Under pressure to convert, Zanzibar Christians concerned for future

Under pressure to convert, Zanzibar Christians concerned for future
DFW Catholic
Dodoma, Tanzania, May 21, 2014 / 02:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Members of the small Christian minority on the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar are suffering intimidation and now fear that their children will be coerced to convert to Islam, one resident said.

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