Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: razzle

“I wonder if the Kalpoe boys are Muslims.”

Yes. I can’t place their facial features to guess their origin. They could be Muslims.

It would help to know from where (country) the name “Kalpoe” originated.


130 posted on 11/21/2007 2:36:34 PM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 98 | View Replies ]


To: GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
It would help to know from where (country) the name “Kalpoe” originated.

The CNN news story said they're Surinamese (Suriname -- formerly Dutch Guiana in South America). The population is quite a mix per Wikipedia: East Indians (37%), Creoles (31%), Javanese (15%), Maroons (10%), Amerindians (1%-3%), Chinese, Boeroes and Jews.

Because of the great number of ethnic groups in the country, there is no main religion. Christianity, both in the form of Roman Catholicism and variations of Protestantism, is dominant among Creoles and Maroons. Most of the Hindustani are Hindu, but they also practice Islam and Christianity. The Javanese also practice both Islam and Christianity. At 20% of the population, Suriname has the largest Muslim community by percentage in the New World.

138 posted on 11/21/2007 2:54:57 PM PST by maryz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 130 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson