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In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and blending - -

By Abraham McLaughlin

from the January 26, 2006 edition

In Africa, Islam and Christianity are growing - and blending

By 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. They say it's akin to Israelites circling the walls of Jericho - and Muslims swirling around the Ka'ba shrine in Mecca.



	ACOLYTE: A follower of Chrislam listens to a speech urging unity between the world's two largest religions. ABRAHAM MCLAUGHLIN



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