The Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?
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The Holy Land is where Christmas began. But with the relative decline of Christianity there, does the yuletide still retain its spirit?
Although alcohol is 'haraam', Muslim societies have rarely managed to stay on the wagon, and vital parts of their culture have developed under the influence.
Home-grown terrorism in Norway, a resumption of border controls in Denmark and an increasingly immigration-weary Sweden. Is right-wing politics taking hold in the once-tolerant Nordic countries?
Had the threat from far-right extremists been taken more seriously, could the Norway tragedy have been averted?
Het zogenaamde 'burqaverbod' is een vrouwvriendelijke wetvoorstel.
In South Dakota, everyone knows that the climate is just right - and that global warming is just the hot air of science.
