Tag: Religion
Pro-democracy cardinal arrested then released in Hong Kong
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, arrested on Wednesday May 11 under the national security law, was released on bail a few hours later by the pro-Beijing authorities in the territory. In a…
Singapore censors Indian film stigmatizing Kashmiri Muslims
This is a movie Singaporeans won’t see: Kashmir Files, Indian drama about the flight of members of the Hindu elite from Kashmir. It has been massively promoted by the government…
Foreign priests in France: the great essentials
Great report They come mostly from Africa, but also from Europe, and increasingly from Asia and Latin America: foreign priests. Commonly called “priests fidei donum », they are 2,000 in…
Another confined Eid for Singapore’s Muslim migrant workers, after two years of Covid
This is the third Ramadan that Muslim migrant workers in Singapore have lived confined, in gigantic and often overcrowded dormitories. These men, who come from Bangladesh in particular, still undergo…
Between Jews and Muslims, deep links traced to the Porte-Dorée
Cultural meeting The Palais de la Porte-Dorée is hosting its first exhibition of the year. It traces the links between Jews and Muslims, from colonial France to the present day.…
In Senegal, the Korité festival marked by the joy of reunions and calls for peace
This Monday, May 2, is a public holiday in Senegal, as in many Muslim countries, for the Korité festival, or Aïd el Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting…
Afghanistan celebrates its first Eid al-Fitr since the Taliban took power
Afghanistan celebrates Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, the most important celebration of the Muslim calendar with Eid al-Adha, Sunday May 1. A symbol for…
In Senegal, the great Blanchot mosque in Dakar has reopened after four years of work
The last Friday of Ramadan, April 29, was marked by the completion of the rehabilitation of the Grand Blanchot Mosque, in the heart of downtown Dakar. Historical mosque of the…
Pope Francis wants to strengthen the fight against pedocrime in the Church
The sovereign pontiff received this Friday, April 29, the members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, asking them ” a new start to combat the scourge of…
the mosque of Pessac wins its case and can remain open
In France, the highest administrative court gives reason to the mosque of Pessac, in the suburbs of Bordeaux, suspected by the authorities of spreading “a Salafist ideology”. The Council of…