Sep 23, 2008
By
Rose Athumani
All Africa
The Government of Tanzania generally respects the right of religious freedom, an international religious freedom report for 2008 says.
The country's constitution still provided for the freedom of worship which did not change during the period of reporting, according to the report prepared by the US department of State.
The report, however, said, "some societal tensions between Muslims and Christians persisted, as well as a few cases of increased tension between secular and fundamentalist Muslims."
The report, usually forwarded to the US Congress and released on Friday, gave Tanzania the highest level of respect for religions assigned by the report. Countries in this category were said to have "generally respected" freedom to worship.