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The warden of the main mosque in downtown Sofia has suffered a brutal assault at the hands of unidentified attackers just minutes before the start of the morning prayer on Sunday, the Chief Mufti's Office announced. "Today we witnessed yet another attack against Sofia mosque. This morning, 20 minutes before the morning prayer, the warden of the mosque in Sofia was cruelly beaten. Unknown people have jumped over the fence of the mosque, beaten the keeper, destroyed the security room and burst into the mosque," says the statement. The man was found by worshippers who came to the mosque for the morning prayer, covered in blood and unconcious, it said. He has been taken to the emergency Pirogov hospital. "Hate crimes, acts of xenophobia and Islamophobia have risen dramatically in recent months," says the statement of the Chief Mufti's Office. Bulgaria's Interior Ministry has issued no official information about the incident so far. The news comes j

Pope Benedict XVI meets with the President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson at his private library in Vatican City on March 4, 2011.

King Albert II of Belgium kneels before the Pontius Maximus of the Holy Roman Empire on Oct 10 2009. Acting crazy.

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Nancy Pelosi a life time opportunity Portuguese First Lady Maria Cavaco Silva kisses the blessed hand of Pope Benedict XVI while her man President Anibal Cavaco Silva stands by amused, May 11 2010. Do you want Texas steak for dinner?

155 times for quran: it was mentioned 28 times... 4 time the name egypt was used 24 time it was indirectly... for the bible (but im not 100% sure about this) it was mentioned 155 times and is one of the most mentioned names in the bible.1. Yunus [10:87] 2. Yusuf [12:21] 3. Yusuf [12:37] 4. Yusuf [12:43] 5. Yusuf [12:55] 6. Yusuf [12:99] 7. Al-Isra [17:103] 8. Az-Zukhruf [43:51] 9. Ad-Dukhan [44:28] Correction: Yup 4 times is correct. 5 times it appeared as reference in brackets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEpEPfrq81w A member of Morocco's 20th Febuary movement had died Thursday from wounds sustained during a pro-democracy protest on sunday 29th May. Febuary 20th movement, which is leading street demonstrations calling for democractic change, and Al Adl wal-Ihsane (Justice and Charity), Morocco's lar gest Islamic opposition group, said 30 year old Kamal Al-Amari had died from wounds sustained in the May 29 clash in Safi, south of Rabat. "He was beaten in several places and after he went home he began to really feel the effects," Mohammed Aghnaj of Justice and Charity, said to Associated Press. The authorities are saying, Kamal Al-Amari suffered a cardiac arrest and respiratory failure, . The attorney-general had ordered an inquiry and an autopsy would now be carried out. Al-Amari died "after cardiac arrest resulting from pneumonia at the Mohammed V hospital where he was taken in the morning," the MAP news agency quot

The following is an article of Israeli Jews who have converted to Islam, translated from a Hebrew website. The sister who sent it is an Israeli convert herself who is quite active in Da'wah in Israel (to the best of her limited capacity). She converted through the efforts of some brothers at IslamReligion.com. She says that a lot of people there are taking interest in Islam and many are converting (reverting?) to Islam. Brothers, here is the translation: Precisely at the core of the largest arena of conflict between religions, the State of Israel, hundreds of Jews choose to convert and go on their way to be adherents of Muhammad and Jesus. Data shows that several hundred Israeli Jews have chosen to convert to the religion of Prophet Muhammad in the last five years, and dozens more have abandoned the faith for Christ's way. According to Justice Department data, from 2005 to 2007 there were 306 requests made by the Israeli Jews who wished to file for conversion. From thes

The separation of church and state is an impossibility, just like "legislating morality". ALL laws represent SOMEONE'S morality, whether that morality is Adolph Hitler's or Jesus Christ's. Therefore, It is NOT a question of "legislating morality;" it is a question of "Whose morality are we going to legislate?" Pro 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan. “Everyone must submit to the governing authorities,” the passage reads, “for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God.” After reading that passage, some ask “why, then should we be involved in politics, support wars, or campaign for human rights?“ If we stop reading there, it is easy to conclude that not only is it unimportant but that it is actually wrong for Christians to be active in politics, whether through grassroots electoral efforts, lawsuits protecting religious freedom or ques