In the early 1990s, Kristiane Backer became one of the very first presenters on MTV Europe. For years she lived and breathed the international music scene, quickly gaining a cult following amongst viewers and becoming a darling of the European press. Rubbing shoulders with the likes of Mick Jagger, Bono, Bob Geldof, Jim Kerr, Take That and Cat Stevens, Kristiane was catapulted to the forefront of popular culture.

Credit Photo: Goutamkhandelwal Germany has the largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France. Approximately 4 million Muslims live in Germany, and 80% of them do not have German citizenship; 608,000 are German citizens.1 100,000 of them are German converts to Islam.2 Recent statistics show a continuing increase in their numbers. There are at least [...]

Iceland is a Nordic European island country situated at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.The country has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km2 The capital and largest city is Reykjavík. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active. The Nordic country of Iceland has one of the smallest [...]

(Source TRT) The municipality of Sweden’s capital Stockholm has taken a historic decision, giving approval for the first time ever to the call for prayer from the mosque. In line with that decision, a muezzin will recite the call for prayer at the prescçribed time on Fridays from the minaret of the Fittja Grand Mosque [...]

Credit Photo: Stock Xchng The prime evidence comes in the form of a highly sophisticated mathematical code embedded in an ancient document, the Quran. In 1974, computer decoding of this document unveiled an intricate mathematical pattern based on the prime number 19. Although the Quran has been in existence for over 1406 years, its mathematical [...]