Islamic Values, Ijtihad, Islam and the West...: Mecca super-hotel ...

Raffles, which gave thirsty wanderers the Singapore Sling, is opening a luxury hotel in Mecca offering pilgrims a coffee sommelier, a chocolate room where chefs will prepare bespoke pralines and truffles, and a 24-hour butler service. ..... Ibrahim Buhlig, 35, is free after 11 years in prison. He said that he left Libya at the age of 16 to fight against Russian troops in Afghanistan. He was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 1998, then extradited to Libya.â€"AFP ...