“Lead with your children” -Pro-Tinubu group tells sponsors of nationwide protests
03 Aug
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“Lead with your children” -Pro-Tinubu group tells sponsors of nationwide protests

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Politics tamfitronics Groups in Adamawa state opposing the nationwide hardship protest have called on the leaders and sponsors of the protest to lead the processions with their children.Members of the groups trooped out on the second day of the protest, Friday, August 2, in solidarity rallies expressing support for President Bola Tinubu instead of protesting against him.They carried placards accusing the protest leaders and financiers of selfishness and insincerity for directing the protest from behind the scenes.One of the placards read: “Let those pushing for a forceful change of government lead the procession with their children.”The pro-Tinubu groups insisted that President Tinubu had done enough good for Nigeria to be encouraged to continue as a president.They also stated in one of their placards that it should be Tinubu as Nigeria’s president to 2031.Spokesman of the...
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‘Not in the hearts of the Yolŋu’: Djawa Yunupingu says Peter Dutton ignored his invitation to Garma
02 Aug
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‘Not in the hearts of the Yolŋu’: Djawa Yunupingu says Peter Dutton ignored his invitation to Garma

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Politics tamfitronics The first Garma festival to be held in the wake of the Voice referendum's defeat has kicked off in Arnhem Land.The four-day celebration of Yolŋu culture is also the biggest political event on the First Nations calendar, a chance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from around the continent to meet and discuss common goals.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and newly appointed Indigenous Affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy will arrive on Friday in time for panels and keynote addresses, but one political figure not expected to show is Peter Dutton. Despite a history of bipartisanship, this year's festival is the first in years expected to have no representation from the Coalition.Djawa Yunupingu, chair of the Yothu Yindu Foundation, which hosts Garma, expressed disappointment in the absence. "Of course, I'd be happy to see both the...
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Israel’s military drafts ultra-Orthodox Jews, but the battle over serving the ‘army of God’ vs. the army of the state isn’t over
02 Aug
Politics

Israel’s military drafts ultra-Orthodox Jews, but the battle over serving the ‘army of God’ vs. the army of the state isn’t over

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Politics tamfitronics (The Conversation) — In late July 2024, the Israeli military sent out the first 1,000 conscription notices to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, following a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that the government must stop exempting them.But will these Haredim, as the ultra-Orthodox are called in Israel, actually join the Israel Defense Forces and be followed by thousands more in the near future? It depends on whom they obey: the state authorities or their religious authorities.Yitzhak Yosef, whose term as one of the government’s two chief rabbis recently ended, told religious students that “anyone who receives a draft notice should tear it up and not go,” the Israeli paper Yedioth Ahronoth reported. “He is a soldier in the army of God.”Yosef is not the only Haredi rabbi to oppose army service, and many Haredi men have...
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