Aljazeera. And ancient land at the crossroads of europe and central asia. Some say the garden of eden was here. It is a land rich in history and blessed with abundant natural resources. And this is azerbaijan. A land which after decades of communist rule is today witnessing a resurgence of faith in islam. As a by john embraced islam. Arab invaders brought the religion to the region in the 7th century. Face and islam took firm roots here until the region came under the control of the soviet union in the 1920 s. This marked the start of an era in which atheism became states policy. Many Muslim Leaders were exiled or killed. Mosques were closed or destroyed. Despite years of state oppression towards religion many people here in azerbaijan held on to their faith. Since regaining independence in 1991 many azerbaijanis have once again turned to islam seeking to reassert their identity and fill the ideological fuck you left behind by the collapse of the soviet union. This is some us element o
Spots of political firestorm inside the country and north troughton sikes pepcid in neighboring pakistan which is branded the steps illegal and going to search today like the turks for a. Detailed reports from el paso a city in mourning those killed in a weekend of Mass Shootings. I love it that she my good to have you with us. China has issued a stark warning to protest today a government spokesman in beijing wont protest sense that punishment was coming and they should not underestimate the strength of the Central Government Hong Kong Police also announced that they had arrested more than 148 people the largest single day tally since demonstrations began 2 months ago ago heres some of what beijing spokesman had to say. We want to warn the handful of violent criminals and the meddling hands behind. That play with fire will perish but. While the punishment will only be a matter of time. They saw straight go to beijing and to our correspondent. What is strong words there is this meant t
A weekend smash shooting. And the world also loses a beloved visionary tony morris and whose novels explored africanamerican identity and gave a voice to millions has died at the age of 88. 00. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program China has issued a stark warning to protesters in hong kong a Government Spokesperson in beijing says that punishment is coming and that they should not underestimate the strength of the Central Government Hong Kong Police also announcing that they have arrested more than 148. 00 people after clashes on monday the largest single day tally since prodemocracy demonstrations began 2 months ago our correspondent charles a child some pill was in the midst of the protests and sent us. This report. Was seen as we arrived the chaos begins. To look like. So where and how you can really deliver the tough on up toward the front of the ship to see her look on how theyre coming down the long haul. Is the take as clear as protesters slowly return. Us among them dozens of
Soldiers and earlier this month a Senate Investigation is looking into how the men died meanwhile the chairman of the joint chiefs says the u. S. Will stay in the shed despite the deaths. It is an isis affiliated group and i think what youre bringing up is what were dealing with in many places is isis and Al Qaeda Isis in this case they try to leverage local insurgencies. And connect those local insurgencies globally this is the challenge that were dealing with and so our initial assessment is these or local tribal fighters that are associated with isis earlier the widow of one of the men who died criticized President Trump for being insensitive johnson says trump struggled to remember her husbands name during a condolence call trump denies the allegation. The political philosophy of chinas president will be written into the constitution the edition was approved in the final day of the communist partys congress in beijing shes expected to be confirmed as leader for another five years a
A special edition of euro max marking five hundred years of the protestant reformation heres a look at whats coming up. The jubilee year from germany marks five hundred years of the reformation. Panorama portraits now a look at the life and times of the marketing of luther. King. The third movie years ago a pop oratorial paid for tribute to the reformer. On october thirty first fifteen seventeen Martin Luther publish ninety five thesis questioning certain practices within the Catholic Church now legend has it that he nailed them to the door of the witan Castle Church where his criticism of the Catholic Church spread at lightning speed and is considered to be the beginning of the reformation that was exactly five hundred years ago this year two thousand and seventeen has been marked by many events including a speech by former u. S. President barack obama who traveled to germany last may to mark this important anniversary so heres a closer look now at some of the highlights. Martin luthe