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Title:Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) and Religion in Mozambique, 1962-1988
Author:Serapião, Luís BenjaminISNI
Year:1993
Periodical:Africa: rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione
Volume:48
Issue:1
Pages:110-124
Language:English
Geographic term:Mozambique
Subjects:religion
Frelimo
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/40761186
Abstract:This article analyses the relationship between Frelimo and the dominant religious groups in Mozambique, viz. the Muslims, the Protestants and the Catholics. It first describes the participation of these groups in the liberation struggle for the independence of the country. Then it discusses Frelimo's attitude towards religion and its policy to exclude all religious groups from any participation in the building of the nation after independence. It shows that Frelimo consciously aimed at eradicating religion and creating an atheist society, and outlines the responses of the religious leaders to this policy. Finally it argues that Frelimo's political arrogance alienated not only religious groups, but also other segments of Mozambican society, and that this was the main reason for the emergence of Renamo. Ref.
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