In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and blending.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: January 26, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Abraham McLaughlin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

LAGOS, NIGERIA -- At first, it seems a surprising sight: inside a two-story mosque in sub-Saharan Africa's largest metropolis hangs a life-size portrait of Jesus Christ.

Yet worshipers at "The True Message of God Mission" say it's entirely natural for Christianity and Islam to cexist, even overlap. They begin their worship by praying at the Jesus alcove and then "running their deliverance" - sprinting laps around the mosque's mosaic-tiled courtyard, praying to the one God for forgiveness and help. ...

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