First Country Bans Islam

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Angola has reportedly declared Islam illegal and ordered for all of the country’s mosques to be closed down.

Minister of culture Rosa Cruz e Silva said that mosques in the largely Christian country would be closed until further notice. She described Islam as a ‘sect’ that would be banned as counter to Angolan customs and culture.

The provincial governor of Luanda, Bento Bento, said on the airwaves of local radio that “radical Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not ready for the legalization of mosques.”

There are unconfirmed reports that mosques across the African country are being destroyed, according to the International Business Times. President Jose Edurado dos Santos reportedly told the Osun Defence daily: ‘This is the final end of Islamic influence in our country.’

Churches are currently banned in the Islamist state of Saudi Arabia.

Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-mosques.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/174445
http://usherald.com/nation-just-outr...ues-destroyed/

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[Tradewind]

Uhm, this was 2013 and it was also a hoax.

[Dark-Zarupia]

Can we hire those politicians for the Eu ??

[Deleted]

Uhm, this was 2013 and it was also a hoax.

DailyMail and Guardian reported it?

[ParanoiD84]

This will go places

[Tommi]

I see no issue with banning something a country doesn't want.

[Venziir]

This story is from 2013. It's also a hoax or rather a heavily modified truth:

"In November 2013, some media sources reported that Islam and other belief systems deemed to be contrary to the country's culture had been outlawed in Angola.[5][15][16] The International Business Times said that Angola was seeking to shut down all mosques.[13]

However, the reports were later denied by the government[14][4] The Ministry of Culture stated, "There is no war in Angola against Islam or any other religion."[17]

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), said that it will be sending a fact-finding team to prepare a report on the situation.[18]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Angola

[Zephre]

Can we hire those politicians for the Eu ??

If only >_<

[Darsithis]

Not true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Angola

Closing.