Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Reverence for the sacred waters of the Ganga and belief in its power to wash away sins bring millions to India’s Maha Kumbh festival

By Sudipta Sen, Professor of History, University of California, Davis

Ritual bathing at the confluence of large rivers has long held special significance in Hindu rituals. Sangam, where the Ganga and Yamuna are believed to meet the fabled Saraswati, is the most revered.

Read complete article

~	Egypt: Immediately release Badr Mohamed who has served his unjust protest-related sentence

~	Friendship, a covenant, romance – no matter what you call it, David’s love for Jonathan is one of the Bible’s most beautiful

~	Why is Trump’s preferential treatment of Russia shifting? Because there’s nothing in it for him

~	Violent crime in South Africa happens mostly in a few hotspots: police resources should focus there – criminologist

~	US health funding cuts: what Nigeria stands to lose

~	How to reproduce with two fathers – and no biological mother

~	Trump’s second tone: authoritarian, radical and triumphalist in a divided US

~	Trump’s Gaza threat shows the Middle East is both safer and more turbulent post-war

~	Nigeria’s Brics partnership: economist outlines potential benefits

~	Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse