According to CBC News a church hall is going to be turned into a mosque:

A group of Muslims in Sydney, N.S., has bought a church hall to convert into a mosque.

The Antigonish Roman Catholic diocese sold the parish hall affiliated with Sydney’s Holy Redeemer Parish Church because a shrinking congregation means the church no longer needs the space.

The more than 30 families who make up the group that bought the hall had been worshipping in various rented spaces throughout Sydney.

According to Archbishop Vincent Waterman from Cape Breton: “This is one of the greatest things I’ve heard so far. As a prayer centre, I welcome it.”

As a proud Cape Breton expat, I am glad to see this. It sounds like the deal is mutually beneficial to boot.

It looks like Marx is going for a Sunday drive. According to SPIEGEL ONLINE:

Berlin’s Marx-Engels monument near the Alexanderplatz square is being moved because of construction work on a new subway line. This photo shows the sculpture of Marx being loaded on a truck to join Engels in a new position. Berlin’s iconic TV Tower can be seen in the background. The sculptures of the founders of modern socialism Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) were made by German artist Ludwig Engelhart and unveiled in 1986.

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