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​In 1963, a Turkish man accidentally uncovered an underground city while making renovations to his home. In the region of ​Cappadocia, the man was knocking down a wall in his basement when he unintentionally came across a secret room, which led to an underground tunnel, which opened up to a ancient hidden city: Derinkuyu.This ancient city was lying 18 stories beneath the Earth's surface. With about 600 entrances, it could house over 20,000 people and the preservation from the photos show the possibility of livestock, food supplies, churches, tombs, communal rooms, schools and stables all hidden in the underground city (Chapel featured in image above). The subterranean...

Unofficial and unregulated Sharia law bodies are operating “everywhere in the country” performing marriages and handing out divorces, the head of a body set up to standardize the administration of Islamic law in the UK has told MPs. Dr. Ahmad Al-Dubayan, chairman of UK Board of Sharia Councils, based in Regent’s Park Mosque in London, said it was impossible to know how many so-called sharia “councils” are operating in Britain. But in some cases, self-styled sharia authorities are operating out of small shops “maybe hidden in the basement or somewhere”, he said. One widely-quoted think-tank report, published seven years ago,...