കൊളംബോ:ശ്രീലങ്കയിൽ ഇന്ധനക്ഷാമം രൂക്ഷമായി തുടരുന്ന സാഹചര്യത്തിൽ സ്‌കൂളുകൾ അടച്ചു. അവശ്യ സർവിസുകളിലൊഴികെയുള്ള സർക്കാർ ജീവനക്കാർ ജോലിക്ക് ഹാജരാകേണ്ടെന്നും പബ്ലിക് അഡ്മിനിസ്‌ട്രേഷൻ മന്ത്രാലയം ഉത്തരവ് നൽകി. ഡീസലില്ലാത്തതിനാൽ വാഹനങ്ങൾ ഓടിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്തതിനാലാണ് സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥരോട് ജോലിക്ക് വരേണ്ടെന്ന് ആവശ്യപ്പെട്ടത്. ദിവസങ്ങളായി ഇന്ധനത്തിനായി ആയിരക്കണക്കിനാളുകൾ വരിനിൽക്കുകയാണ്. അടുത്തിടെയായി ഇറക്കുമതി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഇന്ധനത്തിനും പാചകവാതകത്തിനും പണം നൽകാതെ കടക്കെണിയിലാണ് രാജ്യം. ഇന്ധനമാവശ്യപ്പെട്ട് പ്രക്ഷോഭകർ പ്രധാന റോഡുകളെല്ലാം ഉപരോധിച്ചിരിക്കുകയാണ്.

ശ്രീലങ്കയുടെ ചരിത്രത്തിലാദ്യമായി കഴിഞ്ഞ ദിവസം വിദേശകടത്തിന്റെ തിരിച്ചടവ് മുടങ്ങിയിരുന്നു. അതിനിടെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ സ്ഥിരതക്കായി പുതിയ സർക്കാറിൽ ഒമ്പത് മന്ത്രിമാർ സത്യപ്രതിജ്ഞ ചെയ്തു. പ്രസിഡന്റ് ഗോടബയ രാജപക്‌സെ റനിൽ വിക്രമസിംഗെയെ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രിയായി നിയമിച്ച് ഒരാഴ്ചക്കുശേഷമാണ് മന്ത്രിമാർ ചുമതലയേറ്റത്.

അവശ്യവസ്തുക്കൾ നൽകാൻ സഹായിക്കുന്നതിന് ഏകദേശം 75 ബില്യൺ ഡോളർ അടിയന്തരമായി ആവശ്യമാണെന്നും എന്നാൽ രാജ്യത്തിന്റെ ട്രഷറിയിൽ 1 ബില്യൺ ഡോളർ പോലും കണ്ടെത്താൻ പാടുപെടുകയാണെന്നും ശ്രീലങ്കയുടെ പുതിയ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രി റനിൽ വിക്രമസിംഗെ കഴിഞ്ഞദിവസം പറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു. കഴിഞ്ഞയാഴ്ച പ്രതിഷേധക്കാർക്കെതിരെ രാജപക്സെയുടെ അനുയായികൾ രാജ്യവ്യാപകമായി അക്രമമാണ് നടത്തിയത്. ആക്രമണത്തിൽ ഒമ്പത് പേർ കൊല്ലപ്പെടുകയും 200-ലധികം പേർക്ക് പരിക്കേൽക്കുകയും ചെയ്തിരുന്നു.
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The new “Breathe With Me” meditation Barbie has garnered criticism from a Christian influencer who says the toy is coercing children into satanic practices linked to yoga.

Manufactured by Mattel, the doll retails at $24.99, and the packaging shows the Barbie in a seated yoga pose with her legs crossed and palms facing up. Children are encouraged to press a button on the doll’s crescent moon necklace to listen to the sounds of “five guided meditations.” The product is designed for children ages 3 years old and older.

According to Mattel: “This meditation-themed doll celebrates one of her favorite ways to recharge using lights and sound — mindfulness meditation. The set comes with a Barbie doll, a puppy and four cloud emojis. Kids simply press the button in Barbie doll’s necklace to activate one of five guided meditation exercises that use light and sound effects to inspire their own practice.

“Her puppy helps her visualize — insert one of the cloud emojis into its head to represent a meditative thought bubble, then switch it up for new meditation inspiration. The puppy helps Barbie doll focus with visualization: place one of the four cloud emojis — Love Rainbow, Sad Rain, Happy Sunshine or Grumpy Red — into its head to express an emotion; switch them up to express a new feeling.”

Yasmeen Suri, Christian speaker and author of the books, Beautiful Deception and The Fake God Reference Guide, took to Facebook earlier this month to warn parents that under the guise of self-care, yoga’s methods are an invitation to an unforgiving spiritual realm. Suri came across the product while shopping at Target and shared a photo of the doll she saw on the shelves.

“Satan always comes as appearing innocent. He will never come with horns and a pitchfork. This Barbie has five guided meditations. Remember, Yoga is Hinduism,” Suri wrote in the May 3 Facebook post. “You cannot separate the poses from the religion. Each pose is designed to invoke a Hindu deity in the spirit realm. I have seen children get possessed by demons.”

The guided meditations are also problematic for a variety of reasons, according to Suri.

“This Barbie also teaches you deep breathing (pranayama). Her pet is also involved. Satan is after the children. He wants to use them and indoctrinate them for his glory. Then, when he is done, he will destroy them,” she declared.

“As your kids grow, they will get rebellious, depressed and many will be suicidal,” Suri added. “You won’t understand what’s happening as a parent.”

Suri, who hails from India, where Hinduism is the majority religion, added that “God forbids all practices of [false religions]. She advised parents to “remove all toys and clean your children’s room of all demonic attachments. Deuteronomy 18:10-12.”

Suri’s Facebook post has accumulated more than 70,000 reactions and nearly 50,000 comments as of Friday afternoon.

According to her website, Suri has personal experience with the spiritual realm because after coming to Christ, “she was delivered from many New Age beliefs and false religious doctrines” that she grew up believing in as a child raised in India. Suri, who now lives in the United States, has had her testimony featured on the Christian television program “The 700 Club.”

Yoga is discouraged in many Christian circles because of its spiritual origin.

“There are some professing Christians that have no issues with the teachings behind yoga and there are some that do. I am one that does,” Suri told Newsweek. “I do believe when we open ourselves up to occult-based practices, there are dangers of demonic activity.”
Sources:Christian Post

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The European Union (EU) has expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of a Nigerian citizen, Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State.

The union made this known via a tweet on Wednesday, saying that the body is “still saddened by last week’s gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto.”

The 27-member union also said “everything must be done to ensure the murderers are not only swiftly brought to justice, but that justice is done. Reoccurrence must also be prevented.”

The parents of the late Deborah Samuel of Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Sokoto State have described the death of their daughter as sad and painful, saying they have left her killers to God.

The remains of Deborah were laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in the Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State Saturday evening.

She was killed and set ablaze on Thursday by her fellow students for allegedly making a blasphemous statement on a WhatsApp group against Prophet Mohammad.

Reacting to the death of their daughter, the bereaved parents said they have nothing to say or do regarding the loss of their child, but have decided to leave everything in the hands of God.

Her father, Mr Emmanuel Garba, a security guard with the Niger State Water Works Cooperation at Tungan-Magajiya said, “We can’t say or do anything, except to take it easy as an act of God. We have left all to God, we have decided to take it like that.”
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