Article 7344E Sabbath observance dwindling on the islands of Outer Hebrides

Sabbath observance dwindling on the islands of Outer Hebrides

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editors@theworld.org (Richard Baynes)
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The Outer Hebrides, off the north-west of Scotland, are a remote, beautiful and sometimes awe-inspiring place. Also known as the Western Isles, they're the UK's last bastion of old-fashioned Christian Sunday observance, with strictures against working, shopping and even leisure activities on the Sabbath. But ... things are changing. DW's Richard Baynes sent us this report from Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis and Harris.

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