Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Konya: Mevlana Rumi's city

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After Eskisehir, next stop was Konya. We traveled by a Turkish Railways high speed bullet train - yes, Turkish Railways have high speed ...
Monday, 25 March 2019

Istanbul – not Constantinople

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Turkey is a long way from Singapore. And despite 97 percent of the country's land mass and approximately 90 percent of Turkey's ...
Sunday, 8 October 2017

Radicalizing ASEAN's Muslims: ASEAN's Myanmar problem

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It is a sad day when in 2017 a Nobel Peace Prize winner presides over a process which the United Nations refers to as ethnic cleansing ....
Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Of Mostar and Muslims seeking the grace of the Virgin Mary

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I have had the privilege of visiting Islam’s holiest city Mecca a couple of times, admittedly as a young boy. I have prayed to holy men ...
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Friday, 8 April 2016

Trump is good for Islam - no joke!

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No, the title is not an error. Yes, the man who wishes to ban all non-resident Muslims from entering the United States is good ...
Thursday, 10 September 2015

Hat Yai: Southern Thailand's frontier market town

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Hat Yai is the capital of Thailand's Songkhla province. The city is perhaps best known for being the last major Thai settlement on ...
Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Are there any Malays in the audience?

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Undoubtedly, many Singaporeans have seen the above message. It is doing the rounds on social media. Am I alone in belie...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Sarajevo: Bosnia’s microcosm of humanity

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If Serbia was an eye-opener then Bosnia was no less an amazing experience ! As the crow flies, the distance between Belgrade...
Monday, 6 April 2015

Byzantine churches, Ottoman mosques and Constantinople's conversion to Istanbul

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Many in predominantly Christian parts of Europe associate Turks and Turkey only with Islam. I have even heard some refer to a mosqu...