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Queen attends Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh on Scottish visit
Having attended the Scottish Parliament on Saturday to mark its 20th anniversary celebrations, the Queen joined the service for around an hour, before speaking with some members of the congregation inside.
Reverend Neil Gardner walked with the Queen as she departed the Kirk just after midday.
The visit to Scotland is part of a week-long programme of engagements, meeting Scots from across the country.
Speaking at Holyrood on Saturday, the Queen, accompanied by Prince Charles – who is known in Scotland as the Duke of Rothesay – said that she had “watched Scotland grow and prosper” over the last two decades.
Current and former MSPs were present for the speech, along with some of the Scots who were born on July 1 1999 – the day the Scottish Parliament was officially opened.
In her speech, the Queen said: “As we look to the future, it is my sincere hope that this Parliament, and all those who come to serve in it, will use the power of this chamber to celebrate those invisible pillars of our communities, and follow their example by working tirelessly to improve people’s lives, and strengthen the bonds of friendship and partnership both at home and abroad.”
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How to make “Riced” Vegetables – by Funke Koleosho
Riced Vegetables or ricing vegetables is my new thing….First it was spiralized vegetables, I have now added “Riced” vegetables to my list of dishes I eat as part of the plan to increase my vegetable intake.
So essentially, ricing vegetables involve cutting them into grain size pieces…essentially making them look like rice…! Very easy. This “Riced” vegetables can then be steamed and served with a good sauce, or they can be added to other dishes. Its fun and exciting to eat. You can binge on it and feel no guilt what so ever … read more
Pakistan’s foreign minister says the west are playing up Christian persecution
Just a few months after the release of Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman on death row, and several other cases of Christians having fled the country or trying to be free of similar blasphemy charges – the politician has denied that it is a trend.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on his two-day visit to Brussels that accounts of Christians being violently treated were “individual incidents” no different to minorities being killed by knife crime in the UK or other minorities being mistreated in the rest of Europe.
He said: “I can assure you that Christians are very welcome. The Christian community in Pakistan is very positive and a very responsible community…We respect them and we want them to be there. We will do everything possible to protect them and we are.”
“I can quote you examples of how knife crime has gone up in Britain that is a clear reflection of an increased intolerance within a society which has been so tolerant, so accommodating. So there are examples over here, and there could be some examples over there,” he said.
There are an estimated 3.9 million Christians in Pakistan in a country of 200.8 million, meaning they make up about two per cent of the population.
Their blasphemy laws prohibit speaking negatively of the Muslim prophet Muhammad and the Christian religious freedom charity Open Doors put Pakistan 5th on their list of countries…
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Pete Buttigieg Calls Republicans Hypocritical for Supporting Trump’s Border Policies
Mayor Pete Buttigieg used a discussion about the border to accuse Republicans of religious hypocrisy during Thursday night’s Democratic debate. During the second night of Democratic debates, moderators asked how many of the candidates on stage would make illegal border crossings a civil rather than criminal offense. Every candidate on the stage said they would.
Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, jumped on the question to take a shot at Republicans over recent reports that the Trump administration continues to separate children from their families and houses them in squalid conditions. Without acknowledging that President Trump has said that he is concerned about the situation at the border and that Vice President Pence called the situation “totally unacceptable” and called on Congress to provide more resources for border security, Buttigieg attacked Republicans as hypocritical over the issue.
Buttigieg said, “The Republican Party likes to cloak itself in the language of religion,” and then acknowledged that Democrats don’t talk about religion as much because of their commitment to the separation of church and state. Then, he continued his line of attack on Republicans, saying “We should call hypocrisy, and for a party that associates itself with Christianity to say it is okay to suggest that God would smile on the division of families…
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