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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus,” the conservative president said in a televised speech during an Istanbul summit of ...

A Devil that is Happy to See You A small plaza at Clark Drive and Grandview Highway in Vancouver, Canada, used to be home to a Christopher Columbus statue.  But that was years ago.  News reports indicate that, on September 9, 2014, East Van commuters noticed that another figure, known by such names as Satan, the Devil, and the Beast, ...