Muslims Target Pastor with Criminal Accusation in Zanzibar, Tanzania
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(Worthy News) – A judge failed to show up at a hearing for a pastor facing accusations of child abuse in a case in Zanzibar that Muslims have kept alive after charges were twice dismissed, sources said.
Shortly after charges were filed on the semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania in November 2014, police closed the case against pastor Yohana Madai of the Free Pentecostal Church of Tanzania in Tomondo village, near Zanzibar Town. They cited lack of evidence and witnesses, according to the Pastors Alliance of Zanzibar.
The accusers got the case re-opened last April in order to slander the pastor and drain the 70-member church resources, according to the alliance. [ Source (Read More…) ]
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