How come mosques aren't destroyed during the tsunami catastrophe in south east asia?
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They WERE. Don't be naive and ignorant behind any religion, that isn't what any faith teaches, especially Islam.\nIn Sri Lanka alone, 528 places of worship were destroyed, of which 97 were mosques. Look at some of the pictures\nin the 'sources' section.\n\nIn Somalia the town Mosque of Brava was completely destroyed.\n\nIn this website (http://www.islamic-relief.com/submenu/appeal/aliyar.asp) it is simply all about how BADLY the mosques were affected throughout this region.\n\nIf you base this question on the (single) report of the mosque being the only standing structure in Banda Aceh, then you really need to research more. This is true but it was also the ONLY building made of reasonable materials in the entire area.\n\nEven so, the very same building wasn't left 'untouched'.\n\n"The 58-year-old sultan was accompanied by Indonesian Welfare Minister Alwi Shihab _ who is in charge of the relief operations in the province _ on the hour-long flight from the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, and back.\nHassanal visited a tsunami-damaged mosque near a beach north of Banda Aceh and announced that he was considering paying for its repairs, Shihab told The Associated Press.\nHe said the sultan, a devout Muslim and an ardent aviator, also brought 2,000 copies of the holy Muslim book Quran for distribution at several mosques. "\n\nI'll leave the rest for you to research yourself. \nPlease, please, research things for yourself before making blatantly false and misleading statements.
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actually yes they've been talking about this a lot recently in light of the last big tsunami. There's an island that's pretty much just a volcano (forget the name but you could find it easily) that the next time it erupts, it will lose some of it's mass into the ocean and cause a tsunami headed towards the East coast. AS far as the west coast goes, any tsunami generated here would be the sliding of the tectonic plates offshore. so if we have a heavy earthquake out there, the west coast would be hit.
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Hey my dear frnd The True religion of GOD is ISLAM. Cozeverything thts hapenning now is mentioned in Quran. LIke the disaster hapening now. Its mentioned in Quaran tht Before the world comes to an end people r gonna face various disasters like earthquakes, tsunami, war b/w nations. etc etc.............\n\nCheck this out www.harunyahya.com
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The word Tsunami is Japanese and they been hit a number of times over their history. As for what would happen if hit today, it would depend on where got hit. If not one of the industrial or commercial centers such as Tokyo, etc.... their would be loss of life and a number of ill effects but Japan would survive. If it his one of these major areas.... their would be a major disruption of trade and the economy could become unstable, this would also affect the stock markets not only in Japan but everywhere else in the world, since Japanese goods are exported everywhere including the United States.
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Check to following link to know more about Tsunami.\n\nIt's not possible to accurately predict plate tectonics  currently.
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There is no proof. All the evidence disappeared to China or the bottom of the ocean. Why were they so quick to get rid of that steel? Do you really believe that jet fuel gets hot enough to collapse an I beam? Hell, I've picked out beer cans after a bonfire. Duh! And as far as I know, airliners aren't made for knocking down buildings. They are light so they can fly. Have ever seen a crash site? There usually isn't a whole lot of recognizable things left. A building that would collapse after getting hit like that wouldn't pass a NYC building code exam.
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Higashinada area was damaged more than other area.\nVisit web sites bellow,you can find more information.
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Underwater earthquakes cause Tsunamis. Not god you braindead christian nitwit!
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Probably the Asian tsunami
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I believe an ocean tsunami have been more destructive in Earth's history.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
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Why, indeed.  \nApparently they got "another Pearl Harbor" and put the fear of Jesus in everyone, and they didn't want anyone to find evidence of demolition.  You know, steel columns sheered with thermite.\nOther evidence, of explosives having been used, might indicate that something other than planes and fire brought down the towers.\nAnd Building 7...
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its tsunami, and there would not be a western european tsunami, but i would guess that cork, in irealnd would be hit first, but the netherlans would sink because it is below sea level. i would then saw rotterdam, amsterdam, or the hauge then.
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Yeah, like the guy above me said. More elequently, it's not knowing WHERE they are going to go, but WHEN.\n\nIt is virtually impossible to tell exactly when sudden displacement along a fault will occur, although the fact that it will eventually occur can be predicted. This is done by comparing the displacement of regions along the fault that move regularly (and without violent earthquakes) to quiet regions that are not experiencing any little quakes. It's the quiet regions that are to be worried about. They just sit and build up elastic potential and then snap all at once without warning.\n\nRule of thumb, do not live along active fault zones, nor on top of any tsunamite deposits (can be recognized by large angular blocks deposited in a diamicton).
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There is a high death toll and huge economic losses.. estimates given below n in wikipedia.. the list is long, just to mention a couple.. read on.. \n\nEffect on India \nAccording to the table of casualties on the Home Ministry website 10,749 casualties have been confirmed on the 18th January 2005, most of them in the state of Tamil Nadu. There were 5,640 people missing, nearly all of them on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In the meantime the death toll has been slashed down by 1,458, and the number of missing by 2,927 on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands [1]. \nEffect on Indonesia \nIndonesia's Ministry of Health confirmed 131,029 deaths on June 18th 2005, mainly in the northern province Aceh of the island Sumatra. The number of people missing are some 37,000. \nEffect on Malaysia \nDespite its proximity to the incident, Malaysia escaped the kind of damage that struck countries thousands of miles further away. The number of deaths currently stands at 69 with 5 people missing. \nEffect on the Maldives \nIn the Maldives, 82 were killed and 26 reported missing and presumed dead. \nEffect on Myanmar \nIndependent media reports 90 people killed in Myanmar due to the tsunami. The official death toll is 61. Witnesses in Myanmar estimate up to 600 deaths. \nEffect on Somalia \nVillages and coastal communities in Somalia, as far as 4,500 km (2,800 mi) from the epicentre of the earthquake, were swept away and destroyed by the huge waves. 176 people were confirmed dead, 136 were missing and more than 50,000 have been displaced. ......
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It is bibical but God isn't causing them.  He could see the future and what man was going to do to the earth.\nHe told prophets to tell the people what was going to happen.  We are living in the last days.  Wickedness is everywhere.  It is sad that Indonesia had an earthquake.\n5 maybe 6 thousand will die.  This year already 25 million have died from AIDS. In Indonesia alone.  It was said a minute ago on the internet they have lost the war against aids. 40 million more have the disease.\nHow is that spread?  Was that gods fault?  No but he could forsee the future and said, great pestilences.
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It is completely coincidental and has nothing to do with whether the country is developed or not. Unfortunately, when their buildings aren't as well designed as they are in so-called First World nations, there are more deaths due to building collapses, etc, and they may not have the infrastructure in place to assist in rescue and medically treat the injured when these disasters happen.
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Scientists say that there is some chemical at the bottom of the sea only in that part which attracts everything which goesd above it, even birds! In our religion there is a belief that our 12th imam is invincible and stays there. There R quite many rumours but logical its correct.