Trump’s Name Is Gone, Yet the Tarp Remains — Why the Kennedy Center is so Important to Americans
One bystander told reporters she had simply wanted to see the name gone. What she saw instead was construction fabric.
25 Years of the MuseumsQuartier: From Stables to Europe’s Cultural Heart
It was not an easy journey. The largest cultural construction project of the Second Republic polarized like few others—and at the same time reshaped the city of Vienna.
Imst-Pitztal: Town of fountains or town of idols?
In a town of 11,000 inhabitants, there is not a single supermarket left. The shops in the old town are closed, the people are moving away, or they spend their money in the industrial zone on the outskirts, where modern life thrives. The fountains, however, remain.
How the Church is failing its own logic
Educated people are leaving the church not only because of the church tax, yet also because of an intellectual alienation. Trinitarian polytheism is becoming increasingly difficult to sell as Abrahamic religion – at least in industrialized countries that are familiar with the term.
Khamenei: And he was not the Holy Spirit
A human assumes the Title “Ruhollah” as if it were an honorary distinction. How can a human bear a name that denotes the Angel Gabriel, or compare himself with a Verse from the Holy Quran, “Ayatollah”, the Holy of Holies that is on earth today? Undoubtedly, this arrogance through religious symbolism casts another shadow over shiism.
The Vienna Festival: Can it get any cooler?
This year, the Vienna Festival has set itself an ambitious task. “Republic of Gods,” paired with the militant addendum “We owe the world a revolution!” — this is not a decorative slogan yet a declaration of war.
Through Thick and Thin with Your Pooch, All the Way to the Grave
Where is it written that humans may only be buried among humans? From a religious perspective, this consensus has limited justification. Neither the Holy Quran nor the Bible specifies in detail on how a corpse should be treated.
“Let him who is without sin cast the first stone”
And Mr. “Bad” said “Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out… The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love… If we fight, we have to do it with love…”
Congrats for the Holy Quran
What God personally speaks is not touched. The Torah, the Bible, and the Gospels were preserved and at the same time redacted by human hands, shaped by dark forces. The Quran, on the other hand…
US governor attacks Islam and our president
A Republican governor exploits the headscarf to stir up fear of Islam —even if this means condemning Christian traditions such as piety, asceticism, female self-determination and nuns.
What Really Happened in Graz and Crans-Montana?
The link between the shooting at the school in Graz, the fire disaster in Crans-Montana that struck a New Year’s Eve party of juveniles, and the headscarf ban for schoolgirls that is issue in Austria and Switzerland.
Art of Freedom: The Life & Work of Arthur Szyk
The exhibition “Art of Freedom: The Life & Work of Arthur Szyk” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York brings together over 100 works by the influential 20th-century anti-fascist visual propagandist, compiled for the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Europe versus Schoolgirls
Like France, Switzerland wants to follow Austria’s example and ban schoolgirls from wearing headscarves, out of concern for oppression —even though over 90% of austrian Muslimas surveyed reject the ban.
MTV kills radio, internet kills MTV
Forty-four years after MTV boasted that it had killed radio, it is now falling victim to video streaming services. MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live are being discontinued in Europe, the United Kingdom and parts of the United States, in favor of reality and entertainment formats.
Beyond the Minaret Ban
Desecrated Churches in Germany that have been converted into bicycle shops, soccer halls, boxing arenas, pubs, libraries, bookstores, hotels, and residential complexes.
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