WorthyNewsBot Posted June 25, 2015 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.47 Content Count: 44,258 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 984 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 25, 2015 By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News)– Islamists on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar off Tanzania's coast have driven a local pastor into hiding after taking over his church's rented hall. According to Morning Star News, Pastor Philemon's New Covenant Church has shrunk from 100 to 25 members after Muslims "persuaded" the landlord to rent the congregation's worship hall to them before the church's lease was up. What remains of the congregation now rotates among their own homes for worship. "The church faithful are so scattered," Philemon said. "Some members are always knocking at my door requesting a place for worship." But on Zanzibar, obtaining land for churches is difficult because the congregation must first purchase it as private property, otherwise the land owners of the Muslim-majority island would never sell it. Although Tanzania's population is mostly Christian, the Zanzibar archipelago is 97 percent Muslim. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakWood Posted June 25, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 867 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 7,331 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 2,860 Days Won: 31 Joined: 04/09/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/28/1964 Share Posted June 25, 2015 They're here, they're there - they're everywhere. Is their any nation in the World where Islam has never trod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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