An official at the Angolan Embassy said Angola is a country that does not interfere in religion. PHOTO: FILE
But an official at the Angolan Embassy in Washington, DC, who did not want to be identified discussing the sensitive matter, said that there is no such ban in place and that the reports are erroneous, according to the International Business Times.
“The Republic of Angola … it’s a country that does not interfere in religion,” the official said on Monday afternoon. “We have a lot of religions there. There is freedom of religion.”
News of Angola’s supposed ban on Islam originated in the African press, which went so far as to quote the nation’s president and Minister of Culture as offering statements that suggested the premise of the reports was accurate.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 26th, 2013.
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@ARA AlShuwaikeh:
No one is hating Islam. What everyone hates is what you claim Islam preaches and what you actually practice.
@Lalit: I greatly respect your view my friend, wish other people wished for religious harmony like you
@indian: It is the stupid fanatics like you whoa re keeping India still in the hole.
i agree dat some f people practicing Islam donot follow the principles of religion by doing Jihad n all which is very wrong.. Allah will surely punish them but dat doesnot make religion of Islam bad..! Dont look at the followers.. look at whom we follow.. look at the book we follow..! May Allah give Hidayah to the whole Ummah..! Ameen
Many muslims often say that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. I would say that Islam is the fastest declining religion in the world today. Why?
After every terrorist attack, sectarian killings or any act of vice is exposed, muslims say that this is not what islam teaches us. It means that muslims have deserted and have been insulting islam like no one else. Also, muslims of Pakistan have the lowest knowledge of Islam. Election Commission of Pakistan has proved it. I would say that not even 1% of the Pakistani muslims follow even 1% of islamic teachings. Pakistan is the only country in the world that praises and practices conversions by rape. Muslims of Pakistan know this well and this is the reason no muslim of Pakistan will ever say that these conversions have to be probed properly, starting from government's own NADRA records. Prove me wrong, if you can. The more you convert the more shall its followers dessert. They may call themselves belonging to the religion but shall not be practicing any of the teachings of the religion.
Extremely progressive step and need of the hour.......
Crusade is coming !!!!!!!
OK let us repeat again: Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, not by realization but by reproduction. In Pakistan, it is a pity that the muslim boys have to tie up Rakhee to declare themselves brothers as per hindu custom and convert the hindu girls. And, the sisters and mothers of the muslim boys assist them in kidnaping and raping the young hindu girls. This is what the Asian Human Rights Commission says in their July 2013 report.
To me Islam is the fastest declining religion as no most muslims do not even know what islam is and do not practice even 1% of islam. Election Commission of Pakistan proved it.
Hey Angola(1st country to ban islam),you ban Islam?Now you say you don't.Good boy. Don't ban anything.Let ppl reject it, let ppl reject your religion t00
There is a strange pattern developing all over the World from US,UK,France,Israel,Switzerland,China,India,Scandenevian Countries, Russia to now even Angola where the radicalism of a particular community has forced the otherwise liberal and balanced govts to take extreme steps.apparently the religious zealots and ring leaders of this community are instilling a feeling of injustice in their blind followers,which culminates in violence and in turn invites a backlash by govt agencies,which is once again exploited by the radicals to foment violence leading to a vicious cycle. Why is it so that there is hardly any Country populated by this community as majority or minority where they are at peace with themselves.be it Syria,Egypt,Iraq,Pakistan,Afganistan,Somalia,Sudan Palestine or even parts like Kashmir,Chechenya,Dagestan,Xinjiang parts of Nigeria,Algeria and Philipines are reckoned as terrorist hotspots.they are literally forcing even reasonably tolerant people to turn nasty.time to wake up and take stock of situation for saner among them before its too late.
Common..Angola...we support u...just make it and set an example for the rest of the world to follow......
@indian: oh look a keyboard warior. go back to your statues you made by your hands and bow down to it.
Reply to "indian".....why only Islam, what about other religions?...
@indian: Says the one who's country claims to be secular. Pity the hypocrisy.
Pity