Eight years after Zambia became a Christian nation the title is not convincing
Immorality and corruption on the rise, say church leaders
By Anthony Kunda, Ecumenical News International, in Lusaka, Zambia | posted 1/01/2000 12:00AM
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Alick Mugala, media liaison officer of the National Islamic Propagation Centre, said: "Declaring Zambia a Christian nation puts one religion in a superior position to others, and that is not fair."
According to the World Churches Handbook, published in London, about 4.6 million of Zambia's population of 10 million are Christians. The Roman Catholic Church in Zambia, which is the biggest, has about 1.6 million members, according to the handbook. Zambia also has small Muslim and Hindu communities.
Copyright © 2000 Ecumenical News International. Used with permission.
Related Elsewhere
In a December article titled "
Christian declaration has lost meaning," the Post of Zambia came to similar conclusions.
See also our earlier coverage of this topic, "Zambia President Disillusions Christians" (Mar. 2, 1998)
In 1997, World magazine profiled President Chiluba, calling him "Africa's politically incorrect phoenix."
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