Friday, January 15, 2016
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Jewish boy Nathan's visions of coming World War III against Israel.
On 9 Dec 2015 Nathan a 15 yr old Jewish boy died, went to heaven and saw the near future of Israel and the coming World War III. The Lord revived him and sent him back to earth to testify of what he saw.
He has been a non-observing Jewish boy who does not know the Torah, nor attends the synagogue services.
See the Youtube videos about him and his visions.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Monday, January 11, 2016
Muslims in Moscow
The Russian capital Moscow is growing
increasingly Islamic, as the number of Muslims in the city has increased to
over 1.5 million in the past decade, according to Russia’s chief imams.
There are hundreds of mosques in Moscow, but not enough to accommodate the huge number of worshippers, forcing many to pray on the streets.
In 2015, more than 160,000 Muslims attended prayers marking the Eid holiday, according to the Moscow police.
“A large number of labor migrants come to our mosques and during holidays our mosques -- there are only four of them in Moscow now -- of course they are overcrowded and most of our believers pray outside, in the rain, in the sleet,” said Iman Rushan Abbyasov, deputy head of the Council of Muftis.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia had only 100 mosques left. Some 8,000 were built in the past 24 years – but not in Moscow. The official census data from 2010 suggests there are over 400,000 Muslims living in the Russian capital.
According to experts the number of Muslims in the city has grown dramatically in the past two decades due to increased migration from predominantly Muslim Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Russia's North Caucasus.
“The real number is definitely higher,” said Alexei Malashenko, an expert at the Carnegie Endowment. “This includes both Muslims who live here as well as registered migrants. We simply do not have exact statistics.”
Muftis put the number of Muslims in Moscow at 1.5 million. If they are right, the Russian capital has the second-largest Muslim population after Paris which, with 1.7 million Muslims, hosts the largest population of any European city.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has ruled out building more mosques, saying would be "over the top." He added that Muscovites are becoming irritated by people who speak a different language and have different customs.
The statement provoked anger among Muslims.
The opening in September of the Cathedral Mosque, which was Moscow’s main mosque before it closed for renovations a decade ago, is not expected to solve the shortage of prayer space, Muslims say. They explain that, like the other mosques, it can accommodate no more than 10,000 worshippers at a time.
In contrast to mosques, churches in Moscow have flourished in recent years.
There are currently 383 active Russian Orthodox churches in the capital. Five years ago, the city launched a "200 churches" program, aimed at building churches in every district of the city.
Many of these new buildings often remain empty, while more and more Muslims are seen praying in the streets outside mosques.
There are hundreds of mosques in Moscow, but not enough to accommodate the huge number of worshippers, forcing many to pray on the streets.
In 2015, more than 160,000 Muslims attended prayers marking the Eid holiday, according to the Moscow police.
“A large number of labor migrants come to our mosques and during holidays our mosques -- there are only four of them in Moscow now -- of course they are overcrowded and most of our believers pray outside, in the rain, in the sleet,” said Iman Rushan Abbyasov, deputy head of the Council of Muftis.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia had only 100 mosques left. Some 8,000 were built in the past 24 years – but not in Moscow. The official census data from 2010 suggests there are over 400,000 Muslims living in the Russian capital.
According to experts the number of Muslims in the city has grown dramatically in the past two decades due to increased migration from predominantly Muslim Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Russia's North Caucasus.
“The real number is definitely higher,” said Alexei Malashenko, an expert at the Carnegie Endowment. “This includes both Muslims who live here as well as registered migrants. We simply do not have exact statistics.”
Muftis put the number of Muslims in Moscow at 1.5 million. If they are right, the Russian capital has the second-largest Muslim population after Paris which, with 1.7 million Muslims, hosts the largest population of any European city.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has ruled out building more mosques, saying would be "over the top." He added that Muscovites are becoming irritated by people who speak a different language and have different customs.
The statement provoked anger among Muslims.
The opening in September of the Cathedral Mosque, which was Moscow’s main mosque before it closed for renovations a decade ago, is not expected to solve the shortage of prayer space, Muslims say. They explain that, like the other mosques, it can accommodate no more than 10,000 worshippers at a time.
In contrast to mosques, churches in Moscow have flourished in recent years.
There are currently 383 active Russian Orthodox churches in the capital. Five years ago, the city launched a "200 churches" program, aimed at building churches in every district of the city.
Many of these new buildings often remain empty, while more and more Muslims are seen praying in the streets outside mosques.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Malacca Reminiscences
Published by Partridge/Penguin
Dec 2015
Author: Andrew Loh
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Chapters Pages
1 JONKER
STREET
3
2 BORN
& BRED HERE 11
3 TAMPIN 19
4 KUBU 23
5 AYER
KEROH 29
6 CHAN
KOON CHENG 36
7 MALACCA
BRIDGES 45
8 CHINA
HILL 51
9 MALACCA
MILLIONAIRES 55
10 MALACCA
FOODS 61
11 MEDICAL
SERVICES 71
12 MALACCA
POLITICIANS 78
13 TRISHAWS
& CARS 82
14 PEOPLE
OF MALACCA 89
15 MY
TRAVELS 92
16 MY
FAMILY 97
17 MEMORABLE
TRIPS 104
18 MALACCA
BUCCANEERS 109
19 PEOPLE
WHO STOOD OUT 110
20 SMALL
TRADES MALACCA 119
21 MALACCA
DIASPORA 124
22 MALACCA
PROFESSIONALS 128
23 MALACCA
LEGENDS 131
24 MALACCA
PHILANTHROPISTS 133
25 MALACCA
FOREIGN WORKERS 136
26 MALACCA
CHURCHES 140
27 MALACCA
DURIANS 147
28 MALACCA
HOTELS 150
29 MALACCA
SUBURBS 152
30 SUPERMARTS
& SHOPS 154
31 BOOKS
AND I 157
32 BABIES,
OLDIES & FATTIES 162
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