Traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks in central Brussels have been canceled due to a continuing terror threat, officials said. The popular downtown Christmas market closed early on December 31st, rather than staying open all night, and the adjacent skating rink shut down at 8pm. The terror threat is related to a December 21st arrest of…
By Reza Aslan Every time I hear about how Sen. Barack Obama is going to “re-brand” America’s image in the Middle East, I can’t help but think about Jimmy Carter’s toast. When the idealistic Democrat came to Iran in 1977 to ring in the new year with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the country’s much-despised despot,…
The city of Ourense recently premiered its first butcher shop offering various meats slaughters according to Muslim rites. Merbah Abdelouahab Chorti, an Algerian in Ourense who decided to open up the shop after his own dissatisfaction of not being able to find permissible meat to cook with and eat in the town. His halal shop…
