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HALAL certification written by Michel Do Muslims consume pork and alcohol?  Whether should they consume them or not? The religion of Islam has a special law, Shari'a, where muslims must avoid eating pork, drinking alcohol and pray. Recently, however, there are a lot of muslims, especially young muslims, who encounter new challenge due to new culture in the world influencing them. For example, in Iran, a lot of young women wear Hijib as you make their long hair visible. Moreover, some muslims eat pork meat and drink alcohol. Some of these things are treated as taboo in Islam. This is to say that there are conservative muslims and non conservative ones as well. Farras “I avoid eating pork and drinking alcohol. However, muslims who are same age of us should have knowledge. That’s why muslims should have responsibility of acting whether they should avoid them or not. Namely, it is up to person.” 18 years old Indonesian boy, Farras, said. “sometimes...

by Shiina Adachi “Bulgaria is yogurt,” elementary school kids who met on campus said. No, no, no, Bulgaria is not yogurt, it’s a country in Europe that has a long history and diverse natural environment. “I was born there and lived there for the first 19 years of my life. Yeah, it’s a beautiful country,” the only one Bulgarian in APU, Radoslav Tsvetanov Tsvetkov, said.  The Republic of Bulgaria is located in South East Europe, next to the black sea. It has borders with five countries, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Serbia, and Macedonia. They have their own language, Bulgarian, which is quite similar to Russian.  Bulgaria is an old country with m ore than 1,300 years history. It was established in 681 and has been in the same place even though the shape of the country has changed sometimes. Also, people have lived there since a long time ago so there had been many civilizations. This is why Bulgaria has a long history and many historical landmarks.  ...