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So, who says India is poor and people here are illiterate.

Indonesia’s top religious body has declared a premium coffee made from civet cat droppings fit for Muslims to drink.

The proclamation has brought relief to farmers who can now continue exporting Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee.

A giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam’s holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, amid hopes by Saudi Arabia it will become the Muslim world’s official timekeeper.

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The Mecca Clock, which Riyadh says is the world’s largest, has four faces measuring 43 metres in diameter.

The clock will dwarf London’s Big Ben, once the largest four-faced clock in the world, with dials more than five times greater in area.

The around 130 foot (40 meter) diameter Saudi clock dials are also bigger than the current world champion at the Cevahir Mall clock in Istanbul, which has a 36 meter face set in the transparent roof of the shopping complex.

Over 90 million pieces of coloured glass mosaic embellish the sides of the clock, which has four faces each bearing a large inscription of the name “Allah”. It is visible from all corners of the city, the state news agency said.

Each face will be inscribed with “God is greatest” in Arabic and fitted with thousands of colored lights. The clock will be visible from more than 16 miles (25 kilometers).

A huge golden crescent moon, 75 feet (23 meters) in diameter, will eventually rise above the clock on a 200 foot (61 meter) spire, from which some 15 beams will shoot up into the sky. The entire clock, from the base up to the crescent, itself will be 820 feet (251 meters) high.

At 151 feet in diameter, the four clock faces on the Mecca Royal Clock Hotel Tower is just about as wide as an American 160-foot-wide football field, and absolutely dwarfs the world’s most famous tower clock faces, Big Ben’s 23-footers. It also takes advantage of modern technology, as its four faces will light up the sky with two million LEDs.

German and Swiss engineers designed the clock and according to the Ministry of Religious Endowments, the entire project will cost $800 million.

The seven tower complex is being built by developer Saudi Binladen Group, the press agency reported.

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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/594707-worlds-biggest-clock-starts-functioning-in-mecca

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=184413

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100811/tsc-oukoe-uk-saudi-mecca-clock-011ccfa.html

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/pics-9202-in-pictures-world-largest-clock-in-makkah/0

The Afghan girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover (Aug. 9, 2010)
is in the US to have her nose rebuilt.

Aisha told Time her nose and ears had been cut off – with the approval of a Taliban commander – by her abusive husband as punishment for running away.

The front cover generated debate over the headline “What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan” and the use of the photo itself.

Her surgery is being done by the Grossman Burn Foundation in California.

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Despite protests, the building of an Islamic cultural center in New York city can now go ahead after a unanimous vote to clear the way for the Islamic site.

The proposed centre has become the focus of debate because it would be built near the site of the September 11th attacks.

Al Jazeera reports

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Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal on Tuesday led the ceremonial washing of the Holy Kaaba in the presence of Chechen President Ramzan A. Kadyrov, Muslim diplomats and senior Saudi officials.

Chechen President Ramzan A. Kadyrov shakes hands with Prince Khaled Al-Faisal after washing the Holy Kaaba. (Arab News / SPA)

Arabnews.com

Jul 14, 2010 01:11 Updated: Jul 14, 2010 01:17

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Former boxing champion Mike Tyson, who embraced Islam while serving a prison sentence in the 1990s, is on his first visit to the Kingdom to perform Umrah. He arrived in the holy city of Madinah on Friday to perform prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque.

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson holds talks with Dr. Muhammad Al-Oqala, president of the Islamic University in Madinah. (AN photo by Yousuf Muhammad)