Quote:The government of the No.2 oil producer in Africa has faced a storm of criticism after some international media reported it had "banned Islam", causing embarrassment for this member of the OPEC oil cartel dominated by Muslim states.
Quote:In a briefing to diplomats on Friday, Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti said there had been "misunderstandings" about the government action.
Quote:Chikoti said Angola's constitution defends the right to religious freedom, but the law requires religious groups to meet legal criteria to be recognized as official churches.
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And here's the most important lesson about our times that historians will one day look back upon and ponder the mystery of why the West didn't put the Immigrant Islamic Genie back into its bottle while there was still time.
Historians will muse over the curious phenomenon of Useful Idiots and the Western leadership submitting meekly to the burgeoning menace of Immigrant Islam just as the Jews once went quietly into the night for the easy convenience of their most deadly enemy.
Quote:Alex Vines, an Angola expert at London-based think-tank Chatham House, said the issue had been clumsily handled by the government and the recent media headlines about a "ban on Islam" could attract hostility from radical Islamist groups.
Yes indeed. The spectre of Islamist violence looms yet once again in the service of the caliphate.