have reported that Angola has “banned” Islam and started to dismantle mosques in a bold effort to stem the spread of Muslim extremism.
Weekly French-language Moroccan newspaper La Nouvelle Tribune published an article on Friday sourcing “several” Angolan officials, including the Southwest African nation’s minister of culture, Rosa Cruz, who reportedly offered the following remarks, which have been translated from French: “The process of legalization of Islam has not been approved by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, their mosques would be closed until further notice.”
The media reports have not described why exactly Islam apparently faces a need to be legalized despite its presence in the country for many years.
OnIslam.net reports that the African economic news agency Agence Ecofin wrote that Cruz made the statement at an appearance last week before the 6th Commission of the National Assembly. The website goes on to note that, “According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first measures by destroying mosques in the country.”
Angola:
Smarter than the EU
Smarter than the UN
Smarter than the USA
“Angola:
Smarter than the EU
Smarter than the UN
Smarter than the USA”
Sad but true.
According to Wikipedia, the population is almost entirely Christian. One percent are Muslims, and they have apparently entered from neighboring countries.
Given what has happened to other African countries, invaded by Muslims coming down from the North, this would seem to be a smart move.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola#Religion
I guess the pig roast demolition wasn’t suitable.
Angola: smartest country in the world...???
Just wow..!
Seems like a pretty good idea.
Religions:
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
Per CIA world fact book.
Witch Doctors and fetishes make up most of the indigenous beliefs.
I am normally against having any government being given any authority on legalizing any religion. But if Islam has a track record of political violence in Angola as, say, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, then it ceases to be a matter of freedom of religion and becomes a matter of national survival.
Beautiful
Are you perchance confusing Angola with Algeria?
I’ve been sayin this for years.
Ban Islam now. Yesterday. Last week. 1600 years ago
Islam is NOT a religion. It’s a dangerous death cult
Period. There is no question about it
They should do the same with Islam.
How about no socialism, no communism and no Islam?
Or better yet, how about banning them and tearing down their buildings.
A sight to gladden the heart...
Because they might like 'em but they cannot keep 'em!!!
Why is it that an African country is the first to get it right?
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