Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques

[Anglojew]

LUANDA – 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.
“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,” Rosa Cruz e Silva, the Angolan Minister of Culture, was quoted by Agence Ecofin on Friday, November 22.
Silva comments were given during her visit last Tuesday to the 6th Commission of the National Assembly.

She asserted that the decision was the latest is a series of efforts to ban ‘illegal’ religious sects.
According to the minister, the action was necessary to fight relentlessly against the emergence of congregations whose worshipping is contradicting with the customs of the Angolan culture.
Same as Islam, other faiths which were not legalized will face closure of their houses of worship.
“All sects on the list published by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights in the Angolan newspaper ‘Jornal de Angola’ are prohibited to conduct worship, so they should keep their doors closed," she was quoted by Cameroon Voice‏.
"In addition, we also have a long list of more than a thousand legalization applications,” she added.
Recurrent

The anti-Islam comments were not the first by Angolan officials.
“This is the final end of Islamic influence in our country,” President José Eduardo dos Santos was quoted by Osun Defender newspaper on Sunday, November 24.
Last October, Muslims from the urban municipality of Viana, Luanda, attended the destruction of the minaret of their mosque Zengo.
The provincial governor of Luanda, Bento Bento, has also said on the airwaves of a local radio that "radical Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not ready for the legalization of mosques."
He added that Muslims were not welcome in Angola and that the government would not legalize the presence of mosques in the country.
According to CIA Factbook, 47% of Angolans practice indigenous beliefs, 38% Roman Catholic and 15% Protestant.
Islam’s opinion about freedom of religion is evident from the Qur’an, which says what means:
*{Say, ‘The truth is from your Lord’: Let him who will, believe, and let him who will, reject [it]}* (An-Nisaa' 4:29)
Again, God says: *{Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error…}* (Al-Baqarah 2:256)

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/...s-mosques.html


UPDATE : Angola Denies It Banned Islam, Destroyed Mosques

http://www.ibtimes.com/angola-denies...osques-1484898

[LightHouse89]

Islam was created so long ago and not one religious philosopher has made any changes to Islam which is why its perceived as bad. Until they make modern changes and define things more thoroughly the world will have a negative view point of Islam.

[YeshAtid]

Further evidence that the West is bound by political correctness to do anything, but I don't advocate violence against muslims.

[Anthropologique]

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/...s-mosques.html

HOLY S#@T!!

[StonyArabia]

This is an act of barbarism, people should follow whatever religion they deem fit for themselves. As long they mind their own business. Religion should not placed on a political level but only on the spiritual and personal. This action only make things worse and creates an enduring hate and resentment.

[LightHouse89]

I do not advocate bothering with them period. They are primitive and choose clan warfare and mentality. They still think we are living in the dark ages. The world will continue to develop without them. Its a shame they do not wish compete with the rest the world anymore. They were one of the top civilizations in the world but they choose to go 'allah snack bar' on everything.

[LightHouse89]

This is an act of barbarism, people should follow whatever religion they deem fit for themselves. As long they mind their own business. Religion should not placed on a political level but only on the spiritual and personal. This action only make things worse and creates an enduring hate and resentment.

You strike me as a secular person.

[Sikeliot]

Not that I think it's right to ban any religion since I believe in freedom of worship so long as doing so doesn't hinder anyone else's civil liberties, but it'll be interesting to see if there is a double standard with how people respond to Angola doing this versus how people respond to anti-Islamic sentiments in Europe. Will the world condemn this as a human rights violation, or is it going to be seen as Angolans protecting their culture?

[arcticwolf]

Who would have thunk that?

Angolans are smarter and have bigger balls than euro nuts! LOL

Kiss my black ass!

[Baluarte]

Neither Qatar or Saudi Arabia will finance Salafi/Takfiri groups to fight for the Umma in Angola. They're too busy saving Islam from Iran and Syria