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Turks seek shelter of Islam
after tremors
Thousands of Turkish citizens have been turning to Islam ever since the massive earthquake of August 17 that killed 17,000, injured 60,000 and caused more than $12 billion in damage, according to the Turkish government. The head of the Religious Affairs Department, Mohammad Nuri Yilmaz said that his department had received 15,349 written requests to learn about Islam in November alone. Another 36,000 requests were received by phone this year.
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The editor of Egypt's largest opposition paper was released from prison, but still faces charges of "slandering the deputy prime minister." Majdi Hussein, editor of Al-Shaab, and two other journalists at the paper were released by the Egyptian Court of Appeals. They were arrested in August after an article criticizing Egypt's deputy prime minister Yusuf Wali for his drive to normalize relations with Israel.
Even before the eight-day gathering of the third Parliament of the World Religions conference in Cape Town, South Africa, was over, all could tell that it would go down as a historical event. The conference brought together some 6,000 delegates of all religions from 70 countries to the opening session last Wednesday. Organizers had originally expected 10,000 people to attend. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Bahais, Buddhists, Confucians, Jains, Mormons, Native Americans, Sikhs, Taoists, Unitarians, Zoroastrians and members of traditional African religions could all be found in attendance.
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