Eid Mubarak to all readers! It’s Eid al-Hajj today, the Muslim celebration of pilgrimage, as everyone here already knows.
This is a public holiday in multi-religious Tanzania where approximately half of the population are Christian and the other half Muslim – and religious conflicts are practically non-existent.
We had a discussion earlier in the week on what we should do during the Eid. Should we break for the day altogether, or should we go on with the training nevertheless, but provide an opportunity for the Muslim participants to go for their prayers during the day? Consensus was reached that we will have the training as scheduled, though starting an hour later in the morning so everyone who wants can go to the mosque for the morning prayers.
Today the plan is to visit a number of international news sites and other web resources on Africa. We shall then move on to some fact-finding assignments, starting with very simple ones, searching for capitals or presidents of different countries. But first of all we are going to learn how to provide links to the blog texts.
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