Wow! love Queen Rania's outfit and she always dress up beautifully!
She is very very very beautiful young queen! Mashallah!
QR is very lucky that she have been travelling oversea alot at the moment.
So interesting to know what King abdullah talked about at the EU-US PRESS CLUB...
KING'S ADDRESS AT THE EU-US PRESS CLUB
BUT ALSO THE POWERFUL VALUES THAT BIND US.'
THE WORLD TODAY IS PASSING THROUGH A MOMENT OF TREMENDOUS GLOBAL UNEASE . THE DISQUIET THAT MANY OF US FEEL WAS CAPTURED IN A RECENT HEADLINE PROCLAIMING THE 'END OF TOLERANCE.' IT WAS PROMPTED OF COURSE, BY THE CONTROVERSY OVER CARTOONS DENIGRATING THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM,' KING ABDULLAH SAID.
WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, KING ABDULLAH AFFIRMED THAT THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY HAS EXPOSED THE FAULT LINES IN OUR GLOBAL SOCIETY, THE ADDED NOTING THAT MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD CONDEMNED THE PUBLICATION OF THE CARTOONS AND CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE THAT FOLLOWED BEING ALIEN TO ISLAM AND ITS PRINCIPLES.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE KING'S ADDRESS
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE COMPASSIONATE, THE MERCIFUL.
(CHRISTIAN,) MEMBERS OF THE PRESS:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IM DELIGHTED TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE IN FRANCE ONCE AGAIN. MY FATHER KING HUSSEIN HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART FOR THIS GREAT COUNTRY. AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE WARM WELCOME YOU HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN ME AND MY FAMILY. IM HONOURED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.
MY FRIENDS,
THIS IS, QUITE FRANKLY, A MOMENT OF TREMENDOUS GLOBAL UNEASE. THE DISQUIET THAT MANY OF US FEEL WAS CAPTURED IN A RECENT HEADLINE PROCLAIMING THE END OF TOLERANCE. IT WAS PROMPTED, OF COURSE, BY THE CONTROVERSY OVER CARTOONS DENIGRATING THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD, PEACE BE UPON HIM.
MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE CARTOON CRISIS AND HOW IT GREW. LET ME SIMPLY SAY THAT MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD AND I AM ONE OF THEM CONDEMNED THE DENIGRATION OF THE PROPHET. THE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS ALSO CONDEMN THE VIOLENCE THAT ENSUED AS ALIEN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ISLAM. AND I KNOW THAT MANY IN THE WEST ALSO SPOKE OUT, REJECTING THE VILIFICATION OF ISLAM.
THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY HAS EXPOSED THE FAULT LINES IN OUR GLOBAL SOCIETY. NOT SO LONG AGO, WE SAW OUR WORLD AS ONE OF DYNAMIC INTERCONNECTIONS AND MULTI-CULTURAL TOLERANCE. BUT TODAY EVEN AS OUR CULTURES AND ECONOMIES INTERACT MORE THAN EVER BEFORE THE TALK IS OF A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS. BECAUSE, AS THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION HAS GROWN, IT HAS NOT GROWN IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAY
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I didn't ever know that Prince Ali and Rym came along with KA and QR that is what I saw on the photo so interesting.. I guess that Prince Ali and Rym tooked baby Jalilah along with them same with QR and KA tooked Prince Hashem, got someone to looks after their kids while parents are at the meeting???