जोया : इस महिला के खून के प्यासे हैं आतंकी

तालिबान और अलकायदा आतंकी अफगानिस्तान की सबसे युवा सांसद रहीं मलालई जोया के खून के प्यासे हैं। वह कट्टरपंथियों के भी निशाने पर हैं। उन पर पांच बार जानलेवा हमले हो चुके हैं। महिला अधिकारों की बात करने और उन्हें समान कानूनी अधिकार दिए जाने की मांग उठाने के कारण वह आतंकियों के निशाने पर हैं। इसी के चलते 5 मई, 2006 को उन पर संसद में जानलेवा हमला भी किया गया।

फिर 21 जून, 2007 को जोया को संसद से बर्खास्त कर दिया गया। लेकिन इतना कुछ होने के बावजूद जोया के फौलादी इरादों में कोई कमी नहीं आई है। उनका कहना है कि महिलाओं को अधिकार दिलाए बगैर उन्हें चैन नहीं है। वह संसद से सड़क तक संघर्ष जारी रखेंगी। 05 में अफगान की युवा सांसद के रूप में चुनी गई जोया ने संसद में अपराधी रहे लोगो की सांसद के रूप में मौजूदगी पर सवाल उठाया।

उनका कहना था कि अफगानिस्तान में लोकतंत्र मात्र एक दिखावा है। उनकी इस टिप्पणी पर न केवल उनकी पिटाई की गई बल्कि उन्हें संसद से बर्खास्त भी कर दिया गया। संसद से बर्खास्त करने की घटना ने उन्हें अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर खासा लोकप्रिय बना दिया। कनाडा, अमेरिका, जर्मनी, ब्रिटेन, इटली तथा स्पेन के सांसदों का समर्थन भी उन्हें हासिल हुआ।

Source: bhaskar.com

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Beautiful Temples of the World! Part-2

Wat Rong Khun

Wat Rong Khun is a contemporary unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It was designed by Chalermchai Kositpipat. Construction began in 1998 and is expected to end in 2008.
Wat Rong Khun is different from any other temple in Thailand, as its ubosot (Pali: uposatha; consecrated assembly hall) is designed in white color with some use of white glass. The white color stands for Lord Buddha’s purity; the white glass stands for Lord Buddha’s wisdom that "shines brightly all over the Earth and the Universe."

Prambanan

Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia, located approximately 18 km east of Yogyakarta.

The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the largest Hindu temples in south-east Asia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples.

Beautiful Temples of the World!

Here is a listing of some of the beautiful temples of the World! Includes the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Taktshang in Bhutan, Wat Rong Khun in Thailand, Prambanan in Indonesia, Shwedagon Pagoda in Burma, Temple of Heaven in Beijing, Chion-in in Japan, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu & the Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

Taktshang

Taktshang is the most famous of monasteries in Bhutan. It hangs on a cliff at 3,120 metres (10,200 feet), some 700 meters (2,300 feet) above the bottom of Paro valley, some 10 km from the district town of Paro. Famous visitors include Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in the 17th century and Milarepa.The name means "Tiger's nest", the legend being that Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) flew there on the back of a tiger.

The monastery includes seven temples which can all be visited. The monastery suffered several blazes and is a recent restoration. Climbing to the monastery is on foot or mule.

Hazrat Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari passes away

Hazrat Maulana Syed Abdullah Bukhari had become the XIIth Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid in the capital. On Wednesday, 36 years later on the same date, he passed away after a prolonged illness at AIIMS. He was 87.

Born in Sambhar district of Rajasthan and educated in Delhi, Syed Abdullah Bukhari became the Naib Shahi Imam in 1946, a year before India became independent. He came into prominence in 1975, two years after being appointed Shahi Imam of the famous mosque. This was the year Emergency was declared and he opposed the then Congress government, particularly the sterilisation drive in parts of Old Delhi.

Politicians used to approach him regularly to seek his support in every election, giving him a clout which some felt he didn't command. A controversial figure, he later made up with the Congress.

Political observers recollect that he used to be in full flow during any election. He would make catchy statements, hold press conferences and even issue fatwas to make it to the headlines and prove his hold over the community. He played an active role in the Babri Masjid stir but later his appeal started to wane.

On Wednesday, several prominent personalities, including Farooq Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Subodh Kant Sahay, cricketer-turned-MP Azharuddin and Sheila Dikshit paid tributes to him.

Sources: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Muslim priests at Shiva temple in Kashmir

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A Lord Shiva temple situated on the banks of the icy Lidder river, a 900-year old Shiva temple is the only Hindu shrine in Kashmir valley which has Muslim priests. After the migration of Kashmiri Pandits from a nearby village, two Muslim priests - Mohmmad Abdullah and Ghulam Hassan kept the doors of the Mamalaka temple open and bells continued to toll.

"We not only took care of temple but also held ''aartis'' everyday," Ghulam Hasan told a visiting PTI correspondent here. Besides ensuring the safety of the 3-feet-long black stone "shivaling", Abdullah and Hassan have ensured no devotee goes without prasad even for a single day.

Built by Raja Jai Suria, the temple was once a must stop over for pilgrims going to the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.

Source: in.news.yahoo.com

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