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DR Congo's Catholic church warns of 'Islamisation' in east


DR Congo s Catholic church warns of Islamisation in east
By AFP
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Congolese army troops first intervened in Beni province in October 2019. By Alexis Huguet (AFP/File)
DR Congo s Catholic church on Thursday hit out at what it called Islamisation in the troubled east of the country, where a notorious militia group has carried out a string of massacres.
At a news conference, Congolese prelates released a message saying civilians who had escaped after being abducted by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, historically a Ugandan Islamist group, had spoken of being forced to convert to Islam .
The message denounced the Islamisation of the region to the detriment of religious freedom. ....

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Congo's bishops say diplomat's death drew attention to insecurity


Mar 3, 2021 catholic news service
A woman mourns on one of the two caskets containing the bodies of Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio and his bodyguard, Vittorio Iacovacci, at Rome s Ciampino airport Feb. 23, 2021. The two men were killed in a Feb. 22 attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern Congo. (Credit: CNS photo/Ministero della Esteri, handout via Reuters.)
As they mourned the killing of the Italian ambassador to their country, Congo s Catholic bishops said the nation s deaths, massacres, kidnappings and displacement underlined the toxic state of security, especially in the mineral-rich eastern regions.
NAIROBI, Kenya As they mourned the killing of the Italian ambassador to their country, Congo’s Catholic bishops said the nation’s deaths, massacres, kidnappings and displacement underlined the toxic state of security, especially in the mineral-rich eastern regions. ....

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Music can be a song for the soul


Author of the article: Alia Hogben
Publishing date: Jan 15, 2021  •  January 15, 2021  •  4 minute read
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Music! Lovely music, found in religious places such as churches, temples and Muslim settings, though not in mosques. Music, which transcends the narrow bounds of a specific religion and speaks to the hearts of any spiritual person who is seeking a song for the soul.
I am fortunate as I attended various schools in various countries. As the schools were run by different Christians Anglicans, Methodists and Catholics I was exposed to diverse interpretations of the religion but also to different religious music. The additional benefits were that I am Muslim and the countries I lived in were Buddhist Burma, Buddhist Japan and Hindu–Muslim India. ....

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