FIFA World Cup opens this Friday and it appears some residents, politicians and business executives were outraged to look into the sky and see a giant floating “Jesus” hot-air balloon. An Australian gambling company named Sportsbet sent the balloon, which looks like Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue, into the Melbourne skies in an attempt to boost the nation’s spirits. READ FULL ARTICLE
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CAIRO (AP) — At the height of international world cup fervor, an
ultra-conservative Egyptian cleric has said that watching soccer matches was unacceptable in Islam because it is a distraction and "destroys nations." Yasser Borhami, a founding member of the main Salafi movement in Egypt, the Salafi Call, said spending time watching the games was "a disaster that makes me very irate." He said it was a distraction from religious and worldly duties, ultimately leading to "the destruction of nations and peoples." His religious opinion, or edict, which was posted on the group's website in a video Saturday, differed sharply with the conventional wisdom that global sports competitions like the World Cup serve to foster camaraderie and understanding among the nations of the world. READ FULL ARTICLE Oakland University alleges that former women's basketball coach Beckie Francis physically and emotionally abused her players, was obsessed about their weight and pushed her Christian beliefs on them before she was fired. READ MORE HERE
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