Category: Breaking News
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God is not white
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Tune in every Wednesday at 7 PM EST for a thought-provoking discussion on themes related to an increasingly uneasy relationship modern-day Africans of the continent and its diaspora are developing with Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) which were mobilized to subjugate their ancestors over centuries of foreign invasion. To receive regular alerts and updates,…
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No to Organized Religion, It's Spirit that Counts
By Brian StevensHaitian Times Staff , Published in May 2000 MIAMI – With the provocative title “Viv Bondye, Aba Relijyon” (Long live God, Down with Religion) it is no surprise the author Jafrikayiti wants to shake up the traditional take on spirituality and faith and reclaim a domain he says is dominated by those who…
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What ought to be Canada’s policy towards Haiti?
This year, as Canadians head to the polls, a Montreal-based group known as Québec-Haiti Solidarity: Petro Challenge 2019 undertook several actions to alert Canadians that something is horribly wrong with Canadian policy towards Haiti. During my speech delivered at their October 12th demonstration, I emphasized an often-neglected aspect of that policy which is most disturbing:…
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Can Haitians help make Canada better!?
This year, an unprecedented event took place on Canada Day, in Ottawa. A group of Canadians answered a fellow citizen’s challenge to host the first ever “Make Canada Better – Speaker’s Corner”. The challenge went up on Facebook and Twitter, on June 16, 2019. It called for speakers to come to Ottawa on July 1st…