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Monday, August 16, 2010
Tanzanian Court Dismisses Illegal Preaching Charges Against Two Evangelists
BosNewsLife reports that a court in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania yesterday dismissed charges of "illegal preaching" against two Anglican evangelists who have been held since October 2009. Apparently Muslims invited evangelists Eleutery Kobelo and Cecil Simbaulanga to engage in a religious debate in a neutral venue in Dar Es Salaam. When they arrived, however, security agents arrested them. Apparently no prosecution witnesses showed up in court to support the charges, so the case was closed.