TERNYATA TWITTER TIDAK POPULER DI AS

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JAKARTA - Twitter ternyata tak begitu populer di negara induk semangnya, Amerika Serikat. Menurut lembaga riset Pew, hanya delapan persen pengguna internet dewasa di AS yang memanfaatkan situs mikrobloging itu.

Artinya, dari 74 persen penduduk AS yang merupakan pengguna internet aktif hanya enam persen dari total jumlah penduduk pengguna Twitter. Jumlah tweeps di sana sekitar 18 juta.

Angka ini jauh di bawah pengguna situs jejaring sosial Facebook yang mencapai 60 juta orang atau sekitar 20 persen dari total penduduk AS.

Pengguna Twitter di Negeri Paman Sam didominasi usia muda antara 18 sampai 29 tahun. Jumlah mencapai 14 persen.

Dari sisi ras, pengguna terbanyak adalah kaum minoritas yang terdiri atas hispanik (18 persen), Afrika Amerika (13 persen), dan hanya lima persen dari kulit putih.

Twitter paling banyak digunakan untuk mengabarkan kehidupan personal atau aktivitas penggunanya (72 persen), berkaitan dengan pekerjaan (62 persen), dan mentautkan artikel berita (55 persen).

BANJIR JALAN BANJARAN BALEENDAH BANDUNG 12.000 RUMAH TERENDAM

 

 

 

Akses vital kabupaten ke kota di Jalan Raya Banjaran, Baleendah, Kabupaten Bandung, Jawa Barat, terendam banjir Sungai Citarum, Sabtu (11/12). Sekitar 12.000 rumah terendam di empat kecamatan di wilayah Bandung Selatan. Belum ada tindakan dari pemerintah daerah setempat.

Stockholm Diguncang Dua Ledakan, Satu Orang Tewas

2 ledakan mengguncang kawasan pertokoan yang ramai pengunjung di Kota Stockholm, Swedia, Sabtu (11/12). Satu orang tewas dan dua lainnya luka-luka. Menurut polisi setempat, ledakan pertama terjadi di tengah kota di depan toko yang sedang ramai pembeli. Tidak berselang lama, ledakan kedua terjadi di jalan yang sama dan terdengar lebih keras serta melukai satu orang. Korban tidak lama kemudian meninggal dunia.
Pihak kepolisian belum mengetahui pasti apakah dua ledakan tersebut saling terkait atau tidak. menurut sejumlah saksi mata, usai ledakan banyak orang berlarian menyelamatkan diri. Petugas penyelamat mengatakan mobil yang meledak, berisi kaleng bom asap. Selain menyebabkan satu orang tewas, ledakan juga menyebabkan dua korban mengalami luka bakar. Kini kedua korban dibawa ke rumah sakit. Swedia yang selama ini terhindar dari serangan teror, kini terus meningkatkan kewaspadaan dari ancaman serangan kelompok militan.(RIZ)

STOCKHOLM--MICOM: Menteri Luar Negeri Swedia Carl Bildt mengatakan bahwa ledakan yang terjadi di pusat perbelanjaan di Stockholm, Swedia, merupakan aksi teroris yang gagal.

"Kebanyakan pebisnis khawatir tentang serangan teroris di pusat bisnis Kota Stockholm. Meski dinilai gagal, tapi ini benar-benar sebuah bencana," tulis Carl Bildts dalam status media sosial twitter, Sabtu (11/12).

Dua ledakan mobil bom bunuh diri ini terjadi di pusat perbelanjaan Drottninggatan, Stockholm, Swedia, pada Sabtu malam. Peristiwa itu mengakibatkan sedikitnya satu orang tewas dan dua pengunjung luka-luka.

Seperti dikutip dari kantor berita Swedia, TT, beberapa saat sebelum peristiwa ledakan itu terjadi, polisi memang menerima e-mail yang menyebutkan bahwa ledakan ini terkait kehadiran pasukan Swedia di Afghanistan.

Namun hingga kini, kepolisian setempat belum bisa memastikan ledakan ini benar-benar dilakukan oleh kelompok teroris. Seperti diketahui, Swedia memang mengirimkan 400 personel ke Afghanistan di bawah komando pasukan koalisi pimpinan Amerika Serikat. (BBC/Rtr/OL-5)

PENAMPAKKAN HANTU DI AS

KOMPAS.com — Mungkin Anda tidak akan memercayai apa yang ada di hadapan pandangan Anda apabila menemukan makhluk seperti ini di tengah hutan pada malam hari. Apabila dilihat dari penampakannya dalam sebuah situs di internet, sosok ini menyerupai tokoh Spider-Man yang bergelayutan dalam tayangan Blair Witch Project.

Seorang pemburu rusa di AS mem-postingtayangan video ini di situs Wildgame Innovations, situs permainan bagi peminat berburu. Pemburu yang memilih tidak menyebutkan namanya itu mengaku melihat penampakan makhluk ini saat berada di tengah kegelapan gulita hutan pada suatu malam.

Makhluk tersebut digambarkan memiliki mata yang berkilauan cahaya dan berlompatan serta sempat menatap ke arah kamera sebelum menghilang di dalam semak belukar. Karena merasa sangat ketakutan dengan penampakan yang dihadapinya, pemburu itu terbirit-birit sehingga kamera yang digunakannya terjatuh dan rusak. Namun, tayangan penampakan yang disaksikannya itu masih bisa diselamatkan dari memori kamera yang ternyata tidak ikut rusak.

Tayangan ini didokumentasikan di Berwick, Morgan City, Louisiana. Para pengunduh di internet menyebut tayangan itu sebagai isapan jempol belaka. Salah satu pemberi komentar menyebutkan bahwa sosok itu diambil dari tayangan sebuah video game yang disaksikannya dua tahun lalu. Sementara sang pemburu bersikeras menyebutkan bahwa tayangan dari sosok yang berpose layaknya Spider-Man itu bukan tipuan.

2010, Facebook Nyaris Menguasai Dunia

Desember ini, Facebook telah mengalahkan Orkut di India.

Juni 2009, ada 17 media sosial bertebaran di seluruh dunia. Facebook adalah salah satu yang terbesar, namun belum mendominasi. Desember 2010, beberapa media sosial bertumbangan dikalahkan Facebook.

Adalah Vincenzo Cosenza yang melakukan penelusuran popularitas media sosial sejak Juni 2009 sampai Desember 2010. Dengan memakai Alexa dan Google Trends, Cosenza menemukan Facebook telah nyaris menguasai dunia.

Seperti dilansir Mashable, Facebook pada Juni 2009 mendominasi media sosial di Amerika Serikat, Inggris dan Australia. Desember ini, Facebook telah mengalahkan Orkut di India dan juga beberapa negara di Amerika Latin.

Friendster yang pada Juni 2009 masih dominan di Filipina juga digerus Facebook. Kemudian Hi5 yang populer di Thailand dan Portugal juga akhirnya dikalahkan Facebook.

Namun, sejumlah media sosial selain Facebook masih dominan di beberapa negara. Di Rusia, pemain utama adalah V. Kontakte. Orkut juga masih kuat di Brasil. Sementara China dengan QZone. Cosenza menghitung, ada 10 media sosial lain yang belum dikalahkan Facebook di sejumlah negara.

Aneh, Mata Kuliah 'Pengalaman Mati'

Dimulai menulis surat wasiat. Memakai kostum kematian. Masuk ke peti mati. Lalu dikubur.
Setiap dosen membutuhkan kreativitas membuat mata kuliah diterima mahasiswa dengan baik. Namun, bagaimana jika kreativitas itu mengharuskan mahasiswa masuk ke peti mati, dan membiarkannya 'terkubur' selama 10 menit.

Adalah Profesor Qiu Daneng yang punya ide gila itu. Dosen di Rende Medical College, Taiwan, itu yakin cara menakutkan itu akan membuat seluruh mahasiswa kedokteran bimbingannya bisa mengapreasi, atau tak menganggap remeh nilai kehidupan.

Daneng mengatakan, memberikan wawasan kematian kepada mahasiswa kedokteran penting sebagai bekal mempertahankan kehidupan masyarakat lewat profesinya.

Dalam mata kuliah itu, Daneng meminta semua mahasiswa memulainya dengan menulis semacam surat wasiat. Setelah 'mengafani' diri sendiri dengan busana untuk orang meninggal, mahasiswa itu kemudian diminta masuk ke dalam sebuah peti mati.

Dalam kondisi tertutup rapat, peti mati itu kemudian 'dikubur' di sebuah rongga di bawah lantai selama 10 menit. Namun, agar mahasiswanya  bisa tetap bernapas, Daneng sengaja mendesain peti itu dengan sejumlah celah yang memungkinkan sirkulasi oksigen terjaga. 

"Meski hanya 10 menit, efek ketakutannya sama seperti benar-benar mengalami kematian," kata Daneng seperti dilansir Orange News, Inggris.

Lalu apa kata mahasiswanya? "Saya merasa seperti dilahirkan kembali begitu keluar dari peti, dan saya menjadi lebih menghargai setiap detik dalam hidup saya," kata salah satu mahasiswa, Xiao Lin

20 MASJID TERBESAR DUNIA ISTIQLAL NOMER 4

20. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

Al-Aqsa Mosque also known as al-Aqsa, is an Islamic holy place in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site that includes the mosque (along with the Dome of the Rock) is also referred to as al-Haram ash-Sharif or “Sacred Noble Sanctuary”, a site also known as the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, the place where the First and Second Temples are generally accepted to have stood. Widely considered as the third holiest site in Islam, Muslims believe that the prophet Muhammad  was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey. Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God ordered him to turn towards the Ka’aba. Al-Aqsa is comes as twentieth largest mosque of the world.

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, Masjid. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for prayer as well as a center for information, education and dispute settlement. This post features top 20 largest mosques of the world, hope you will like our effort.

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19. Masjid e Tooba (Gol Masjid), Karachi, Pakistan

Masjid e Tooba or Tooba Mosque is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Locally, it is also known as the Gol Masjid. Masjid e Tooba was built in 1969 in Defense Housing Society, Karachi is nineteenth largest mosque in the world. It is located just off main Korangi Road. Masjid e Tooba is often claimed to be the largest single dome mosque in the world. It is also major tourist attraction in Karachi. Masjid e Tooba is built with pure white marble. The dome of the Masjid e Tooba is 72 meters (236 feet) in diameter, and is balanced on a low surrounding wall with no central pillars. Masjid e Tooba has a single minaret standing 70 meters high. The central prayer hall has a capacity of 5,000 people. It has been built keeping acoustics in mind. A person speaking inside one end of the dome can be heard at the other end. This mosque was designed by Pakistani architect Dr Babar Hamid Chauhan.

18. Al Fateh Mosque (Bahrain Grand Mosque)

The Al-Fateh Mosque also known as Al-Fateh Islamic Center & Al Fateh Grand Mosque is eighteenth of the largest mosques in the world, capable of accommodating over 7,000 worshippers at a time. he mosque is the largest place of worship in Bahrain. It is located next to the King Faisal Highway in Juffair, which is a town located in the capital city of Manama. The mosque very close to the Royal Bahraini Palace, the residence of the king of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah. The huge dome built on top of the Al-Fatih Mosque is made of pure fiberglass.

17. Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923). The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built between 1609 and 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah  and a hospice. While still used as a mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction. Sultan Ahmed Mosque is known as seventeenth largest mosque in the world.

16. Grozny Central Dome Mosque

Akhmad Kadyrov Grozny Central Dome Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, and bears the name of Akhmad Kadyrov. The mosque design is based on the Blue Mosque in İstanbul. On October 16, 2008, the mosque was officially opened in a ceremony in which Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov spoke and was with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. This mosque is one of the biggest in Europe. In this mosque ten thousand Muslims can pray at a time and its minarets reach 60m high and is sixteenth largest mosque in the world.

15. Baitul Futuh Mosque

The Bait’ul Futuh Mosque is the largest mosque in Western Europe and fifteenth largest in the world with an area of 5.2 acres (21,000 m2), the mosque complex can accommodate up to 10,000 worshippers. Built in 2003 at a cost of approximately £5.5 million, entirely from donations of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, it is located in the south-west London suburb of Morden, next to Morden South railway station, 150 yards from the Morden Underground.

14. Masjid-e-Aqsa Rabwah, Pakistan

Masjid-e-Aqsa is the greatest mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The foundation stone was laid in 1966 and the building’s inauguration took place on March 31, 1972. The mosque is the main mosque of the Ahmadiyya in Rabwah  for 12,000 worshipers. The design came from the mosque, Abdul Rashid, at the request of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad should occur in one Central Mosque Rabwah. The blueprint was already established during his tenure, but because of the Caliph was not affected, the foundation will be laid. On 28 October 1966 Mirza Nasir Ahmad laid the foundation for the Masjid-e-Aqsa. The Friday Sermon the third Caliph 31 The mosque was opened in March 1972. Masjid-e-Aqsa is fourteenth largest mosque in the world.

13. Masjid Negara, Malaysia

The Masjid Negara is the national mosque of Malaysia, located in Kuala Lumpur. It has a capacity of 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m2) of beautiful gardens. The original structure was designed by a three-person team from the Public Works Department – UK architect Howard Ashley, and Malaysians Hisham Albakri and Baharuddin Kassim. Originally built in 1965, it is a bold and modern approach in reinforced concrete, symbolic of the aspirations of a then newly-independent Malaysia. Its key features are a 73-metre-high minaret and an 18-pointed star concrete main roof. The umbrella, synonymous with the tropics, is featured conspicuously – the main roof is reminiscent of an open umbrella, the minaret’s cap a folded one. The folded plates of the concrete main roof is a creative solution to achieving the larger spans required in the main gathering hall. Reflecting pools and fountains spread throughout the compound. Masjid Negara known as thirteenth largest mosque in the world.

12. Id Kah Mosque, China

The Id Kah Mosque is a mosque  located in Kashgar, Xinjiang, in the western People’s Republic of China. It is the largest mosque in China and twelfth largest mosque in the world . Every Friday, it houses nearly 10,000 worshippers and may accommodate up to 20,000. The mosque  was built by Saqsiz Mirza in ca. 1442 (although it incorporated older structures dating back to 996) and covers 16,800 square meters.

11. Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Oman

In 1992 Sultan Qaboos directed that his country of Oman should have a Grand Mosque. A competition for its design took place in 1993 and after a site was chosen at Bausher construction commenced in 1995. Building work, which was undertaken by Carillion  Alawi LLC took six years and four months. The Mosque  is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone and eleventh largest mosque in the world. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square (external dimensions 74.4 x 74.4 metres) with a central dome rising to a height of fifty metres above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 metres) and four flanking minarets (45.5 metres) are the mosque’s chief visual features.

10. Baitul Mukarram, Bangladesh

Baitul Mukarram is the national mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the heart of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque  was founded during the 1960s. The mosque has a capacity of 30,000, giving it the respectable position of being the 10th biggest mosque in the world. However the mosque is constantly getting overcrowded. This especially occurs during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which has resulted in the Bangladeshi government having to add extensions to the mosque, thus increasing the capacity to at least 40,000.

9. Jama Masjid, Delhi, India

Jama Masjid, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal  Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India and ninth largest mosque  in the world. It lies at the origin of a very busy central street of Old Delhi, Chandni Chowk. The later name, Jama Masjid, is a reference to the weekly Friday noon congregation prayers of Muslims, Jummah, which are usually done at a mosque, the “congregational mosque”. The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshipers.

8. Sheikh Zayed Mosque

Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world. It is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and the first President of the United Arab Emirates, who is also buried there. The mosque was officially opened in the Islamic  month of Ramadan in 2007.

7. Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan

The Badshahi Mosque or the ‘Emperor’s Mosque’ in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan  and South Asia and the seventh largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore’s most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world.

6. Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan

The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad  is the largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when overtaken in size by the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth place in terms of size. Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft) and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds).

5. The Hassan II Mosque

Located in Casablanca is the largest mosque in Morocco  and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Designed by the French architect  Michel Pinseau and built by Bouygues.[1]  It stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic, which can be seen through a gigantic glass floor with room for 25,000 worshippers. A further 80,000 can be accommodated in the mosque’s adjoining grounds for a total of 105,000 worshippers present at any given time at the Hassan II mosque. Its minaret is the world’s tallest at 210 m (689 ft).

4. Istiqlal Mosque

Istiqlal Mosque, or Masjid Istiqlal, in Jakarta, Indonesia  is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia in term of capacity to accommodate people. However in term of building structure and land coverage, Istiqlal is the largest in Southeast Asia and fourth largest in the world. This national mosque of Indonesia was build to commemorate Indonesian independence, as nation’s gratitude for God’s blessings; the independence of Indonesia. Therefore the national mosque of Indonesia was named “Istiqlal”, an Arabic word for “Independence”.

3. Imam Reza Shrine

Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran is a complex which contains the mausoleum of Imām Ridha, the eighth Imam of Twelver Shi’ites and known as third largest mosque of the world. Also contained within the complex include: the Goharshad Mosque, a museum, a library, four seminaries, a cemetery, the Razavi University of Islamic Sciences, a dining hall for pilgrims, vast prayer halls, and other buildings.

2. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi

Al-Masjid al-Nabawi “Mosque of the Prophet”), often called the Prophet’s Mosque, is a mosque  situated in the city of Medina. As the final resting place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, it is considered the second holiest site in Islam by both Shia and Sunni Muslims (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca) and is the second largest mosque in the world.

1. Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Masjid al-Haram is the largest mosque in the world. Located in the city of Mecca, it surrounds the Kaaba, the place which Muslims worldwide turn towards while offering daily prayers and is Islam’s holiest place. The mosque is also known as the Grand Mosque. The current structure covers an area of 4,008,020 square metres (990.40 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to four million Muslim worshippers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world.

source: Wikipedia