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      ‘Not even water?’: Ramadan radio show demystifies Dutch Muslim life

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 2 April - 04:00

    All-female lineup of presenters hope to break harmful Islamic stereotypes after Geert Wilders’ election victory

    An hour before dawn in a nondescript building in Hilversum, a sleepy town half an hour south of Amsterdam, Nora Akachar grabs the microphone. There is nothing unique about a radio host summoning the nation out of its slumber. But this is, in her own words, “a big deal”.

    The Dutch Moroccan actor turned radio host is live on air presenting Suhoor Stories, a talk radio show presented by seven Dutch Muslim women, inviting Muslim guests to demystify Ramadan for the wider public. The programme is believed to be Europe’s only daily Ramadan radio and television show aired by a national public broadcaster.

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      Rugby league urged to pause matches for fasting players during Ramadan

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 1 April - 12:23

    • Former England international Ikram Butt asks RFL to act
    • ‘It’s a small moment that would have a large meaning’

    The first Muslim to represent England’s rugby league side has joined the growing number of calls for the Rugby Football League to follow the example of other sports and introduce pauses allowing players observing Ramadan to break their fasts “as a matter of urgency”.

    A number of Super League players are currently fasting during Ramadan, with the London Broncos duo, Iliess Macani and Hakim Miloudi, recently revealing to the Observer that Miloudi was forced to break his fast mid-match, consuming food and drink while the game was ongoing due to the lack of a proper break for players to eat their first meal after sunset, known as the iftar. The Salford centre Nene Macdonald did the same during their match against Leigh on Saturday evening.

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    Depuis hier cela n'arrête pas. À moins de NE PAS se connecter à un réseau ou médium social, on ne peut éviter ce genre de publication. Partout on en trouve.

    Y compris par des gens qui diraient sans doute juste « ne pas faire de politique » ou « C'est la Tradition. »

    Tout est politique. On ne peut crédiblement arguer du contraire quand on se présente comme athé(e) ou non-chrétien(ne) et que l'on promeut quand même telle pratique.

    Si au prochain #Aïd ou #Ramadan les Musulmans publiaient quelque chose de similaire, cela hurlerait au prosélytisme « on n'est plus chez nous », etc.

    Mais comme c'est chrétien et catholique, les gens tolèrent ce qu'ils ne laisseraient pas passer venant d'autres. Encore une illustration du #privilègeChrétien