Trinidad and Tobago: Muslims and Hindus likely to be disadvantaged in COVID-19 grants
The word “church” is used by the Government but not “masjid”, “temple” or “mandir”, much like the duplicitous exclusion of non-Christian organisations in many “inter-faith services”. Is this an expression of indifference, intolerance, non-recognition or contempt for non-Christian faiths by an Afro-Christian-led Government? In an ethnically-plural society like ours, “church” cannot be used as a generic term. It connotes exclusion and discrimination.
The Durban climate deal: Winners & Losers
by Tim Gore, Oxfam
In the early hours of a December Sunday morning, governments meeting at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa,...
