Tag: religious
“Many adolescent girls live under the constraint of religious prohibitions” – L’Express
On April 2, Samara, a 13-year-old teenager, was violently attacked in front of her Arthur-Rimbaud college in Montpellier by several young people of her age, to the point of being…
the marriage of a 12-year-old girl to a religious man causes scandal
The Attorney General and the Ministry of Justice have requested the opening of an investigation into a child marriage on the outskirts of the capital Accra. An alleged union, widely…
The 2004 law on religious symbols is 20 years old: the system “has been well respected”
Twenty years after the 2004 law in France on the wearing of religious symbols at school, things are mostly going smoothly, school leaders assure, despite some highly publicized conflicts. “Today,…
20 years after the 2004 law, religious symbols in public schools still in the news
This Friday, March 15, we commemorate the anniversary of a pillar of French secularism: the law of March 15, 2004 which prohibits the wearing of signs or outfits ostensibly demonstrating…
End of life: religious figures express their opposition to the bill in a book
The Head of State therefore decided after months of consultations on the draft law on the end of life. In particular, he received on several occasions the leaders of the…
Modi’s dangerous religious shift – L’Express
A saffron fever has gripped India. For several weeks, garlands of orange pennants have invaded markets across the country. At all the red lights, on the main roads of New…
Kylian Mbappé owes his first name to this famous religious and there is nothing banal about it
French football star, Kylian Mbappé doesn’t have such a common first name and here’s why. Choosing a first name is never easy when you become parents, even if for some,…
two filmmakers risk a year in prison for insulting “religious feelings”
At issue: their film Mentega Terbang (“ Butterfly » in Malay) banned in the country. While critics of the film call it “blasphemous “, on Wednesday, a court in Kuala…
the role of traditional education against religious extremism
The 4th edition of the African Peace Conference opened on January 9 in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The aim of this Emirati initiative of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace is to…
concern over arrests of religious leaders for critical comments
In Mali, the arrests of religious leaders in recent days are worrying. After the arrest and incarceration of the preacher Chouala Bayaya Haidara last month, following critical comments, it was…