Tag: religious
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St. Paul schools to review policy banning holiday parties
Brian Sanders objects to the district’s school-sponsored parties for Hmong New Year, which he considers a religious holiday. Speaking during a board meeting in August, he said the district ought to honor all cultures or none. In a school board work … Read Full Article
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Attack on Hmong Christians Shows Lack of Religious Freedom
ICC Note: Recent attack on ethnic minority Hmong Christians in Vietnam’s northwestern highlands shows a deterioration in religious freedom. 24 recent converts were attacked by a mob, leaving four hospitalized. These types of attack have multiplied in … Read Full Article
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Luang Prabang: Laos’ golden city
The villages were a mosaic of tribal ethnicities – Hmong, Yao, Lahu and Akha peoples. Each village, each tribe, had its own traditions of weaving, its own distinctive dress and its own religious practises involving spirit houses and ancestor worship. Read Full Article
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Obituaries for Sunday, Sept. 24
Arrangements: Farewell Funeral Service. CHANG — Kha Vang Chang, 71, of Fresno died Aug. 31. She was a homemaker. Traditional Hmong Service: 8 a.m. Sept. 30 to 8 a.m. Oct. 2 at Faith Community Religious Center. Arrangements: Cherished Memories Memorial … Read Full Article
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Religious Liberty Attorney: ‘Taxman has no Business’ Editing Sermons
In the case, the proposed defendant-intervenors are Rev. Charles Moodie of Chicago City Life Center, Wisconsin-based Pastor Koua Vang of Hmong Baptist Ministry, Father Patrick Malone and Father Malone’s church, Holy Cross Anglican Church of Milwaukee. Read Full Article
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Woodward Park gives Fresno families a place to celebrate kinship on Easter
Some family members came from as far as Sacramento. Thao, who is Hmong, said her family practices traditional shamanism but are not very religious. Celebrating Easter has just become something her family adapted to over the years and is a way for family to … Read Full Article
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County administrator deserves our support
What they actually saw was joss paper, used in Hmong religious ceremonies, formed into a chain and draped over a simple cross. This was a symbolic gesture stating that Hmong of different religious practices — Hmong Christians and Hmong Shamans — were … Read Full Article
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Creativity Counts: New Approaches Help Religious Borrowers
According to the report from Fannie Mae, certain religious groups including Orthodox Jews, Members of the Hmong community, and some Muslim borrowers are not able to pay interest due to their religious practices. Because of this, lenders have found … Read Full Article