People gather to form a woman symbol to celebrate International Women’s Day at Manila’s Rizal Park on March 8, 2014. The organizers hope to bring in 10,000 participants and set a Guinness World Record for the largest human woman symbol. The event’s official recorded participants have yet to be announced by Guinness World Records. MANILA, … Read more
Images of ‘starchitect’ Zaha Hadid’s designs for a new dramatic 40-floor ‘City of Dreams’ hotel in Cotai, Macau, have been revealed. The tower building features an exposed exoskeleton forming a geometric pattern over the exterior of the building. The structure’s rectangular form is broken up by a series of voids carved through the center of … Read more
GENEVA, December 19, 2013 (AFP) – UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday demanded the release of leading Syrian women’s rights campaigner Razan Zeitouneh and three fellow activists, abducted last week by unknown kidnappers. “We have all got to demand that they are released,” Brahimi told activists from Syria and other countries as well … Read more
Pakistan Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice, Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed (R), receives an oath from Justice Ashraf Jehan (L) as she becomes a judge at the sharia court in Karachi on December 30, 2013. Pakistan’s national sharia court, which hears cases under the country’s Islamic legislation, appointed a female judge for the first time in … Read more
British imams take a stand against an armed organization claiming to speak on behalf of all Sunni Muslims. Islamic leaders in the UK, worried about British Muslims traveling to fight in areas of conflict such as Iraq and Syria, encourage unity across “colors, nationalities, cultures and creeds” in this video organized by Faith Associates consultancy and … Read more