#eid al adha 2018

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Holidays 6.18

Holidays

Academy Day (Scientology)

Autistic Pride Day

Clark Kent Day

Clean Your Aquarium Day

Count Your $$ Day

Drone Safety Day

Festival of Invisible Pornography

Finest Hour Speech Day

Foundation Day (Benguet, Philippines)

Go Fishing Day

Hand Cart Day (French Republic)

Horned Poppy Day

Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)

International Day for Countering Hate Speech

International Declaration of Human Rights Day

International Panic Day

Jack Herer Day

Justice Institution Employees Day (Turkmenistan)

Mela Khir Bhawani (Kashmir, India)

National Black America’s Day of Repentance

National Internet Cat Day

National Jesse Day

National Relationship Day

National Splurge Day

National Wanna Get Away Day

National Wear Blue Day

Neurodiversity Pride Day (Netherlands)

No Headline Day

Police Inspector’s Day (Ukraine)

Queen Mother’s Day (Cambodia)

618 Day

Sustainable Gastronomy Day

Tabasco Day (Mali)

Trouser Day

Veterinary Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Veterinarian Appreciation Day)

Waterloo Day (UK)

Wild Den Dancing Day

World Day Against Incarceration

World Wide Knit in Public Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Insalata Day (Italy)

International Picnic Day

International Sushi Day

National Cheesemaker’s Day

National Cherry Tart Day

Independence & Related Days

Aldrodnia (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Bacolod City Charter Day (Philippines)

Constitution Day (Seychelles)

Egypt (a.k.a. Eid el-Galaa, evacuation of foreign troops, 1954)

Flinders (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Jailavera (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Leprechia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Naga City Charter Day (Philippines)

Onontakeka (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Snagov (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

3rd Tuesday in June

National Accounts Payable Appreciation Day [3rd Tuesday]

National Cherry Tart Day [3rd Tuesday]

Royal Ascot begins (UK) [3rd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 18 (3rd Full Week)

National Water Safety Week (Ireland) [thru 6.25]

Royal Ascot (thru 6.22)

Festivals Beginning June 18, 2024

Marysville Strawberry Festival (Marysville, Washington) [thru 6.23]

RMA Convention (Maui, Hawaii) [thru 6.21]

Taste of Little Italy (San Diego, California) [thru 6.19]

Feast Days

Amandus, Bishop of Bordeaux (Christian; Saint)

Andim Day (Pastafarian)

Bernard Mizeki (Anglican and Episcopal Church)

Chris Van Allsburg (Artology)

Elisabeth of Schönau (Christian; Saint)

Elvis Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ephraem (Christian; Saint)

Erik Ortvad (Artology)

Festival of Anna (Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Going Forth of Neith Along the River (Ancient Egypt’ Goddess of War and Hunting)

Gregorio Barbarigo (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Fragalata (Christian; Saint)

Into Raymi Festival begins (Inca Sun Worship Festival; until 24th)

James Montgomery Flagg (Artology)

John Bellany (Artology)

Joseph-Marie Vien (Artology)

Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus (Christian; Saints)

Leroy (Muppetism)

Marina the Monk (Maronite Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

Mark and Marcellian (Christian; Martyrs)

Media Ver XI (Pagan)

National Splurge Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Now Panic Day (Pastafarian)

Osanna Andreasi (Christian; Saint)

Theodoric the Great (Positivist; Saint)

Three Lasting Things of Cormac Mac Art: Grass, Copper and Yew (Celtic Book of Days)

Tiger-Get-By’s Birthday (Shamanism)

Islamic Lunar Holidays

Eid al-Adha, Day 3 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ... 

Al Adha (Bahrain)

Corban Bairam (Sudan)

Eid al Adha (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)

Eid e-Ghorban

Eid ul-Ad’haa (Maldives)

Feast of Sacrifice (Uzbekistan)

Gurban Bayram (Azerbaijan)

Hari Arafat (Malaysia)

Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)

Id el Kabir (Nigeria)

Kurban Bayram (North Cyprus)

Kurban Bayramy (Turkey)

Qurbon Hayit (Uzbekistan)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [36 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Ellery Queen (Radio Series; 1939)

The Bully (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog Cartoon; 1932)

Casey Bats Again (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Dangerous When Wet (Film; 1953)

Dare To Be Stupid, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1985)

Day & Night (Pixar Cartoon; 2010)

Der Freischütz (or The Marksman), by Carl Maria von Weber (Opera; 1821)

DodgeBall (Film: 2004)

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, by Bryan Adams (Song; 1991)

Eyes in Outer Space (Disney Cartoon; 1959)

Goodbye Cruel World, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1984)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls, by John Bellairs (Novel; 1973)

Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Documentary Film; 2004)

Ice Station Zebra, by Alistair MacLean (Novel; 1963)

An Ideal Husband (Film; 1999)

Inside, Outside, by Herman Wouk (History Book; 1985)

Lady and the Lamp (Disney Cartoon; 1979)

Last Action Hero (Film; 1993)

Le Marteau sans Maître, by Pierre Boulez (Chamber Cantata; 1955)

Luca (Animated Film; 2021)

Morning, Noon and Nightclub (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1952)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 2013)

Odelay, by Beck (Album; 1996)

Once Upon a Forest (Hanna-Barbera Animated Film; 1993)

Origin of Symmetry, by Muse (Album; 2001)

Polar Fright (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1966)

Popeye Meets Hercules (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

The Sparks Brothers (Documentary Film; 2021)

Suppressed Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)

Tarzan (Animated Disney Film; 1999)

Toy Story 3 (Animated Pixar Film; 2010)

The Underground World (Fleischer Cartoon; 1943) [#16]

The Wild Bunch (Film; 1969)

Wouldn’t It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)

Today’s Name Days

Elisabeth, Ilsa, Marina (Austria)

Asen, Chavdar (Bulgaria)

Elizabeta, Marcel, Ozana, Paul (Croatia)

Milan (Czech Republic)

Leontius (Denmark)

Auli, Aurelia, Auri, Reeli, Reelika, Reili (Estonia)

Tapio (Finland)

Léonce (France)

Elisabeth, Ilsa, Isabella, Marina (Germany)

Erasmos, Leontios (Greece)

Arnold, Levente (Hungary)

Gregorio, Marina, Marinella, Marinetta (Italy)

Alberts, Madis (Latvia)

Arnulfas, Ginbutas, Marina, Vaiva (Lithuania)

Bjarne, Bjørn (Norway)

Efrem, Elżbieta, Gerwazy, Leonia, Marek, Marina, Paula (Poland)

Ipatie, Leontie, Teodul (România)

Vratislav (Slovakia)

Marcelino, Marcos (Spain)

Bjarne, Björn (Sweden)

Leo, Leon (Ukraine)

Effie, Efrain, Eph, Ephraim, Marina, Marnie, Nevaeh (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 170 of 2024; 196 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 25 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 13 (Gui-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 12 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 11 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 20 Blue; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 5 June 2024

Moon: 88%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 1 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Theodoric the Great]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 92 of 92)

Week: 3rd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 29 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Charlemagne (Feudal Civilization) [Month 7 of 13; Positivist]

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Holidays 6.18

Holidays

Academy Day (Scientology)

Autistic Pride Day

Clark Kent Day

Clean Your Aquarium Day

Count Your $$ Day

Drone Safety Day

Festival of Invisible Pornography

Finest Hour Speech Day

Foundation Day (Benguet, Philippines)

Go Fishing Day

Hand Cart Day (French Republic)

Horned Poppy Day

Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)

International Day for Countering Hate Speech

International Declaration of Human Rights Day

International Panic Day

Jack Herer Day

Justice Institution Employees Day (Turkmenistan)

Mela Khir Bhawani (Kashmir, India)

National Black America’s Day of Repentance

National Internet Cat Day

National Jesse Day

National Relationship Day

National Splurge Day

National Wanna Get Away Day

National Wear Blue Day

Neurodiversity Pride Day (Netherlands)

No Headline Day

Police Inspector’s Day (Ukraine)

Queen Mother’s Day (Cambodia)

618 Day

Sustainable Gastronomy Day

Tabasco Day (Mali)

Trouser Day

Veterinary Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Veterinarian Appreciation Day)

Waterloo Day (UK)

Wild Den Dancing Day

World Day Against Incarceration

World Wide Knit in Public Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Insalata Day (Italy)

International Picnic Day

International Sushi Day

National Cheesemaker’s Day

National Cherry Tart Day

Independence & Related Days

Aldrodnia (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Bacolod City Charter Day (Philippines)

Constitution Day (Seychelles)

Egypt (a.k.a. Eid el-Galaa, evacuation of foreign troops, 1954)

Flinders (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Jailavera (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Leprechia (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

Naga City Charter Day (Philippines)

Onontakeka (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Snagov (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

3rd Tuesday in June

National Accounts Payable Appreciation Day [3rd Tuesday]

National Cherry Tart Day [3rd Tuesday]

Royal Ascot begins (UK) [3rd Tuesday]

Taco Tuesday [Every Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 18 (3rd Full Week)

National Water Safety Week (Ireland) [thru 6.25]

Royal Ascot (thru 6.22)

Festivals Beginning June 18, 2024

Marysville Strawberry Festival (Marysville, Washington) [thru 6.23]

RMA Convention (Maui, Hawaii) [thru 6.21]

Taste of Little Italy (San Diego, California) [thru 6.19]

Feast Days

Amandus, Bishop of Bordeaux (Christian; Saint)

Andim Day (Pastafarian)

Bernard Mizeki (Anglican and Episcopal Church)

Chris Van Allsburg (Artology)

Elisabeth of Schönau (Christian; Saint)

Elvis Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Ephraem (Christian; Saint)

Erik Ortvad (Artology)

Festival of Anna (Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Going Forth of Neith Along the River (Ancient Egypt’ Goddess of War and Hunting)

Gregorio Barbarigo (Christian; Saint)

Gregory of Fragalata (Christian; Saint)

Into Raymi Festival begins (Inca Sun Worship Festival; until 24th)

James Montgomery Flagg (Artology)

John Bellany (Artology)

Joseph-Marie Vien (Artology)

Leontius, Hypatius and Theodulus (Christian; Saints)

Leroy (Muppetism)

Marina the Monk (Maronite Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)

Mark and Marcellian (Christian; Martyrs)

Media Ver XI (Pagan)

National Splurge Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Now Panic Day (Pastafarian)

Osanna Andreasi (Christian; Saint)

Theodoric the Great (Positivist; Saint)

Three Lasting Things of Cormac Mac Art: Grass, Copper and Yew (Celtic Book of Days)

Tiger-Get-By’s Birthday (Shamanism)

Islamic Lunar Holidays

Eid al-Adha, Day 3 [Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] (a.k.a. ... 

Al Adha (Bahrain)

Corban Bairam (Sudan)

Eid al Adha (Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, Yemen)

Eid e-Ghorban

Eid ul-Ad’haa (Maldives)

Feast of Sacrifice (Uzbekistan)

Gurban Bayram (Azerbaijan)

Hari Arafat (Malaysia)

Hari Raya Qurban (Malaysia)

Id el Kabir (Nigeria)

Kurban Bayram (North Cyprus)

Kurban Bayramy (Turkey)

Qurbon Hayit (Uzbekistan)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [36 of 57]

Premieres

The Adventures of Ellery Queen (Radio Series; 1939)

The Bully (Ub Iwerks Flip the Frog Cartoon; 1932)

Casey Bats Again (Disney Cartoon; 1954)

Dangerous When Wet (Film; 1953)

Dare To Be Stupid, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 1985)

Day & Night (Pixar Cartoon; 2010)

Der Freischütz (or The Marksman), by Carl Maria von Weber (Opera; 1821)

DodgeBall (Film: 2004)

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You, by Bryan Adams (Song; 1991)

Eyes in Outer Space (Disney Cartoon; 1959)

Goodbye Cruel World, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1984)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls, by John Bellairs (Novel; 1973)

Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Documentary Film; 2004)

Ice Station Zebra, by Alistair MacLean (Novel; 1963)

An Ideal Husband (Film; 1999)

Inside, Outside, by Herman Wouk (History Book; 1985)

Lady and the Lamp (Disney Cartoon; 1979)

Last Action Hero (Film; 1993)

Le Marteau sans Maître, by Pierre Boulez (Chamber Cantata; 1955)

Luca (Animated Film; 2021)

Morning, Noon and Nightclub (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

My Cousin Rachel, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1952)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 2013)

Odelay, by Beck (Album; 1996)

Once Upon a Forest (Hanna-Barbera Animated Film; 1993)

Origin of Symmetry, by Muse (Album; 2001)

Polar Fright (Chilly Willy Cartoon; 1966)

Popeye Meets Hercules (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

The Sparks Brothers (Documentary Film; 2021)

Suppressed Duck (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)

Tarzan (Animated Disney Film; 1999)

Toy Story 3 (Animated Pixar Film; 2010)

The Underground World (Fleischer Cartoon; 1943) [#16]

The Wild Bunch (Film; 1969)

Wouldn’t It Be Nice, by The Beach Boys (Song; 1966)

Today’s Name Days

Elisabeth, Ilsa, Marina (Austria)

Asen, Chavdar (Bulgaria)

Elizabeta, Marcel, Ozana, Paul (Croatia)

Milan (Czech Republic)

Leontius (Denmark)

Auli, Aurelia, Auri, Reeli, Reelika, Reili (Estonia)

Tapio (Finland)

Léonce (France)

Elisabeth, Ilsa, Isabella, Marina (Germany)

Erasmos, Leontios (Greece)

Arnold, Levente (Hungary)

Gregorio, Marina, Marinella, Marinetta (Italy)

Alberts, Madis (Latvia)

Arnulfas, Ginbutas, Marina, Vaiva (Lithuania)

Bjarne, Bjørn (Norway)

Efrem, Elżbieta, Gerwazy, Leonia, Marek, Marina, Paula (Poland)

Ipatie, Leontie, Teodul (România)

Vratislav (Slovakia)

Marcelino, Marcos (Spain)

Bjarne, Björn (Sweden)

Leo, Leon (Ukraine)

Effie, Efrain, Eph, Ephraim, Marina, Marnie, Nevaeh (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 170 of 2024; 196 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 25 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 13 (Gui-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 12 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 11 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 20 Blue; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 5 June 2024

Moon: 88%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 1 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Theodoric the Great]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 92 of 92)

Week: 3rd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Gemini (Day 29 of 31)

Calendar Changes

Charlemagne (Feudal Civilization) [Month 7 of 13; Positivist]

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Stuff I'm Looking Forward To in June

Can't believe we're now into the Summer season! In addition to LGBTQ+ Pride Month (6/1-6/30), Flag Day (6/14), Father's Day (6/16), Eid al-Adha (6/17), Juneteenth (6/19), and first day of Summer (6/20), as well as NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Playoffs, here is what's on my radar this month:

Movies:

Brats

Since his starring roles in 80s movies like Pretty in Pink, Less Than Zero and Mannequin, Andrew McCarthy has actually become a very prolific director. Now he's directing a documentary about the group of young actors in the 80s known as the Brat Pack that he was a part of. In this doc he looks at the phenomena and tracks down his peers today to look back on the influence it had on their career. Premieres on Hulu on 6/13!

Inside Out 2

Pixar's Inside Out was among my Top 5 Movies of 2015. Looking forward to this return of the inner workings of a tween girl. Opens 6/14.

Tuesday

At IFFBoston last month, there was a film I missed that I wanted to see. The always good Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a comic genius, but she’s flexed her dramatic muscles in films like You Hurt My Feelings. In this fantasy, she plays a mother who must confront death with her teenage daughter in the form of a talking bird. Opens 6/14 (review to come).

A Quiet Place: Day One

John Krasinki's excellent horror movie A Quiet Place was one of my Best Movies of 2018 and the sequel was one of my Best Movies of 2021. This new spin-off about a the initial invasion in NYC is not directed by Krasinski, but it does star Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o! Opens 6/28.

Music:

Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs Vagabonds, Virgins and Misfits

Guitarist Mike Campbell of The Heartbreakers and more recently Fleetwood Mac, released his first album with his band The Dirty Knobs Wreckless Abandon in 2020 and it was an impressive debut. The band's third album is dropping 6/12 (review to come).

Paul McCartney & Wings One Hand Clapping

In 1974, Paul McCartney and Wings went to Abbey Road Studios for a documentary and a possible live album. That album was never released, but it has become an in-demand bootleg over the years with select tracks appearing on special editions here and there. Now it is finally getting an official release on 6/14.

Wilco Hot Sun Cool Shroud

A Wilco release is always a high priority for me and this new EP featuring 6 new songs from the Cousins sessions is coinciding with the release of their Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, MA. EP drops on 6/28 (review to come).

TV:

The Acolyte

The newest live action Star Wars series is here. This one is set 100 years before the events of Episode 1. Premieres on Disney+ on 6/4.

Conventions:

Fan Expo Boston

The annual Boston comic con hits the Hynes Convention Center (after being in the Seaport for a few years). Some of the guests that will be appearing include Vincent D'Onofrio, Rose McGowan, Chevy Chase (and a ton of Vacation stars), Marisa Tomei, Rosario Dawson, Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Raimi. Convention is from 6/14-6/16 (watch for my coverage).

Super Megafest

As if Fan Expo Boston wasn't enough, the annual Super Megafest comic convention is at the Verve Hotel in Natick. Guests include Sid Krofft (and a number of cast members from his shows), Kiss's Bruce Kulick, Christopher Atkins and more. Convention is from 6/28-6/30.

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The first-ever landing of a U.S. bomber on Swedish soil, participation in NATO’s largest-ever air deployment exercise, constant strategic communications from NATO affirming the alliance’s solidarity with Sweden—life on the doorstep of NATO accession has turned out to be surprisingly livable for Sweden. That matters because a new Quran burning (this time by an Iraqi refugee) now seems likely to further extend Sweden’s wait as Turkey throws another tantrum—and because it signals to prospective spoilsports that trying to thwart accession isn’t worth the effort.

NATO and its members are taking pains to celebrate Sweden while the country waits for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to change his mind regarding its membership.

But on June 28, with less than a month to go before NATO’s summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, that wait risked becoming longer still. On that day, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika burned a Quran in front of a Stockholm mosque to “express my opinion about the Quran,” as he’d explained in his protest permit application. (While the police had rejected two previous protest permit applications of a similar nature, a court later ruled against that decision.)

Although Momika told Sweden’s Aftonbladet newspaper in April that he would consider waiting until Sweden was in NATO, he proceeded with the burning anyway. The Turkish government reacted swiftly, with Communications Director Fahrettin Altun describing the burning as “yet another provocative terrorist act targeting our religion on this sacred day” and calling on Sweden to “take a clear stance against terrorism in all of its forms.” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in turn, condemned “the vile protest in Sweden against our holy book on the first day of the blessed Eid al-Adha.”

Mikail Yuksel, a Swede of Turkish origins who leads the small Muslim-focused Nyans Party, swiftly followed up by promising to “do everything in my power to draw attention to [the Quran burning] on the international stage. We’ll see how it affects Sweden’s NATO application.” In 2018, Yuksel was expelled from Sweden’s liberal Center Party, which found that he’d hidden his links to the Grey Wolves, a far-right Turkish organization.

Even as Sweden’s accession is likely to be further delayed, NATO is keen to advertise its commitment. On June 19, two mighty eagles landed in Sweden: B-1B Lancers from the U.S. Bomber Task Force. The supersonic Lancer—whose power and sleek design have given it the nickname “Swan of Death”—is part of the U.S. military’s most formidable kit. It can carry eight air-launched cruise missiles and 24 nuclear warheads or 84 massive conventional bombs, and it can fly 4,600 miles without refueling. The B-1B is the kind of weapon that strikes fear into the heart of U.S. adversaries.

During World War II, there were cases of U.S. emergency landings in Sweden, but the arrival of the two Lancers at the Swedish Air Force’s far-north airfield outside the city of Lulea (and the subsequent joint exercise with Swedish aircraft) was a carefully planned event. It was an unmissable signal by the United States to Russia that despite being kept in the ante room (sorry to sound posh), Sweden already enjoys the full protection of the U.S. military. “This is a historic event. In these troubled times and while waiting for NATO membership, it is important to have strong partners. We have regularly conducted exercises with the Bomber Task Force … and now we’re taking the next step in our cooperation by basing the B1-B Lancer on Swedish soil,” Brig. Gen. Tommy Petersson, Sweden’s deputy Air Force chief, said in a press release.

The historic landing came in the middle of another event: NATO’s largest-ever air deployment exercise, which also included Sweden. Between June 12 and 23, 250 aircraft and 10,000 personnel from NATO member states and Sweden and Japan practiced air deployment across the alliance’s northern territory—and Sweden. The exercise had been planned long ago. Its timing, though, turned out to be fortuitous, since it has allowed NATO and its member states to demonstrate that Sweden is very much part of the gang.

In Brussels, meanwhile, NATO headquarters has been dispatching a steady stream of solidarity-laden messages, always stressing Sweden’s participation in its various undertakings (including a North Atlantic Council meeting this month). U.S. and other officials, for their part, haven’t tired of mentioning Sweden in every discussion with Turkey and other NATO member states. Sweden is playing a starring role in the alliance: No country bar Ukraine is mentioned more frequently and with more expression of loyalty.

It’s annoying that the country can’t fully participate in NATO intelligence-sharing but not intolerable, said retired Maj. Gen. Gunnar Karlson, Sweden’s chief of military intelligence until 2019. “The intelligence aspect of NATO membership is less important than one might think,” he told Foreign Policy. “All sensitive intelligence cooperation is by definition bilateral, and multilateral organizations—including NATO—are not of decisive importance for what sort of intelligence a country can access. The information that is shared within NATO obviously depends on each member state’s trust in the ally they trust the least.”

The most painful disadvantage for Sweden as it continues its wait on NATO’s doorstep may instead be its exclusion from the alliance’s operational planning—and that’s why NATO and some of its members are taking such pains to communicate how closely Sweden is already working with them.

It’s a signal to Turkey and to any other NATO member state that may be inclined to try to squeeze concessions out of future accessions that such attempts might be frustrating but they’re not fatal. If Sweden can enjoy a highly tolerable existence on NATO’s doorstep, denying it membership won’t force it to make concessions.

But comfort on NATO’s doorstep could bring a completely different complication: Swedish voters could conclude that life is good the way it is and that the country should just stop pushing for membership. So far, that doesn’t seem to have happened. In January, months after Turkey had placed its roadblock on Sweden’s NATO path, a record 63 percent of Swedes supported NATO membership, compared with only 22 percent who opposed it. And there was no desire to placate Ankara: 42 percent thought the government had done too much to appease Turkey, while only 6 percent thought the government hadn’t done enough. Yet the risk persists that voters might conclude that almost-membership, especially with the perks Sweden has been getting, is a good deal.

How many more U.S. bombers will land in Sweden before Erdogan decides he’ll grant his fiat lux? How much NATO stratcom will feature Sweden as its protagonist? How many exercises will demonstrate Sweden’s crucial role within the alliance’s wider family? The goodwill will keep flowing—because it has to. It’s like parents who lovingly spend months decorating their baby’s nursery. Half the joy of welcoming the baby into the world is being able to present it with the most perfect accommodation possible. Quite without anyone having planned it, Sweden is getting favorite child treatment.

And when it finally becomes a member, it won’t be under the yoke of concessions to Turkey but against the backdrop of months of additional love by all the other members. Most of the world, meanwhile, will have been educated about Sweden’s value for the alliance. It may not look like it at the moment, but Sweden has won the NATO lottery.

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Video: Saudi, UAE ban Spider-Man movie

United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi have banned the highly anticipated animated movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The movie was supposed to be released in cinemas in the Middle East on June 22 on the occasion of the Eid Al Adha holidays. It is a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which was released in 2018. According to the report by Esquire Middle East, Vox Cinemas, the…

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Seven Solutions to Keep Far More of Each E Book You Study

by Hakan Arko

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Eid Ul Adha. Muslims Best Religious Ceremony. 22 Dec 2018 in Bangladesh and 21 Dec in East Countres

by Md Shakil Mia

Eid consists of two different celebrations which take place over the year. The first one, Eid al-Fitr, takes place earlier in the year and is known as Ramadan. Now the second big Eid celebration is imminent. Eid ul-Adha, or Eid al-Adha, takes place later in the year, and marks the end of Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Millions of Muslims across the world come together, dress in their best clothes and perform Eid prayers outdoors. GETTY EID 2018: Another Eid event, Eid ul-Adha, is coming up next month What is Eid ul-Adha? Eid ul-Adha is considered the more holy of the two Eid events. It is also known as Eid Kabir, which means Big Eid or Greater Eid. In Urdu and Hindustani languages it is also known as Bakr-Eid or Bakrid.

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Eid is ‘pagan’. Stay mad about it

Don’t believe me? Okay read on

Let’s get this out the way now. During Eid al Adha, the slaughter of any animal is a ritual sacrifice to please a god.

Whether you believe Allah directly ordered ibrahim to slaughter Ismail or ibrahim dreamt it, the end result is the same: Abraham slaughtered an animal in connection with pleasing Allah.

Replacing a human sacrifice with an animal sacrifice doesn’t do much in terms of religion. There is still bloodshed and life is still systematically ended for the maintainence of universal order. 

Just because you’re not shouting “I GIVE YOUR HOLY PRESENCE THIS BLOOD FOR A BETTER HARVEST UNTIL THE NEXT OFFERING” in a dark, dusty room sprayed with chicken blood while wearing a hemp thobe doesn’t mean you’re not doing for Allah. In other words, just because you don’t think it’s an offering doesn’t mean it doesn’t operate as one. 

If you DON’T slaughter a sheep/goat, you would be sinning, or at least lacking in points with Allah. If you DON’T slaughter a specific kind of animal (sheep/goat) during a specific time frame, then it doesn’t count! It’s not any old animal slaughtered for a chicken burger meal down the local chippie, it’s an animal chosen to be sacrificed and consumed in honour of a particular god and concept of worship to that god. 

I hate when Muslims keep insisitng that it’s not even remotely related to animal sacrifice in other, non monothiestic, religions. No. Your religion isn’t that original or special. Stay mad about it.

[qrsyria]

Syria | Damascus | 22 August 2018

President Assad family in one of Bab Touma restaurants earlier today.

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@islam4_life 

  بصوت: #احمد_النفيس 

  Reciter - #Ahmad_AlNufais 

  الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله إلا الله الله أكبر الله أكبر  و لله الحمد الله أكبر كبيرا و الحمد لله كثيرا و سبحان الله بكرة و أصيلا

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Happy Eid 🌸🍃

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Stuff I’m Looking Forward to in June

How is it already June? This is a fun month with Summer in full swing. In addition to LGBTQ+ Pride Month (June 1-30), Flag Day (June 14), Father’s Day (June 18), Juneteenth (June 19), first day of Summer (June 21) and Eid al-Adha (June 29), here is what’s on my radar for this month:

Movies:

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

I was a huge fan of the 2018 animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (I named it my #7 Movie of 2018) and am excited about the sequel opening 6/2. Watch for my review.

Asteroid City

A Wes Anderson movie, good or bad, is always a big screen cinematic experience. This one takes place in a desert town in 1955. Can’t wait! Opens 6/23.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 

I out and out love Indiana Jones and in the 5th movie James Mangold took over directing duties. Don’t care what the buzz has been so far, I am excited to see Harrison Ford return to his iconic role. Opens 6/30.

Music:

Foo Fighters But Here We Are

The 11th album from the Foo Fighters is here. The band’s last album Medicine at Midnight was my #1 Album of 2021. This is their first album after the 2022 passing of drummer Taylor Hawkins. I was lucky enough to see the band at Boston Calling last week and can’t wait for the new album dropping 6/2.

Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire Wronger

Tommy Stinson is rock royalty! As if The Replacements weren’t enough, he also spent time in Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum, but he’s been laying low since Bash & Pop. Now he’s back with a new project with Chip Roberts. Their first album drops 6/2. Watch for my review.

Hollywood Vampires Live in Rio

The super group Hollywood Vampires do not tour as often as they should, mainly because the members are Alice Cooper, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, and some guy named Johnny Depp and it’s hard to coordinate their schedules. But when they do tour it’s quite impressive. I’ve been a fan of both of their albums. In 2015, they played in Rio for 100,000 fans for Rock In Rio and they’re joined by some guests too. Live album and blu-ray drops 6/2. Watch for my review.

Extreme Six

Extreme has not released a new album since 2008. I grew up a big fan of them and have seen them live in 1991, 1995, and 2009. I even got to interview former members Paul Geary and Hal LeBeaux for my documentary Life on the V: The Story of V66. Can’t wait for the new album, which drops 6/9.

Queens of the Stone Age In Times New Roman...

QOSTA’s first new album in six years is quite a welcome comeback. Their brand of stoner rock has accompanied me on my trips through the desert and Songs for the Deaf is one of the greatest albums of the 00s. New album drops 6/16.

Books:

Paul McCartney 1964: Eyes of the Storm

Sir Paul’s upcoming photo book is a collection of photos he took during the peak of Beatle-mania. Color me curious! Book release on 6/13.

Conventions:

Collectibles Extravaganza: MusicCons 2023 

The good folks who run the Northeast Comic Con also run this run music convention featuring loads of rock stars like Mickey Dolenz, Cherrie Currie, Ritchie Ramone, Michael Des Barres, and more. Con is on from 6/30-7/2 in Boxborough, MA.

[quran-tilawah]

عيد مبارك

عيد أضحي مبارك

تقبل الله منا ومنكم

             تقبل الله منا ومنكم صالح الاعمال‎

Taqabbal Allahu minna wa minkum      

▫Да примет Аллаh от нас и от вас 🌙.

▫(ТакъаббаляЛлаhу минна ва минкум) .

         💠 آللهم آميين 💠

                 🔸Allahumma Ameen!🔸

                            🔸Аллаhумма Амин!🔸

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#3 - Planning a lonely Eid

My parents are going to be abroad for Eid. So are my sisters and brothers. Basically everyone’s gone to the homeland to spend Eid together. But me and my stupid job had to ruin the family plans. I’ll be here, having the loneliest Eid in the history of Eids. What am I going to do that day? Pray, work, sleep. Hoping next year will be beter inshAllah.

Or I could always quit my job and get outta here. But that might be a little extreme.

Big Kiss,

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