Tag: Religion
after tabaski, what to do with unsold sheep?
Senegalese Muslims celebrated Tabaski on Monday June 17. The roundabouts and vacant lots where the sheep sellers have set up shop for several weeks are gradually emptying out. And for…
no Eid al-Adha or Hajj for Gazans
In more than eight months of war, Gazans have already spent Ramadan and Eid under bombs. And since yesterday, in these same disastrous conditions, they have been celebrating the second…
In West Africa, celebrating Tabaski with pomp sometimes turns out to be a financial headache
Eid el-Kebir, the biggest festival in Islam, will be celebrated on June 16 and 17, 2024 in Muslim countries and around the world. Called Tabaski in West Africa and particularly…
End of life: is there a divide with religion?
In France, debates are lively in the National Assembly on the bill opening “assisted dying”. Several articles were not decided and the solemn vote was postponed until June 18, 2024.…
Armed man who tried to set fire to synagogue in Rouen killed by police
Police officers shot dead, this Friday, May 17 in the morning, a man armed with a knife who tried to set fire to a synagogue and threatened them in Rouen,…
Supporting the end of life: a bill under debate in France
French MPs are examining a bill on active assistance in dying. A project which goes too far for some, who fear the legalization of assisted dying, and not far enough…
the Catholic Church denounces the law authorizing the castration of pedophiles
In a press release published Tuesday, May 14, the influential conference of bishops of Madagascar protested against the law authorizing a sentence of surgical castration for child rapists. A law…
Departure of French people of Muslim faith, “stigmatized through an atmospheric Islamophobia”
It is a phenomenon rarely discussed: the exile of French people of Muslim faith, discriminated against in the job market and stigmatized for their religion, their names or their origins,…
reactions to the opening of a judicial investigation against Cardinal Ambongo are increasing
Thunderclap in the DRC: the attorney general at the court of cassation ordered one of two attorneys general of Kinshasa, on the night of April 27 to 28, 2024, to…
Magali Berdah threatened with death because of her religion?
Seven people are suspected of having published messages containing death threats and insults based on her religion against Magali Berdah. All were arrested. Seven people were taken into custody on…