Update: Tragic death of Jordanian blogger in Batman shooting

An Arab caught up in the Denver Batman shooting is the story that has upset the Middle East. This verified Jordanian blogger who had ambitions to be a sports journalist dies in Denver having narrowly escaped a Canada mall shooting last month.

"Sportswriter Jessica Ghawi just missed being shot at a Toronto mall in June. When a killer opened fire in a Colorado movie theater, she was not so lucky. Jessica was only 24."

Is the holy Kingdom of Saudi Arabia going too far and giving Ramadan a draconian name? Saudi's latest move to keep foreigners from disrespecting the holy month may be a little severe and misleading to the tenets of Ramadan.

"Saudi authorities warned non-Muslim expatriates on Friday, the first day of Ramadan, not to eat, drink, or smoke in public until the end of the Muslim holy month's sunrise-to-sunset fast — or face expulsion."

Facial hair and Arab power.

"One kind of facial hair is linked to manliness, another to godliness."

The dilemma for Muslim athletes in London this summer is to fast or to run.

"Saudi Gazette reports that many – though not all – Muslim athletes will be postponing their fasting for Ramadan due to its overlap with the Olympic Games."

No porn for the holy month.

"Muslims around the world start fasting today as Ramadan begins. The holiest event on the Islamic calendar will see Muslims around the world fasting and praying in accordance with their faith. It seems that Indonesia is taking the holy month a bit too far this year by blocking access to more than one million porn sites."