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Zimbabwe jails self-professed Congolese Satanists

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Two Congolese refugees who claim to be devil worshippers say they have been unjustly jailed in Zimbabwe for wanting to practice their cult in the southern African nation.

The men said they have been held in a Harare prison for a year awaiting deportation after they asked to be allowed to form a "church to worship Satan" at a refugee camp in southeastern Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is predominantly Christian and Satanism is not recognized as a legal faith.

Prison officials said Thursday they are in a quandary over the fate of the Satanists who are sowing fear among other prison inmates and prison staff alike. The two cannot be deported unless the United Nations revokes their refugee status.

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