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View of Saudi's planned Kingdom Tower

View of Saudi's planned Kingdom Tower

At over 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) and a total construction area of 530,000 square meters (5.7 million square feet), Kingdom Tower will be the centrepiece and first construction phase of the $20 billion Kingdom City development in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea. Photograph: Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture

Beauty queen stabbed in broad daylight

By Maridol Ra?oa-Bismark, Yahoo!

Miss Earth 2008 Karla Paula Henry was stabbed outside her Mandaluyong condominium on Thursday, August 11.

A drunk tenant stabbed the 25-year-old beauty queen from Cebu at the parking lot of the California Garden Square condominium in Mandaluyong City, ABS-CBN's "TV Patrol" reported later Thursday.

Friends rushed Karla to a nearby Mandaluyong hospital before transferring her to  St. Luke's Global City in Taguig City.

Karla is now out of danger and doctors are observing her condition, a reliable source said.

“We should remind everyone to be extra careful, because people can just attack you,  even in broad daylight,” advised the source, Karla’s friend, who wished not to be named.

Henry,a Fil-Canadian, won the eighth edition of the Miss Earth Pageant at the Clark Expo in Angeles, Pampanga in 2008. She was the first candidate from the host country to win the title.

The source said Karla continued to help promote  environmental causes even after her reign.

Through Miss Earth Foundation’s "I Love My Planet Earth School Tour," Karla visited more than 20 schools and communities, teaching kids about the environment, through games, songs, storytelling, and tree-planting activities. 

South Indian actress Nayanthara changes religion?

By Indo Asian News Service, IANS

Bangalore, Aug 9 (IANS) Top southern actress Nayanthara has converted from Christianity to Hinduism, say sources close to the Arya Samaj, even as she herself maintains a studied silence on the issue.

Nayanthara, born and brought up as Diana Mariam Kurian, was a born Christian. She changed her name because of her foray into films.

She reportedly converted to Hinduism Sunday morning at the Arya Samaj Temple in Chennai, the sources said, adding she has retained her name Nayanthara.

Some see it as a step towards her impending marriage to actor-director Prabhu Deva who divorced his earlier wife, a Muslim and did not change her religion at the time of marriage.

Nayanthara is tightlipped. Asked about her marriage, she says: 'No comments.'

On Sunday morning, the actress reportedly headed straight to the Arya Samaj Temple on Waltax Road.

She went through all the religious processes as per the scriptures. All the procedures of 'Shuddhi Karma', a procedure involving Vedic purification, were meticulously followed, say the sources close to Arya Samaj.

They also added that a 'homan' or fire ritual was held where Nayantara chanted hymns and the Sankeerthan Mantra.

Incidentally, the members of Prabhu Deva's family are devotees of the Suttur Mutt in Mysore. His parents are devotees of Male Mahadeshwara Swamy.

The sources said Nayanthara left soon after the purification ceremony. A certificate of conversion to Hinduism was issued to her. The actress flew back to Kochi by an evening flight.

It is reported that her parents have expressed their opposition to Nayanthara's desire to convert to Hinduism.

Nayanthara's last film 'Ramayana', directed by veteran director Bapu, was completed only a few days ago.

Nayanthara who plays Sita's role in the film became emotional on the last day of her shoot and even lay prostrate before all the elders in the unit, including the octogenarian director Bapu.

Nayanthara says her decision to convert to Hinduism is purely personal.

'Yes, I have become a Hindu and it's my own personal decision. I went through the entire ceremony with passion and conviction,' she is believed to have told a friend.

She sports a tattoo of Prabhu Deva on her body. The couple were also seen in some film related functions together.

Obama hosts iftar dinner at the White House

By Arab News

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama honored Muslim Americans on Wednesday night at the White House’s annual Ramadan dinner. With only a month to go before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Obama emphasized the role that Muslim Americans played in the wake of the attacks, and their contributions to the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Muslim Americans were (the) first responders ... the EMTs ... the nurse who tended to so many victims, the naval officer at the Pentagon who rushed into the flames and pulled the injured to safety,” the president told approximately 100 guests before the meal.

The tradition of hosting an iftar at the White House was begun by President Bill Clinton, and continued by George W. Bush. This was Obama’s third Ramadan dinner as president.

In the audience were the two members of Congress who practice Islam, Reps. Andre Carson, D-Indiana and Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota; as well as Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, and Rep. Donald Payne, D-New Jersey, who represent large Muslim communities. Government officials, Muslim ambassadors, Muslim community leaders and other leaders of faith groups were also invited.

Arizona Cardinals safety Hamza Abdullah and his brother, Husain Abdullah, who plays for the Minnesota Vikings, were first time guests at the White House Iftar.

Outside the limelight, Ramadan also is being celebrated throughout the US.

The Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, in Falls Church, Virginia, is working with other faith leaders in the fight against hunger in their community in hosting as part of the observance of Ramadan, offering free dinners to all needy families in the Falls Church community.

The executive director, Samir Abo-Issa, said the mosque is feeding over 800 people every night, using the theme “A Ramadan Without Hunger,” they have opened the doors to “share what we have with our neighbors who are less fortunate.”

 “Feeding the hungry is an obligation of faith, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) teaches, you are not a believer if you go to bed with your stomach full while your neighbor is hungry,” said Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, director of outreach for the mosque.

For many Muslims here, Ramadan also is an opportunity to educate non-Muslim friends about their culture and traditions.

“Fasting is an important matter especially in this month,” said Imam Abdulla Khouj, president of the Islamic Center in Washington, the oldest one in the US capital area, and which feeds more than 500 people daily during Ramadan.

Imam Khouj said the Ramadan greetings offered by American presidents have helped raise awareness about Ramadan among Americans.

“The president of a great country acknowledges the fact that people are fasting and somehow shares with them their feelings, and at the same time makes them feel that they are welcomed in this country,” said Imam Khouj. In addition, he says Ramadan is an opportunity to educate non-Muslims during interfaith iftars.

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