Reconciling Ramadan and Covid-19 restrictions
By: Kpénahi Traoré Follow
The month of Ramadan has already started 3 weeks ago, and this year is happening in a rather specific context. Because we are learning to live with the new coronavirus while waiting for a vaccine to be found.
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If in some countries, like Burkina Faso, mosques have reopened; in other countries, for example Senegal and Niger, places of worship are still closed.
In France, the health crisis caused a reorganization of associations like Islamic relief which, during Ramadan, used to serve collective meals for the breaking of the fast.
How to integrate the community dimension of Ramadan at a time when the Covid isolates believers from each other?
Guests :
- Bréhima Eli Dicko , sociologist in Mali
- Rachid Lahlou , president and founder of Secours Islamique.
Initiative of the week: Sandra Idoussou , president of the Sachet Héloué association in Benin and initiator of “Solidarity basket”.
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