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  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 18:50 UTC

    Religious intolerance on the rise in Brazil

    Mãe Gilda became a symbol for the religions of an African matrix after her home in Salvador was attacked

    According to the “II Report on Religious Intolerance: Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean,” a publication by the Center for Articulation of Marginalized Populations and the Observatory for Religious Freedoms, with support from the Representation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in Brazil, an increase in cases of religious intolerance has been detected in the country, Agencia Brasil reported. The survey was conducted as part of the Jan. 21 National Day Against Religious Intolerance.