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The end of the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo has been filled with history and excellence. In the men's 5000m race, Cole Hocker of America won gold, Isaac Kimeli of Belgium won silver, and Jimmy Gressier of France won bronze. For the men's 4X100m relay, the American team won filled with Christian Coleman, Kenneth Bednarek, Courtney Lindsey, and Noah Lyles (including Ronnie Baker, Trayvon Bromell, and T'Marus McCallum). They had a comeback race winning gold for the first time since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Noah Lyles won his 4th 200m gold championship. Silver was won by Canada with Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, and Andre De Grasse. The Netherlands won bronze with Nsikak Ekpto, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, and Elvis Afrifa. The 4X400m men's relay was won by Botswana in gold (with Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndor, Collen Kebinatshipi, and Leungo Scotch), America (with Vernon Norwood, Jacory Patterson, Khaleb McRae, Rai Benjamin, Demaius Smith, Christopher Bailey, Jenoah McKiver, and Bryce Deadmon) won silver, and South Africa (with Lythe Pillay, Udeme-Okon, Wayde van Niekerk, Zakhiti Nene Gardeo Isaacs, and Leendert Koekemoer) won bronze. The men's marathon was won by Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania, Amanal Petros of Germany, and Iliass Aouani of Italy. The 20k men's walk was won by Caio Bonfim of Brazil, Wang Zhaozhao of China, and Paul McGrath of Spain. The men's triple jump was won by Pedro Pichardo of Portugal, Andrea Dallavalle of Italy, and Lazaro Martinez of Cuba. For the men's decathlon, Leo Neugebauer won gold for Germany, Ayden Owens-Delerme won silver from Puerto Rico, and Kyle Garland won bronze from America. For the women's 800m, Lilian Odira won gold from Kenya, Georgia Hunter Bell won silver from the UK, and Keely Hodgkinson won bronze from the UK. For the women's 10,000m, Beatrice Chebet won gold from Kenya, Nadia Battocletti won silver from Italy, and Gudaf Tsegay won bronze from Ethiopia. For the women's relay in the 4X100m race, America won gold (with Twanisha Terry, Sha'Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooten, Kayla White, and Jacious Sears), Jamaica won silver (with Tina Clayton, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, and Jodean Williams), and Germany won bronze (with Rebekka Haase, Sophia Junk, Sina Mayer, and Gina Luckenkemper). This is Melissa Jefferson-Wooten third gold medal in the 2025 Tokyo Championships. 

Also, it is important to give honor and respect to the icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's last race in track and field on Sunday, September 21, 2025. She was the greatest woman 100m sprinter of all time, having a career spanning over 20 years. Usain Bolt sent her best wishes, and tons of people in the world have done the same. She had a child and came back to win gold, which was an incredible accomplishment. Her track record speaks for itself. She won three Olympic Gold Medals, ten gold World Championships, and one World Indoor Championships title, and secured silver in her last race for Jamaica in the women's 4x100 m relay. She ran professionally from the 2000s to the mid-2020s, which is incredible. In 2023, she won the Laurens World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year. Thank you, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, for doing God's work in showing the world your talent. We all wish you the best in your next chapter of your life. For the 4X400m women's relay race, America won gold with Isabella Whitaker, Lynna Irby-Jackson, Aaliyah Butler, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Alex Holmes, Rosey Effong, Quanera Hayes, and Britton WIlson. Jamaica won silver with Dejanea Oakley, Stacey Ann Williams, Andrette Knight, Nickisha Pryce, and Roneisha McGregor. The Netherlands won bronze with Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Lissanne De Witte, Femke Bol, and Myrte van der Schoot. The women's high jump was won by Nicola Olyslagers of Australia, Maria Zodzik of Poland, and Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Angelina Topic of Ukraine and Serbia, respectively in bronze. For the women's shot put, Jessica Schilder won gold from the Netherlands, America won silver with Chase Jackson, and Maddi Wesche won bronze from New Zealand. For the women's javelin throw, Juleisy Angulo of Ecuador won gold, Anete Sietina from Latvia won silver, and MacKenzie Little won bronze from Australia. For the heptathlon, Anna Hall from America won gold, Kate O'Connor from Ireland won silver, and Taliyah Brooks from America plus Katarina Johnson-Thompson. from the United Kingdom, won bronze.  

 

The doctrines of Islam have similarities and massive differences from Judaism and Christianity. Islam believes in the existence of one Creator who created the Universe called Allah. Allah's etymological origin has been debated by scholars for years. Some believe that the term Allah is a contraction from al- ilah (or the god) and is linguistically related to God's names in other Semitic languages like Aramaic (Alaha) and HEbrew (Eloah). The word "Allah" now conveys the superiority or sole existence of one God, but among the pre-Islamic Arabic people, Allah was a supreme deity and was worshipped alongside lesser deities in a pantheon. Many Jews, Christians, and early Muslims used "Allah" and "al-ilah" synonymously in Classical Arabic. The word is also frequently, albeit not exclusively, used by Bábists, Baháʼís, Mandaeans, Indonesian Christians, Maltese Christians, and Sephardic Jewish people, as well as by the Gagauz people. The majority of scholars consider it to be derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- and ilāh "deity, god" to al-lāh meaning "the deity, the God." In some sources, the contracted and un-contracted forms are used interchangeably. The contraction of the terms is mirrored by the parallel contraction of al-ʾilāt to Allāt. Originally, ʾilāh was used as an epithet for the West Semitic creator god ʾIlu (the Ugaritic version of El), before being adopted as the proper name itself for this god. A minority hypothesis posits that Allah is a loanword from the Syriac Alāhā. However, this form is likely a phonetic adaptation of the Arabic. 

In an inscription of Christian martyrion dated to 512, references to al-ilah (الاله) appear in both Arabic and Aramaic. The inscription opens with the phrase "By the Help of al-ilah." Pre-Islamic Meccans worshiped Allah alongside a host of lesser gods and those whom they called the "daughters of Allah." One major aspect of Islam is the Islamic belief that God is one, God is eternal, and God has no begotten Son. One major cornerstone of Islam is that God has no Son as found in chapter 112 of the Qur'an (Al-'Ikhlās, The Sincerity). Conversely, the New Testament is clear that God has a Son, "......the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." (1 John 4:14). 1 Timothy 3:16 mentioned that, "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: GOD was manifest in the FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, BELIEVED ON in the world, RECEIVED UP into glory." Isaiah 9:6 of the Old Testament is clear that, "For unto us A CHILD IS BORN, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace." 

Islam teaches that Noah, Abraham, and Jesus Christ are prophets.  Alongside the Quran, Muslims also believe in previous revelations, such as the Tawrat (the Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injil (Gospel). They believe that Muhammad is the main and final of God's prophets, through whom the religion was completed. The teachings and normative examples of Muhammad, called the Sunnah, documented in accounts called the hadith, provide a constitutional model for Muslims. Islam is based on the belief in the oneness and uniqueness of God (tawhid), and belief in an afterlife (akhirah) with the Last Judgment—wherein the righteous will be rewarded in paradise (jannah) and the unrighteous will be punished in hell (jahannam). The Five Pillars, considered obligatory acts of worship, are the Islamic oath and creed (shahada), daily prayers (salah), almsgiving (zakat), fasting (sawm) in the month of Ramadan, and a pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca. Islamic law, sharia, touches on virtually every aspect of life, from banking and finance, and welfare to men's and women's roles and the environment. The two main religious festivals are Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The three holiest sites in Islam are Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Prophet's Mosque in Medina, and al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The Islamic creed (aqidah) requires belief in six articles: God (they believe in the oneness of God called tawhid), angels, revelation, prophets, the Day of Resurrection, and the divine predestination. Muslims use a shahadah to confess their faith. Those, who convert to Islam, are required to recite the shahada in front of witnesses. 

Prayer in Islam, called as-salah or aṣ-ṣalāt (Arabic: الصلاة), is seen as a personal communication with God and consists of repeating units called rakat that include bowing and prostrating to God. There are five timed prayers each day that are considered duties. The prayers are recited in the Arabic language and performed in the direction of the Kaaba. The act also requires a state of ritual purity achieved by means of either a routine wudu ritual wash or, in certain circumstances, a ghusl full-body ritual wash. Muslims worship in mosques or masjids. Many mosques have a shelter for the poor and minarets or to allow the adhan or vocal call time for prayer. Muslims do the hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime to Mecca during the Islamic month of Dhu Al-Hijjah.  

There are many similarities and differences between Islam and Catholicism. One similarity is that both Roman Catholicism and Islam use prayer beads. The prayer beads in Catholicism is called Rosary beads. The prayer beads in Islam are called Tashih or Misbaha. They are used for repetitive prayer. Both religious groups believe in a Day of Judgement, the resurrection of the dead, and an afterlife. Both religions follow a time of fasting during Lent for Catholics and during the month of Ramadan for Muslims. The Second Vatican Council had its declaration of Nosta Aetate for ending past conflicts among both groups. Both Muslims and Catholics venerate Mary to the point of carrying statues of Mary worlwide. Mary should be respected, but she is not infallible. Catholics and Muslims view pilgrimages as a means of obtaining favor from God. Millions of Catholics yearly go to shrines globally, millions of Muslims yearly go on the Hajj to Mecca. Pope John Paul II in 1985 said that Roman Catholicism recognizes Allah as the God of the Bible. 

 

The 2025 New York City mayoral election made history during the race. It happened after the Democratic Primary ended. The primary elections for the Democratic Party took place on June 24, 2025. Early voting started on June 14, 2025. In early 2025, polls showed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo leading all other mayoral candidates among Democratic voters. Leading up to the election, polls showed that Cuomo continued to be the narrow frontrunner in the Democratic primary, with Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani in second place; one June poll found that Mamdani had a narrow lead over Cuomo. Opinion polling for the Democratic primary; Mamdani outperformed all polls by wide margins. On June 24, Mamdani defeated Cuomo, City Comptroller Brad Lander, and eight other candidates to become the Democratic nominee for mayor. Mamdani's victory was considered a major upset. Mamdani has suggested imposing a flat 2% tax on New Yorkers who earn more than $1 million and a number of housing plans, such as a promise to freeze rents on rent-stabilized units, extensive public housing development and refurbishment, and stricter regulation of landlords, upsetting some in the luxury real estate market. Nevertheless, Cuomo, who also filed to run on the independent "Fight and Deliver Party" line, will remain on the general election ballot. Mamdani is the first democratic socialist to win a Democratic primary in the NYC mayoral race. Mamdani represents a new era of politics, and Cuomo represents the previous generation. The issue of housing affordability is one of the major issues of the election. People in New York City deserve solutions, not the status quo. People want the growth of decent, affordable housing. From the 1930s to the 1970s, a commitment to public investments in housing existed in America. Reagan and Congress cut funds for affordable housing by nearly 80 percent. Eligibility for benefits was restricted. Homelessness then massively increased. Reagan isn't the only one at fault. By the late 1990's, there was a freeze on new public housing, and underfunding happened. Many wealthy corporations now benefit from billions of dollars yearly in mortgage interest and property tax deductions, plus capital gains exemptions for profits from home sales. 

 

By Timothy