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Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania, close down church

Morning Star News The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers in civilian clothes walked through the church’s door, stepped up to the podium and then grabbed the bishop by […]

Church building demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Morning Star News 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. Local government officials gave no prior warning to church leaders before a bulldozer arrived on 7th January and razed the building in Zanzibar Town to […]

Church in Zanzibar, Tanzania, shaken as court supports Muslims’ opposition to building

Morning Star News A court on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, ruled last week that a church cannot continue constructing a worship building it has tried to finish for eight years, sources said. Hard-line Muslims outside Zanzibar City have been fighting construction of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God building since […]