Life on the River Thames

Jewish boy Nathan's visions of coming World War III against Israel.

On 9 Dec 2015 Nathan a 15 yr old Jewish boy  died, went to heaven and saw the near future of Israel and the coming World War III. The Lord revived him and sent him back to earth to testify of what he saw.

He has been a non-observing Jewish boy who does not know the Torah, nor attends the synagogue services.

See the Youtube videos about him and his visions.

Europe's changing borders through hisory

Muslims in Moscow

The Russian capital Moscow is growing increasingly Islamic, as the number of Muslims in the city has increased to over 1.5 million in the past decade, according to Russia’s chief imams.

There are hundreds of mosques in Moscow, but not enough to accommodate the huge number of worshippers, forcing many to pray on the streets.

In 2015, more than 160,000 Muslims attended prayers marking the Eid holiday, according to the Moscow police.

“A large number of labor migrants come to our mosques and during holidays our mosques -- there are only four of them in Moscow now -- of course they are overcrowded and most of our believers pray outside, in the rain, in the sleet,” said Iman Rushan Abbyasov, deputy head of the Council of Muftis.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia had only 100 mosques left. Some 8,000 were built in the past 24 years – but not in Moscow. The official census data from 2010 suggests there are over 400,000 Muslims living in the Russian capital.

According to experts the number of Muslims in the city has grown dramatically in the past two decades due to increased migration from predominantly Muslim Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Russia's North Caucasus.

“The real number is definitely higher,” said Alexei Malashenko, an expert at the Carnegie Endowment. “This includes both Muslims who live here as well as registered migrants. We simply do not have exact statistics.”

Muftis put the number of Muslims in Moscow at 1.5 million. If they are right, the Russian capital has the second-largest Muslim population after Paris which, with 1.7 million Muslims, hosts the largest population of any European city.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has ruled out building more mosques, saying would be "over the top." He added that Muscovites are becoming irritated by people who speak a different language and have different customs.

The statement provoked anger among Muslims.

The opening in September of the Cathedral Mosque, which was Moscow’s main mosque before it closed for renovations a decade ago, is not expected to solve the shortage of prayer space, Muslims say. They explain that, like the other mosques, it can accommodate no more than 10,000 worshippers at a time.

In contrast to mosques, churches in Moscow have flourished in recent years.

There are currently 383 active Russian Orthodox churches in the capital. Five years ago, the city launched a "200 churches" program, aimed at building churches in every district of the city.

Many of these new buildings often remain empty, while more and more Muslims are seen praying in the streets outside mosques.

Malacca Reminiscences

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Chapters                                                                  Pages

1                                  JONKER STREET                                          3

2                                  BORN & BRED HERE                                  11

3                                  TAMPIN                                                         19

4                                  KUBU                                                             23

5                                  AYER KEROH                                               29

6                                  CHAN KOON CHENG                                  36

7                                  MALACCA BRIDGES                                   45

8                                  CHINA HILL                                                  51

9                                  MALACCA MILLIONAIRES                        55

10                                MALACCA FOODS                                       61

11                                MEDICAL SERVICES                                   71

12                                MALACCA POLITICIANS                            78

13                                TRISHAWS & CARS                                      82

14                                PEOPLE OF MALACCA                                89

15                                MY TRAVELS                                                 92

16                                MY FAMILY                                                    97

17                                MEMORABLE TRIPS                                   104

18                                MALACCA BUCCANEERS                         109

19                                PEOPLE WHO STOOD OUT                        110

20                                SMALL TRADES MALACCA                      119

21                                MALACCA DIASPORA                                124

22                                MALACCA PROFESSIONALS                     128

23                                MALACCA LEGENDS                                  131

24                                MALACCA PHILANTHROPISTS                 133

25                                MALACCA FOREIGN WORKERS               136

26                                MALACCA CHURCHES                               140

27                                MALACCA DURIANS                                  147

28                                MALACCA HOTELS                                     150

29                                MALACCA SUBURBS                                  152

30                                SUPERMARTS & SHOPS                             154

31                                BOOKS AND I                                                157

32                                BABIES, OLDIES & FATTIES                      162

Prologue Cambridge Seven

Christian Law Association USA

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The Christian Law Association exists to preserve Christian liberty for your children and grandchildren.

CLA received in excess of 100,000 phone calls annually, not counting the thousands of pieces of correspondence from those who are in some way facing legal difficulties for doing what the Bible commands. These cases involve Christians arrested for witnessing to others in public, public school students being told they do not have the right to read their Bibles at school, churches being excluded from communities, Christians being fired for sharing their faith at work, and thousands of other shocking assaults on our precious religious freedoms. CLA provides free legal services based in part on the generosity of God's people. Your contribution to CLA is 501(c)(3) tax deductible.

More than 40 years ago, the ministry of the Christian Law Association effectively began with a phone call from a pastor in Ohio.

As a young attorney, David C. Gibbs, Jr. could hardly believe his ears as the pastor relayed how his church was being sued by the state for operating its ministry. As he reviewed the legal documents, Dr. Gibbs was astonished that such a thing could happen in modern America. From that very first case through the present day, God has blessed Dr. Gibbs' commitment to legally help churches, pastors, and Christians free of charge. The ministry has grown substantially through God's blessing over the last 40 years as attorneys, legal assistants, and other ministry workers have joined our team of "legal missionaries." 

Accents of English Language

East End of London

Starbucks in Finland at last

The second Starbucks coffee shop is opening soon in Helsinki center, Finland.

After McDonald's,  H&M and Ikea, Starbucks is finally 

opening a café in the city center of Finland's capital. First 

café of the brand from Seattle opened in spring 2012 at the 

international Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

 This second shop will open in autumn 2013, and is located in the Stockmann bookshop Akateeminen at the crossing of the Pohjois-Esplanadi and Keskuskatu where previously the magazines were sold. The American coffee shop will bring some international atmosphere in the building designed by the famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1969. At the second floor of the largest bookshop of Scandinavia is established the café Aalto. The manager told that he does not think that the café will suffer the new competitor under the same roof.