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...Anti-Islam extremist Geert Wilders won elections in the Netherlands in November and the far right is expected to enjoy a surge in support in much of the EU in European parliament elections in June....
...The actor hasn’t converted to Islam — he has just committed to the function, in the same way he commits to all of his projects....
...In his autobiography, The Go-Between, Yousefzada is detailed about his upbringing: the poverty; the increasing adherence to more conservative Islam among a community becoming isolated by unemployment; his...
...Her enveloping wool coats and handsome V-neck jumpers, tucked into full skirts, had a cosiness and casualness that made them appealing for the office, something Wickstead said her customers are increasingly...
...Kane’s clothes are conversation starters, cool rather than conventionally pretty....
...No pope since Celestine V in 1294 had stepped down for personal reasons, although Gregory XII left office in 1415 under a deal among rival factions to end a 40-year schism in the Roman Catholic Church....
...Ibrahim had been enslaved and converted to Islam; Gritti, known as the Beyoglu, stayed a nominal Christian....
...The great Arab empires, the Abbasid or Umayyad, left Islam the dominant religion for north Africa and the Middle East....
...“Everything happens in this room,” says 72-year-old Tangye, a former tutor and head of womenswear design at Central Saint Martins whose pupils included John Galliano, Stella McCartney and Christopher Kane...
...Street Fighter V Champion Edition for PlayStation 4, £24, amazon.co.uk...
...The V&A’s reconstructions of shabby but infinitely layered and complex ad hoc British mosques is very striking and among the most memorable displays....
...The move from Budapest to order the Sputnik V vaccine is being seen by some as an attempt to curry favour with Moscow....
...Christopher Kane made his cardi disco-ready, in a fuchsia hue with a deep V-neck and crystal trim — a sexy update on the sweater dress....
...Looking ahead, Shada Islam at the Friends of Europe issues a clarion call for a real budget to help the EU rediscover its glory days....
...But the headlines were stolen by the anti-Islam AfD, which registered huge gains to become the second-largest force, surpassing Angela Merkel’s CDU....
...Having seen the departure of Stella McCartney, and since parting ways with Christopher Kane, the Kering group is currently focused on investing in those labels it thinks might ape the success of its power...
...(Project Syndicate) AKK v AfD The head of Ms Merkel’s CDU party has hit out at a “climate of hate” orchestrated by the anti-Islam AfD party, saying polarised politics was responsible for the murder of a...
...Muslims for Wilders A second ex-member of Geert Wilders anti-Islam party has gone public in his conversion . . . to Islam....
...(FT) Milan v Madrid Southern Europe’s two main financial centres were both hit by the 2008 crash, but prices in Madrid have raced ahead of those in its Italian cousin since....
...There is outright farce: when everyone in the world saw Frank Lampard’s ball cross the goal line in the 2010 England v Germany game — everyone, that is, except the referee....
...The kiddy-clobber company opened its first store in Russia in 1994, the year that both Harry Kane, the England captain, and Jordan Pickford, goalie, were born....
...The decision comes at a time of increasing anti-fur activism, with protests outside recent London Fashion Week shows such as Burberry and Christopher Kane....
...Christopher Kane “I have never shied away from sex in the collections — and this one is no different.” said Christopher Kane of his AW18 show....
...“If we play like we did against Germany, we can reach the final,” said Sergio Lira, a local council worker watching a rerun of Portugal v Morocco as he ate lunch....
...The EU’s vessels catch much more in UK waters, than UK vessels’ catch in EU waters (£400m v £100m) and this gives the UK a strong negotiating hand....
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