Daily Archives: November 23, 2008
Qatari Sheikha Opens Museum of Islamic Art
The tiny country of Qatar inaugurated its new Museum of Islamic Art, meant to showcase how Islam is a religion of tolerance and not of terrorism.
Sheikha Al-Mayassa, daughter of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, was at the opening in Doha. She is the president of Qatar's museum authority.
"We want to show that Islam is a peaceful civilization, which has always called for tolerance and coexistence amongst different peoples," she told journalists.
The gas-rich Gulf state wants Read more [...]
Dutch Royals Welcome Holland’s Santa Claus
The little princesses of Holland were out Saturday to see every young child's dream: Santa Claus, or Sinterklaas as he is known in the Netherlands.
Princesses Amalia, Alexia and Ariane were with their parents, the Crown Princely couple, Willem-Alexander and Maxima, in the town of Wassenaar - a suburb of the Hague - to welcome Saint Nicholas and his servants, who are known as Zwarte Pieten. Amalia and Ariane sat a top of their parents' shoulders, while Alexia sat on top of the shoulders of the Read more [...]
