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Muslim Extremists Strike at Christians in East African Isles
By Simba Tian NAIROBI, Kenya (Compass Direct News) – Far from the world media’s gaze in remote islands off the eastern coast of Africa, church buildings are razed and Christians are ostracized and imprisoned for their faith. On Tanzania’s island of Zanzibar, in one week-long stretch last month Muslim extremists destroyed two church buildings, Christian leaders said. The extremists torched the building of the Pentecostal Evangelical Fellowship of Africa in Mtufani Mwera, about 12 kilometers (seven miles) … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution, Tanzania
Muslim Extremists Torch Churches in Zanzibar, Tanzania
by Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA (ANS) – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Muslim extremists on Saturday (July 30) burned down a church building on Zanzibar island off the coast of Tanzania, church leaders said, just three days after another congregation’s facility on the island was reduced to ashes. The CDN story went on to say that in Fuoni on the south coast of Zanzibar island (known locally as Unguja), Islamic extremists torched the building of the Evangelical Assemblies of God-Tanzania (EAGT) at around 2 p.m., said Pastor Leonard Massasa, who oversees Zanzibar’s EAGT churches. The assailants were shouting, “Away with the church – we do not want infidels to spoil our community, especially our children,” Pastor Massasa said. The EAGT church is about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Compass Direct, Muslim, Persecution, Tanzania
Two Church Buildings Torn Down in Zanzibar, Tanzania
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA – Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that radical Islamists are suspected in the demolition of two church buildings on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar on Sunday (Nov. 21), as members of the congregations have since received death threats from Muslims. The church buildings belonging to the Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG) and the Evangelical Assemblies of God Zanzibar (EAGZ) in Masingini village, five kilometers (nearly three miles) from the center of Zanzibar city, were torn down at about 8 p.m., said Bishop Fabian Obeid of EAGZ. CDN said that a Christian who requested anonymity said, “One Muslim was heard saying, ‘We have cleansed our area by destroying the two churches, and now we are on our mission to kill individual members of these two … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Compass Direct, Islam, Tanzania
Zanzibar Muslims, Officials Stop Church Building, Erect Mosque
Islamists demolish foundation; police withhold crime report from court By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries MWANYANYA-MTON, ZANZIBAR (ANS) — Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Zanzibar officials have colluded with local Muslims to stop a church building going ahead so they could erect a mosque in its place. The CDN report said, “On an island off the coast of East Africa, where the local government limits the ability of Christians to obtain land, officials in one town have colluded with area Muslims to erect a mosque in place of a planned church building. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Compass Direct, Islam, Persecution, Tanzania
