Europe’s most beautiful minaret” at UK mosque

Bradford’s Madni mosque, in northern England, has beaten 50 others to win the title of “Europe’s most beautiful minaret,” the European parliament was told Tuesday. The mosque in Bradford, which has a large Muslim population, was only inaugurated in 2008. Its four minarets won the prize from a shortlist including mosques in Stockholm, Rome. Oslo…

Tiger Woods and the Politics of Fanaticism

The  shift from Tiger Woods‘s past to his future occurred when he apologised for marital transgressions on 19 February 2010. Casting himself as a modern day Icarus, Woods spoke of the ugliness of arrogance, and the shame of forsaking his parents’ teachings. He acknowledged remorse at the pain he inflicted upon friends, family members, professional…