At the end of the first day of Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, 1954 people were reported to be injured in Turkey as they were trying to slaughter sheep and cows, as Hürriyet reports.2 died of heart attack during the act of amateur butchership.
Eid al-Adha | Turkish Islam | Muslim holidays
Previous year reports here.
And more the Turkish society:
And now there’s a T-shirt to prove it. Hiney shirts at CafePress
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Closing speech by Wim Wenders, President of the European Film Academy, during the European Culture Forum.
The speech was read out by EFA director Ms Döring, and is available for download as a PDF on the European Commission website.
A few months ago, the European Film Academy organised a think tank dedicated to “THE IMAGE OF EUROPE”.
The think tank took place under the patronage of the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, who actually joined us on that occasion and took a very active and very outspoken part in it.
and Erkan’s rounup of interesting things from the web: