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Zanzibar: Between Mecca and a Hard Place
For over a thousand years, Islam has been in Zanzibar and along the
Swahili coast that stretches towards Mombasa, Kenya. Beyond being the
faith of 98 percent of the population, it is the structure and order of
everyday life, inseparably ingrained in the Zanzibari identity.
Historically, Zanzibar was a gateway for Islam's spread into Africa's
interior, and it has been a weather vane for the progress
of Islam on the continent.
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Zanzibar: Between Mecca and a Hard Place
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26 Jul 2006, 7:19 AM
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