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Nigerian bishop defends decision to build mosque for displaced Muslims
June 10, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of Yola, Nigeria, defended his decision to build a mosque several years ago for Muslims displaced by the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency.
“I did it from the bottom of my heart, with pure intentions,” he said in a June 6 interview. “The people who benefited from the gesture, the displaced, the victims of insurgency, were happy.”
He added:
I was persecuted. Some Christians were upset that I had built a mosque, saying it was inappropriate. But what shocked me more was that some Muslims said a Christian should not build a mosque. That hurt more than the criticism from Christians.The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
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