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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
Police Destroy Church Building in Laos Village
Compass Direct News reports Police in Borikhamxay province, Laos, on March 19 destroyed a church building in Nonsomboon village while Christian residents attended a meeting called by district officials. A member of the provincial religious affairs department, identified only as Bounlerm, has since claimed that police destroyed the worship facility because it was built without official approval. Tension between the Christians and local authorities escalated last year when officials ordered at least 40 Christian families living in Ban Mai village to relocate some 20 kilometers 12 miles to Nonsomboon for “administrative reasons,” according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom HRWLRF. Local sources said the forced relocation to Nonsomboon village was an effort to control the activities of Christians in Ban Mai who were sharing their faith with other people … Read entire article »
Filed under: Christian, Compass Direct, Laos, Persecution
