A prominent Vanuatu Presbyterian pastor wants the Muslim faith kept out of the country. Alan Nafuki and several supporters staged a march in the capital Port Vila recently with the aim of reinforcing the country’s Christian identity. It was held as Muslims in Vanuatu were preparing to host a major international meeting which has now…
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Becoming Sinless: Converting to Islam in the Christian Solomon Islands
Debra McDougall First published: 17 November 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01157.x Citations: 13 Source: https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ Abstract ABSTRACT Islam is beginning to have a significant presence in the predominantly Christian nation of Solomon Islands. A few well-educated Islanders were drawn to Islam’s elegant monotheism and promise of unity in the 1980s and early 1990s, but numbers have grown significantly in the…