音标:[ˌmɪnəˈrets] ;
n. (清真寺旁由报告祈祷时刻的人使用的)光塔( minaret的复数形式 )
n. slender tower with balconies

France's center-right government has launched a national debate about what it means to be French. The discussion on national identity is being described as a way for citizens to take stock of who they are and of France's place in the world. Critics a

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A postcard. Neat handwriting fills the rectangle. Half my days 1 cannot bear not to touch you. The rest of the time I feel it doesnt matter if I ever see you again. It isnt the morality, it is how much you can bear. No date, no name attached. Sometim

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American billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey says she ran into Swiss racism when a clerk at Trois Pommes, a pricey Zurich boutique, refused to show her a 38,000 US dollar handbag, telling one of the world's richest women that she wouldn't be able t

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The Turks also built, close to each mosque, one or more candle-shaped towers, called minarets. 土耳其人还在每座清真寺旁建造至少一座形似蜡烛的塔楼,叫做宣礼塔。 About midway of a minaret is a balcony, and five times a d

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Nevertheless, Captain Nemo went from passageway to passageway, always proceeding south. 可是,尼摩船长总能找到一条又一条通路,老是往上驶。 But where's he going? I asked. 他究竟要到哪里去呢?我问。 Straight ahead,

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By Ursula Lindsey The Egyptian government has announced plans to unify the call to prayer that is broadcast from thousands of different loudspeakers in the country's capital. The idea has been critici

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US President Barack Obama has again postponed his trip to Indonesia because of pressing issues in the U.S. The trip is part of his ongoing effort to reach out to Muslims worldwide. Last year, he gave a speech in Cairo that was considered a landmark i

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Islam is Europe's second largest religion. But in recent years, some members of Europe's 20 million strong Muslim community have met strong resistance as they seek to build mosques and minarets, the basic tangible foundation of their faith. A French

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 June 2007 U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) officials say camps for internally displaced people are beginning to sprout up across Iraq. This is happening, officials say, because communities in the country are closing their doors t

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By Scott Stearns Washington 05 October 2007 President Bush welcomed Muslim leaders to the White House Thursday evening for an Iftaar dinner breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story.

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莫斯科穆斯林和其他居民的宗教和移民之争 Moscow is now home to 2 million Muslims - more than any other city in Europe. 莫斯科现在有大约200万穆斯林人口,比任何欧洲城市都多。 So when the faithful gathered Tuesd

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This mud is very rich soil in which the Egyptians grow wheat and a very fine kind of cotton. 这种泥土成了非常肥沃的土壤,埃及人就在上面种植小麦和一种优质棉花。 In the olden times the Nile used to overflow the banks on

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The U.N. High Commissioner believes this action risks putting Switzerland on a collision course with its international human-rights obligations Lisa Schlein | Geneva 01 December 2009 Demonstrators light candles next to a banner that reads This is not

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Voters in Netherlands Prepare for General Elections, Debate Role in Afghanistan Dutch voters go the polls Wednesday to elect a new government. The issue of immigration is playing high in the campaign, with the far-right 'Dutch Freedom Party' expected

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By Al Pessin Ramstein Air Base, Germany 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is concerned about the bombing of the Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, Iraq on Wednesday. But he says he hopes Iraqis will not respond with more sectarian viol

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