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Comoros: Sunni Islam declared the state religion, Shi’ites and Christians fear backlash

Aug 6, 2018 1:23 pm By Robert Spencer

“In mosques and madrassas Muslim religious leaders teach anti-Christian sentiments and government officials obligate parents to send their children to madrassas.”

Thus the Christians’ concern is quite justified. But it will be ignored in the international media; after all, it isn’t as if Comoros were doing something actually wrong, such as committing “Islamophobia.”

“Religious minorities fear backlash as Sunni Islam declared state religion of Comoros,” World Watch Monitor, August 3, 2018:

On Monday 30 July, the “Yes” vote recorded an overwhelming victory in the referendum on constitutional reforms in the southeast African island nation of Comoros, declaring Sunni Islam the “religion of the state”.

“The state draws from this religion the principles and rules of Sunnite observance,” the amended constitution reads.

According to World Watch Monitor’s local source, this is expected to have a tough impact on the country’s small Christian minority, who number only a few thousand of the country’s roughly 825,000 population….

“In mosques and madrassas Muslim religious leaders teach anti-Christian sentiments and government officials obligate parents to send their children to madrassas,” says Open Doors. They also prohibit Christians from preaching or engaging in religious discussion in public, according to the charity.

Converts to Christianity from Islam can be prosecuted, and the converts that exist face severe discrimination from the Muslim majority, says Open Doors: “The state also denies worshipping space for Christians in general. An ultra-conservative group of radical scholars, locally known as Djaulas, are pushing the country to a more extreme view of Islamic law (sharia) in the country and are against Christians.”

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  1. Older Canadian says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    For those who still believe this is a religion of peace, and all violence and terrorists deeds are done by those who misinterpreted their book, the doings in this country over the next while could be an eye opener.

    • mortimer says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 6:19 am

      Where Islam takes over in an official capacity, non-Muslims flee the persecution and discrimination.

      Islam is SYSTEMICALLY DISCRIMINATORY and Islam is GENOCIDAL as a political philosophy.

  2. The Istanbulian says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 2:53 pm

    Those racist apartheidis

    • mortimer says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 6:32 am

      Comoros has human rights in its constitution, but discriminatory Sharia law overrules it. Only 57% of Comorians can read Latin script, so they are largely cut off from the modern world. Women produce an average of 4.7 children and so they are not productive in the economy or educated.

      Comoros has had over 20 coups or attempted coups since 1975 independence. The French navy defends it and Foreign Legion troops are posted there. It’s another sleepy Islamic backwater.

  3. Halal bacon says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 3:11 pm

    ..and a shithole country is born

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 6, 2018 at 5:32 pm

      It was already a shithole country, Halal bacon–it’s just gotten worse.

  4. Indiana Tom says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 3:45 pm

    No need for worry. The Muslims will show all the religious minorities the same peace and tolerance that they have traditionally shown in other countries. As the Bush dynasty has always stated that Islam is the Religion of Peace.

  5. Wellington says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 4:30 pm

    This is nothing (though no surprise). What Islam, whether the Sunni or Shiite variety, really wants is to make itself the world religion.

    Humanity must not let this happen but for this to not occur proper knowledge of this hideous, control-freak and profoundly ungracious religion is imperative, is paramount.

    • christianblood says

      Aug 6, 2018 at 8:46 pm

      (…Comoros: Sunni Islam declared the state religion, Shi’ites and Christians fear backlash…)

      Just like it happened a few days ago in Afghanistan were a Sunni jihadist suicide bomber went into a Shiite mosque and murdered 40 Shiites Sunnis consider Shiites as heretics that can slaughtered with impunity and call them derogatory words like “Nusayris” or “Rafidahs” etc. On the other hand, Shiites which are 9 percent of muslims don’t consider Sunnis as heretics and are even willing to intermarry with them. Currently there is various degrees of war between Shiite minority and the Sunni majority in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and especially in Yemen were an indigenous Shiite militia known as “Houthis” is pitted against Yemenite Sunnis jihadist armies supported by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Sudan, Pakistan, USA, UK, Israel, ISIS and Al-Qaeda! It is amazing to see armies of a dozens “muslim Nato” countries backed
      by US, Nato and Israel as well as ISIS and Al-Qaeda cannot defeat a rag tag Shiite militia known as Houthis!!! You wonder what happened to the old Western concept of backing the oppressed “under dog”?

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 6, 2018 at 9:14 pm

        Muslims have always oppressed and slaughtered other Muslims.

        The idea that we should back one sanguinary Muslim sect rather than another because it is slightly smaller makes little sense.

        Shi’ites are screaming “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”–they want to conquer and slaughter us just as do Sunnis. Really, the differences between Shia and Sunni Islam are not that great–both oppress women, children, and Infidels.

        But–horribly–Christianblood is now backing Shi’ites, even when they oppress Christians, hang gay people, and stone women to death. These victims are the true underdogs in Dar-al-Islam.

        • christianblood says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 7:30 am

          gravenimage posted

          (…Shi’ites are screaming “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”–they want to conquer and slaughter us just as do Sunnis…)

          Really? Are you serious, Graven? Shiites are fighting back against their oppressors that want to subjugate them and annihilate them?
          Do you expect them to roll over and lied down before their ruthless and murderous combined enemies?

        • Wellington says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 12:29 pm

          Solid reply by you to this turkey, gravenimage. It’s pathetic to see christianblood continue to make excuses for Shiite Islam, Iran and Hezbollah, but of course he does this because Russia is allied with them and Russia under Putin can do no wrong. By contrast, according to him the West is just awful, possessed of no redeeming features, and America, per christianblood’s own description, is the Antichrist. What a troll. Seems the Russians, who have never learned the importance of freedom, also have not learned that crude propaganda is transparent, pathetic and often risible.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 8, 2018 at 12:13 am

          Christianblood wrote:

          gravenimage posted

          (…Shi’ites are screaming “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”–they want to conquer and slaughter us just as do Sunnis…)

          Really? Are you serious, Graven? Shiites are fighting back against their oppressors that want to subjugate them and annihilate them?
          ………………………

          Good grief–how can Christianblood deny that Iranians regularly scream “Death to Israel!” and “Death to America!”? This is incredibly common:

          “Iranians chant ‘Death to Israel’, ‘Death to America’ in Jerusalem Day rallies”

          https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5281868,00.html

          There are scores of videos on-line, as well.

          The oddest thing about this denial, though, is that Christianblood has previously *lauded* Iran for screaming for the genocide of the Jews, claiming that this represents brave “resistance” to American values.

          And Shi’ites are being threatened by their fellow Muslims–not by Jews and Americans.

          And I note that Christianblood does not say here why Iranians have to hang gay people and stone women to death. Are they threatening to annihilate and subjugate the Mullahs, as well?

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 8, 2018 at 12:14 am

          Agreed, Wellington.

      • IanB says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 8:01 am

        Let the Sunnis and Shiites get on with killing each other without interference from the West. The more the better for the rest of us.

  6. Barbara Ethel says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    Gonna do wonders for tourism lads. Enjoy the 7th century.

  7. somehistory says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    So the kids from the Christian households must go to the “schools” to hear how horrible are their families…moslims hoping the kids will all be brain dirtied to the point of believing the evil is something better than following Christ.

    It should be the prayer of every Christian that knows of this that the kids will stand “firm in the faith” and not learn to bow to satan.

    Thankfully, for these and all others the world over, “the devil …has a short period of time” remaining. And every day, ti grows ever shorter.

  8. gravenimage says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    Comoros: Sunni Islam declared the state religion, Shi’ites and Christians fear backlash
    ……………………

    They have reason to fear. Even before this, Shia and Christians have been persecuted, and apostasy from Islam is illegal. All this is likely to now get worse.

  9. JeffS says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    “a more extreme view of Islamic law (sharia) “. As opposed to the more moderate view?

  10. mortimer says

    Aug 6, 2018 at 7:02 pm

    Comoros will end up 100% dysfunctional, 100% Muslim and 100% jihadist and 100% Berzerk. Another Berzerkistan in the sun.

    Another formerly modern place turns back to the 7th century in Arabia and the BRONZE AGE in mentality.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 6, 2018 at 9:31 pm

      Comoros is already 98% Muslim.

      • Susan B says

        Aug 7, 2018 at 5:05 am

        gravenimage, After the non muslims have been done away with, and when Comoros is 100% muslim, the devout muslims will start to kill the not devout enough muslims. Oddly islam can not survive without death.

        • IanB says

          Aug 7, 2018 at 8:03 am

          Then let them get on with it. Sooner the better.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 8, 2018 at 12:15 am

          True, Susan.

          Ian, I don’t want to see the few Christians surviving there murdered.

  11. Proud Kaafir says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 3:16 am

    The western countries should not give permission to build any mosques. It should be a bargaining chip. If you allow these many churches in Islamic countries we will allow your mosques to be built. If they want to build one mosque they should come up with a plan to build a church. I think Trump in the future can come up with such a condition. He has got real guts. Let him first settle with the economic and Russian issues.

    • Muslim2018 says

      Aug 7, 2018 at 1:21 pm

      “Proud kaffir” – can you have democracy and communism together? You can’t. As you know from history communism was the enemy.

      In western countries under freedom – can muslims practice polygyny? The answer is no.

      You cannot have monotheism and polytheism on equal plane in a dominant Islamic society.

      The people voted for a “sunni state” then this is their choice.

      You all boast about obeying the laws of the land, so if they implement the jizyah on Christians then this is the law.

      You all talk about Muslims not integrating in western societies of course doing your best to get the Muslims to lose their identity and faith, then the Christians need to “integrate and assimilate” give up the worship of false deities and embrace Islam or pay the jizyah.

      In some countries in Europe they have banned the niqab, whereas women did not commit terror offenses in Europe – they attacked the Muslim woman whom you all claimed they have the freedom to practice their religion.

      Comoros is 99% Muslim. You all claim that the will of the people so that is their will – you don’t have to agree.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 8, 2018 at 12:20 am

        Of course, democracy does not allow a ravening mob to vote in savage oppression, as “Muslim2018” pretends. If that happens, it is no longer a democracy, as in Nazi Germany, which Islam closely resembles..

  12. Frank Riley says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 6:57 am

    The Comoros is almost 100% Sunni and one might expect the Christians to have little hope of any future there. But in nearby Madagascar, one of the world’s largest islands, it’s a different situation, where 41% are Christian and 52% of particular traditional religions. The charity, Aid to the Church in Need, carried a report in June about how Madagascar is being flooded by Muslims in an effort to Islamise it, for example, the Cardinal-designate there, Toamasina, says the following; ‘The rise of Islamism is palpable. You can see it everywhere. It is an invasion, with money from the Gulf States and Pakistan — they buy people. There is a plan to build 2,600 mosques there. They are also bringing in Muslims en masse from Turkey — once or twice a week plane-loads of Muslims arrive from there to settle in the courntry . . ‘ It goes on with other facts. I sent a short article from a Catholic newspaper in the UK on these goings-on in Madagascar in June. Perhaps Turkey is getting rid of its Muslim migrants — for which the EU is paying mightily — by offl-loading them in Madascar?

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 12:24 am

      Very disturbing to hear about Madagascar, Frank.

  13. Lavéritétriomphera says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 11:33 am

    Wahabism destroy all the Joys of life. I remember in Comoros islands the girls were not veiled at the mixed school, the boys used to bath naked in the sea, and girls could bath naked too but out of view. Homosexuality was not prohibited and people could listen music and dance everywhere they wanted, they could criticize Islam. Now it seems these times are over with the (possible) exception of Mayotte witch is a French department.

  14. Lavéritétriomphera says

    Aug 7, 2018 at 2:44 pm

    Was-I censored? I lived in Comoros islands when I was a teenager, and I only said what I saw, but I forgot that Americans are Puritans.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 8, 2018 at 12:34 am

      No, you were not censored. Jihad Watch is still having technical problems. A lot of people are having trouble posting.

      • Lavéritétriomphera says

        Aug 8, 2018 at 3:37 am

        Thank-you.

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