Religion Archives - China Heralder https://chinaheralder.com/category/religion/ Voice of Great China Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://chinaheralder.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-china-heralder-Favico-32x32.png Religion Archives - China Heralder https://chinaheralder.com/category/religion/ 32 32 Tajikistan: Has anything changed? https://chinaheralder.com/2024/09/04/tajikistan-has-anything-changed/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:20:53 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=7640 Brussels/Dushanbe (10/8- 75) Once more Tajikistan comes on the radar screen. Who will be the next president of Tajikistan? How is the ban on the hijab helping the deradicalization of Tajik society? What is the role of the Chinese and Russian influence? And how is the relationship with the European Union coming along?  Every year […]

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]]> Demand For Exorcisms On The Rise In Tajikistan And Central Asia, Despite Crackdown, Scandals https://chinaheralder.com/2024/03/17/demand-for-exorcisms-on-the-rise-in-tajikistan-and-central-asia-despite-crackdown-scandals/ Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:25:11 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=7220 Exorcism is a key source of income for Sabohiddin Shodiev, a popular cleric in his rural community on the outskirts of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Shodiev — not his real name — says that every week he treats about 15 clients who ask him to expel what they believe is an evil spirit, or […]

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]]> Pope Gives ‘noble’ Chinese People a Shoutout at Mass in Mongolia https://chinaheralder.com/2023/09/08/pope-gives-noble-chinese-people-a-shoutout-at-mass-in-mongolia/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 13:29:23 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=5713 “I ask Chinese Catholics to be good Christians and good citizens,” he said. ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Pope Francis sent a special greeting to China’s “noble” people on Sunday, giving them a special shout-out at the end of a Mass celebrated in neighboring Mongolia during the first-ever papal visit that was largely overshadowed by Beijing and […]

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]]> Yunnan Protest: Mosque Closure Sees Clashes With Security Forces https://chinaheralder.com/2023/06/20/yunnan-protest-mosque-closure-sees-clashes-with-security-forces/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:10:00 +0000 https://chinaheralder.com/?p=4933 Protesters have clashed with large numbers of police over the planned demolition of a mosque’s dome in a largely-Muslim town in Yunnan, China. Social media videos showed crowds outside the 13th-century Najiaying Mosque in Nagu town on Saturday. Scuffles broke out between police and locals, who were hemmed in by hundreds of armed officers. Yunnan, […]

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