Angola Reportedly Bans Islam, Begins Closing Mosques

[The Real]

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/africa/466297-angola-bans-islam-destroys-mosques.html

Corroborated by a native Angolan newspaper, in Portugese: http://www.opais.net/pt/opais/?id=1929&det=35025

More corroboration from an African newspaper, in English, but not very in depth: http://allafrica.com/stories/201311200767.html

LUANDA – According to several Angolain 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 to the Commission of the National Assembly.

She asserted that the decision was the latest in increased efforts to fight against religious sects, including illegal ones. According to the minister, the action was necessary to fight relentlessly against the emergence of congregations whose worship are contrary to 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 said.

"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 after several hostile actions have been conducted in several cities across Angola.

"This is the final end of Islamic influence in our country", said the President, José Eduardo dos Santos.

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, 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."

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.

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

 

[Primetime21]

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

So lemme guess. Boko Harem, Al Shabab, and AQIM gon form Jihad Voltron and the War on Terror and Freedom will shift to Africa.

 

[godkiller]

All other African nations should follow suit.

 

[the next guy]

@theworldismine13 @88m3 I guess Angola been listening to you guys.

 

[Scientific Playa]

Sounds like a political distraction.

Christian protestors are uprising and getting bodied.

José Eduardo dos Santos (born 28 August 1942) is an Angolan politician who has been President of Angola since 1979 <----------34 years = dictator status



Angola: Demonstrators Shot By Police in Luanda
23 November 2013

Angolan National Police, supported by Air Force helicopters, today brutally suppressed a demonstration called by the opposition party UNITA in memory of the political activists Alves Kamulingue and Isaías Cassule.
Feliciano Malduno Mayungulo, 40, told how he was shot twice in his right leg.
"At about 9 AM, I was in front of the Santana Cemetery, the meeting point for the demonstration, when police officers at the National Police security cordon fired on the demonstration," he told Maka Angola.
He said other demonstrators had taken him immediately to a clinic in Rangel, where the staff refused to assist him. He later received medical attention at the Sanide clinic in Bairro Popular.
Mr. Mayungulo, a father of seven who works for an information technology firm, explained why he had joined the protest: "I went to the demonstration because it was a people's cause.

We cannot continue to be killed and dispossessed without reacting. I cannot accept that my compatriots Kamulingue and Cassule were tortured, executed and thrown as food to the crocodiles by the security forces," he said.
Kamulingue and Cassule disappeared in May 2012 while trying to organise a protest against the non-payment of military veterans' pensions. Their fate was unknown until recently, when leaked information from the security services indicated that they had been murdered while in custody and their bodies fed to crocodiles.
"This is not going to kill us. We cannot stay silent any more. I will continue to defend and to participate in causes that defend the Angolan people. My family have to understand," Mr. Mayungulo said.
He added that an unidentified young man was also hit by a bullet in the same location. Another witness, Joaquim Nafoia of the Partido de Renovação Social (Social Renewal Party, PRS), described how police attacked a group of about 15 opposition leaders, including the chairman of UNITA, Isaías Samakuva, and David Mendes of Bloco Democrático.
"Samakuva was calling on the demonstrators to disperse so as to stop the police from continuing with these acts of violence," Mr. Nafoia said. "Earlier, we had spoken to police officials who pretended that the riot police units being withdrawn."
"Treacherously, they fired several tear gas canisters at us, and water cannon. Samakuva, UNITA vice-president Ernesto Mulato and Sediangani Bimbi fell down," said Mr. Nafoia, who had managed to stagger away.
Two days ago, National Police spokesman Aristófanes dos Santos said the police's task was to keep law and order. He explained there were tensions resulting from a counter-demonstration organised by the MPLA and called for the cancellation of both demonstrations.
Today the police guaranteed the safety of the MPLA march and violently suppressed the opposition's attempt to demonstrate. No incidents were recorded between rival party members, but only police brutality.
Maka Angola will continue to monitor the situation and to document the cases of police brutality and arbitrary detentions, who, according to early information, number in the dozens.

Angolan police kill opposition member, detain 292 protesters
Reuters ‎- 19 hours ago
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan security forces shot and killed an opposition activist on Saturday, hours ahead of protests across the country


Angolan riot policemen stand in front of hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the killings of two young opposition activists in Luanda on November 23, 2013 (AFP, Estelle Maussion)

 

[the cac mamba]

 

[The Real]

Sounds like a political distraction.

Christian protestors are uprising and getting bodied.

José Eduardo dos Santos (born 28 August 1942) is an Angolan politician who has been President of Angola since 1979 <----------34 years = dictator status



Angola: Demonstrators Shot By Police in Luanda
23 November 2013

Angolan National Police, supported by Air Force helicopters, today brutally suppressed a demonstration called by the opposition party UNITA in memory of the political activists Alves Kamulingue and Isaías Cassule.
Feliciano Malduno Mayungulo, 40, told how he was shot twice in his right leg.
"At about 9 AM, I was in front of the Santana Cemetery, the meeting point for the demonstration, when police officers at the National Police security cordon fired on the demonstration," he told Maka Angola.
He said other demonstrators had taken him immediately to a clinic in Rangel, where the staff refused to assist him. He later received medical attention at the Sanide clinic in Bairro Popular.
Mr. Mayungulo, a father of seven who works for an information technology firm, explained why he had joined the protest: "I went to the demonstration because it was a people's cause.

We cannot continue to be killed and dispossessed without reacting. I cannot accept that my compatriots Kamulingue and Cassule were tortured, executed and thrown as food to the crocodiles by the security forces," he said.
Kamulingue and Cassule disappeared in May 2012 while trying to organise a protest against the non-payment of military veterans' pensions. Their fate was unknown until recently, when leaked information from the security services indicated that they had been murdered while in custody and their bodies fed to crocodiles.
"This is not going to kill us. We cannot stay silent any more. I will continue to defend and to participate in causes that defend the Angolan people. My family have to understand," Mr. Mayungulo said.
He added that an unidentified young man was also hit by a bullet in the same location. Another witness, Joaquim Nafoia of the Partido de Renovação Social (Social Renewal Party, PRS), described how police attacked a group of about 15 opposition leaders, including the chairman of UNITA, Isaías Samakuva, and David Mendes of Bloco Democrático.
"Samakuva was calling on the demonstrators to disperse so as to stop the police from continuing with these acts of violence," Mr. Nafoia said. "Earlier, we had spoken to police officials who pretended that the riot police units being withdrawn."
"Treacherously, they fired several tear gas canisters at us, and water cannon. Samakuva, UNITA vice-president Ernesto Mulato and Sediangani Bimbi fell down," said Mr. Nafoia, who had managed to stagger away.
Two days ago, National Police spokesman Aristófanes dos Santos said the police's task was to keep law and order. He explained there were tensions resulting from a counter-demonstration organised by the MPLA and called for the cancellation of both demonstrations.
Today the police guaranteed the safety of the MPLA march and violently suppressed the opposition's attempt to demonstrate. No incidents were recorded between rival party members, but only police brutality.
Maka Angola will continue to monitor the situation and to document the cases of police brutality and arbitrary detentions, who, according to early information, number in the dozens.

Angolan police kill opposition member, detain 292 protesters
Reuters ‎- 19 hours ago
LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolan security forces shot and killed an opposition activist on Saturday, hours ahead of protests across the country


Angolan riot policemen stand in front of hundreds of demonstrators protesting against the killings of two young opposition activists in Luanda on November 23, 2013 (AFP, Estelle Maussion)

Christianity is the second biggest religion there. They're doing just fine. The authoritarian government behavior is just about political opposition, not Christianity. Remember- Christians were involved in this anti-Muslim measure. The president himself is a Christian, along with many of the people who created and implemented these policies.

 

[newarkhiphop]

sounds like a good way to set yourself up for some car bombings

 

[the next guy]

Christianity is the second biggest religion there. They're doing just fine. The authoritarian government behavior is just about political opposition, not Christianity. Remember- Christians were involved in this anti-Muslim measure. The president himself is a Christian, along with many of the people who created and implemented these policies.

Most african leaders talk out of both sides of their mouth. I hope this happens. Because when it does, it won't change anything.


Saddest part to me is the Muslims may deserve this.

 

[Scientific Playa]

Christianity is the second biggest religion there. They're doing just fine. The authoritarian government behavior is just about political opposition, not Christianity. Remember- Christians were involved in this anti-Muslim measure. The president himself is a Christian, along with many of the people who created and implemented these policies.

African State Of Angola Bans Islam All Mosques To Be Destroyed
http://www.africanglobe.net/africa/a...ues-destroyed/

AFRICANGLOBE – By popular demand, Angolan authorities have taken pre-emptive action and decided to ban the Muslim religion, which they consider a cult, NOT a religion. They see what Muslims are doing to non-Muslims, especially in Africa, and are taking steps to prevent the same from happening in Angola.

In early October 2013, the Muslims living in Luanda in the municipality of Viana Zango were shocked to see the minaret of their mosque dismantled into pieces on the ground without permission. On Thursday 03 October in the morning, the Angolan authorities decided to destroy the mosque Zango located in the urban district of Viana 17 km. The governor of Luanda Bento announced in a radio spot that radical Muslims are not welcome in Angola and the Angolan government is not ready for the legalization of mosques in Angola.

And on Tuesday, November 19, the Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva said. “Regarding Islam, the legalization process has not been approved by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. Therefore all mosques would be closed until further notice. “ It should be noted that the Angolan government has made closing of all mosques a priority. The only two mosques located in Luanda have already received a warning document signed by the mayor of the municipality of Viana José Moreno.

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.” Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva explained that the law on freedom of religion will be reviewed given the current national context , noting that the Government will redouble its efforts to fight relentlessly against religious cults like Islam which are contrary to the customs of Angolan culture.

95% of Angola’s population is Christian. A quarter belongs to Protestant churches founded during the colonial period, including congregational evangelical church.

This decisive action taken by the Angolan head of state is based on a desire to guard against the rise of the Wahhabi ideology that has created havoc, death and destruction in Africa and elsewhere. And as rightly explained Tunisian philosopher Mezri Haddad: “Islamism and Islamophobia feed each other. Worse, long-term Islamism as an ideology destroy Islam as religion. “

According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2008, Islam in Angola is a minority religion with 80,000 – 90,000 adherents, composed largely of migrants from West Africa and families of Lebanese origin. The Muslims comprise between 2.5 to 3 percent of Angola’s overall population of 17 million people, most of them Christians.

in the last decade, but especially during the last few years the Muslim community in Angola has grown appreciably and Islamic activities have become more common in major cities. Mosques have sprung up in a number of places and Qur’anic schools have been built to provide Islamic instructions and teach Arabic language to adherents.

Public attitudes toward Islam have been generally negative. Cultural differences between Angolan and Muslim immigrants have been the basis for negative views toward Islam, as was the perceived link between Islam and illegal immigration. Since the September 11 attacks, there has been a deliberate attempt to link Muslims with terrorism. It has become a matter of routine at Luanda airport for security officers to detain Muslims arriving from Sahelian countries.

On September 1, 2008, a Muslim mob attacked non-Muslims in the community of Andulo. The school-age daughter of a deacon at one of the churches was decapitated. Forty Christians were assaulted or tortured. The mob burned three church buildings. They also went to non-Muslim houses to intimidate them or destroyed items of property. Stones were thrown at the headquarters of a local Christian project, causing some damage. An Angolan Christian leader said that the local police were unable to stop the attack and fled the scene.

 

[Larry Lobster]

Believe in a white jesus brehs

 

[intilectual recipricol]

 

[the next guy]

Like I said before


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