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Guadeloupe, Martinique: Soccer & Religion

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 @ 18:58 UTC

by Fabienne Flessel

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Countries:: Martinique, Guadeloupe
Topics:: Religion, Sport
Languages:: Arabic, French, English, French Creoles

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Guadeloupe, Martinique : Foot et religion

A video showing an interview of the famous French soccer player Thierry Henry in which he expresses his affiliation to Islam, has caught the attention of Martinican blogger Bondamanjak [Fr/Fr Cr] and triggered impassioned comments from readers.

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