While Jews in Dubai and the UAE can wear their kippah openly without fear, they dare to do it less and less in Europe.
Last week’s Hanukkah celebrations in Dubai and national efforts to support tolerance and coexistence in the United Arab Emirates have created a reality where Jews are more welcome and safer in the UAE than in Europe.
In most European countries you have to think twice about wearing a kippah because it is risky. You could be spat at, yelled at, arbitrarily attacked, or even murdered.
It also shows that it’s not that difficult to have tolerance. In most Asian countries you can wear a kippah and feel safe.
In March, Francis wants to be the first Pope to visit Iraq. He knows Muslims must be won if religious minorities can have a future. He is of course aware of the afflictions and persecution that Christians under the Muslim world face, not at least in Iraq. At the same time, however, he wants to help strengthen that delicate plant of Islamic self-reflection that is currently sprouting.
In at least five cities in England large banners have appeared on public buses reading: “Muhammad Dawat-e-Islami, a mercy to the entire creation.”
On December 21, 2020 there will be an unusual planetary constellation in the sky. It should be on the evening of December 21 at exactly 7:21 p.m. CET. In the evening hours there will be a so-called Jupiter-Saturn conjunction. This means that both planets are approaching each other in the sky, are only 0.1 degrees apart and thus seem to join into “one bright star”. What is special about it is that the two planets last came as close to each other in 1623 as they did in 2020. 
“I know a lot of refugees who want to become Christians, but they are too scared,” said Zawadi. Zawadi’s decision to follow Christ pleased her husband David, who had prayed for his wife for ten years.