Church Building Demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania

A congregation on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar has been without a place to worship this year after local authorities demolished their church building, the pastor said.

Tanzania: Gov’t harasses local church leadership

Three pastors on Tanzania’s Mafia island were summoned by the district registration office last week, confirming fears that the recent government threat to close the island’s churches would soon start.

Dozens of Churches Destroyed In Tanzania; East Africa Violence Spreading

Dozens of Christian worship places have been destroyed by Islamic extremists in Tanzania and church leaders are fleeing its heavily Muslim island of Zanzibar, as the persecution of Christians spreads throughout East Africa, a human rights chief said Monday, November 12.

Muslims torch Tanzanian Churches

More than 100 followers of an Islamist separatist group have been arrested in Tanzania earlier this month during sectarian riots in which several churches were set ablaze.

Islamists Torch Churches in Tanzania

Islamists burned down a church on Zanzibar Island Saturday just three days after another church facility there was reduced to ashes.

Zanzibar Christians Fear More Attacks After Church Burnings, Evictions

Christians on Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island anticipated more attacks against them Wednesday, July 1, as two churches were reportedly burned over the weekend by suspected militants opposing the spread of Christianity on the Muslim dominated semi-autonomous territory.

Comoros: Christians Oppressed on Indian Ocean Islands

Christians on the predominantly Muslim islands of Pemba and the Comoros archipelago are beaten, detained and banished for their faith, according to church leaders who travel regularly to the Indian Ocean isles off the east coast of Africa.

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