Situated in the lap of Himalaya, Nepal is located in South Asia. The average length is 885 km. east to west and average breadth is about 193 km, north to south. The area is 1,47,181 sq km. The country is situated between the two most populous countries of the world India and China. Nepal is a land locked country. There are a number of world famous peaks including the Mount Everest.

Historical records suggest that Muslims have inhabited Nepal for last 600 years although many people believe Muslims came here much earlier. Kashmiri Jame Masjid, situated on the king's eay only a few hundred meters form the king's palace, stands testimony to these early arrivals. Later, another grand mosque came into existence on the same road a few hundred meters south of the first - the Nepali Jame Masjid. During the reign of King Ratna Malla in 15th century A. D. Muslims entered into the Kingdom as traders. King of Chaubise in western Hill invited Muslim fire experts to train their soldiers in 17th and 18th centuries.

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The origin of the people of Bhutan can be traced back to Nepal, Northern Burma, Northeast India and Tibet. The majority of the people are Buddhist and 5% are Muslim. Other minority religions include Hinduism and Christianity.

In response to the destruction of the giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan earlier in the year, monks, farmers and school children all asked the question “Why?” The emotion they felt was clearly pain. In previous years, when thousands of Shiah Muslims from the same region were slaughtered by the Taliban, they said nothing.
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Sukarno adalah tokoh yang spektakuler, berpengetahuan luas, berani dan revolusionis, setidaknya itulah yang terlihat dari pidato-pidatonya yang berapi-api dan menghipnotis. Berbicara tentang Sukarno adalah berbicara tentang berdirinya Indonesia, karena beliau adalah tokoh sentral dalam sejarah kemerdekaan Indonesia dan salah satu dari The Founding Fathers.

Yang menarik dari Sukarno adalah ide-ide politiknya yang brilian, yang muncul dari keluasan pengetahuannya. Sebagai seorang nasionalis sejati, beliau seperti Gajahmada, ingin menyatukan wilayah Nusantara yang beliau sebut sebagai nation staat. Untuk bisa menyatukan wilayah nusantara yang berbeda-beda kultur ini, harus bisa mengakomodir semua perbedaan, bahkan yang bertolak belakang. Agar Republik Indonesia bisa diterima oleh semua pihak, maka beliau meramu sebuah ideologi yang menampung perbedaan-perbedaan itu. Maka munculah istilah Nasionalisme Indonesia, Sosialisme Indonesia, Marhaenisme, Pancasila. More