Tag: Religion
the Ukrainians massively in the churches
The Orthodox world celebrates Easter this Sunday, April 16. Despite the vagaries of war and the curfew that prevented the holding of night processions, Ukrainians went massively to churches for…
the police take action to enforce the wearing of the Islamic veil
The Iranian police had announced the entry into force from Saturday April 15 of new measures to control the wearing of the veil and to oblige women to respect the…
two Muslim mobsters murdered in front of the cameras and the police in Uttar Pradesh
Shock scene in India where two former politicians, of the Muslim faith, were coldly shot to death in the state of Uttar Pradesh. They were going to be questioned by…
Listen to the sacred world – Listen to the world
How do the sacred sounds of the world resonate with each other? How do they fill the public space on a daily basis? From the evening chant at the al…
Unpublished photos of the founder of the Mouride brotherhood given to the Senegalese embassy in Paris
On Friday April 14, six new photos of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride brotherhood, were unveiled at the Senegalese embassy in Paris in front of members of his…
In Iran, cameras to spot unveiled women
The Iranian police announced this Saturday, April 8, that henceforth unveiled women will be identified using surveillance cameras installed in public places and on the roads. With our correspondent in…
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, linked to the Moscow Patriarchate, refuses to leave the Lavra of the Caves
Tensions continue in kyiv between the Ukrainian authorities and the branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, known as the Moscow Patriarchate. The latter historically sits on the site of the…
one dead in inter-communal clashes after the feast of the god Ram
The state of Bihar has been experiencing an explosion of inter-communal violence since the feast of the god Ram on Thursday March 30. Several Muslim neighborhoods were burned there and…
Bread soon banned from Israeli hospitals?
A new text prohibits bringing into hospitals in the Jewish state foods made from wheat in particular, and containing leaven. And it’s not for health or dietary reasons. From our…
the singular destiny of the Ethiopian pianist Soeur Tsegué-Mariam Guèbrou
She had taken orders in the 1940s, after a tragic and adventurous youth in the entourage of the last emperor of Ethiopia. She had been renowned since the 1960s for…