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Muslims Around the World Consider Climate During Ramadan
AP ^ | 4/16/23 | Edna Tarigan and Mariam Fam

Posted on 04/22/2023 6:40:10 PM PDT by marshmallow

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In the heart of Jakarta, the grand Istiqlal Mosque was built with a vision for it to stand for a thousand years.

The mosque was conceived by Soekarno, Indonesia’s founding father, and was designed as an impressive symbol for the country’s independence. Its seven gates — representing the seven heavens in Islam — welcome visitors from across the archipelago and the world into the mosque’s lofty interior.

But they don’t just see the light here. It fuels them.

A major renovation in 2019 installed upwards of 500 solar panels on the mosque’s expansive roof, now a major and clean source of Istiqlal’s electricity. And this Ramadan, the mosque has encouraged an energy waqf — a type of donation in Islam that continues to bear fruit over time — to grow its capacity to make renewable power.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Islam; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: climate; fromorbit; fromorbit2besure; jimknowsdonors; ramadomadingdong

1 posted on 04/22/2023 6:40:10 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow
It is wasn't for the phallus, it would look like just another government building...


2 posted on 04/22/2023 6:44:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: marshmallow

Sure they are.


3 posted on 04/22/2023 6:44:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: marshmallow; All

FYI:

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4 posted on 04/22/2023 6:46:21 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: marshmallow

OFFS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂


5 posted on 04/22/2023 6:50:16 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: marshmallow

I’m sure they do.

To use as a weapon against the infidels.


6 posted on 04/22/2023 6:57:09 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic!)
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To: marshmallow

Old chant: Death to infidels!
New chant: Death to infidels and climate change deniers!


7 posted on 04/22/2023 6:59:36 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: marshmallow

LOL! I bet...


8 posted on 04/22/2023 7:21:44 PM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: BenLurkin

Does screeching and gyrating one’s fetid buttocks Heavnward, spewing malodorous fumes in God’s nostrils, address climate?


9 posted on 04/22/2023 8:44:55 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: marshmallow

Oh spare me any praise of the moon god cult for any reason.


10 posted on 04/22/2023 8:47:17 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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