{"id":20557,"date":"2014-12-21T19:06:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T00:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_programme_for_christian_muslim\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T08:04:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T13:04:41","slug":"africa_partners_programme_for_christian_muslim","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_programme_for_christian_muslim\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme for Christian Muslim Relations in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA) is a programme established by the churches in Africa with the support of partner churches in Europe and North America. The background to the founding of the Programme goes back to the political and religious climate of Africa in the 1950&#8217;s. 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