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Respecting time and appointment
A KEY question that’s been buzzing in my mind for a week or so, which today I’d like to share with you’ll, is that are we a nation that respects appointments and knows the value of being on time? You’ll be wondering why this sudden query on the basics of ethics that needs to be instilled in one’s character?Well, what triggered me to put this poser and also write about this was two recent incidents that drew my angst. I am not generalizing here and am only focusing on those who think that the value of respecting time is of no importance at all, thereby proving to be the stray, bent or broken spoke in the wheel of life.Sadly not respecting the value of time is deep-rooted in our minds and the result is that it gets reflected in our day-to-day activity and our work. It used to be a...
September 11, 2017

Respecting time and appointment

Merkel and refugees: How German leader emerged from political abyss
NEAR the end of a recent campaign speech in northern Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel turned to Europe’s refugee crisis of 2015 and offered her audience a comforting dual message.Germans should be proud of the warm welcome they gave hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, many of them fleeing war and persecution in the Middle East, she told an audience of over 1,000 gathered in the fishing village of Steinhude.Then she shifted gears: “What happened in 2015 cannot, should not and must not happen again.”It is a phrase she has used repeatedly in market squares across Germany as she campaigns for a fourth term in a federal election on Sept. 24 that she is widely expected to win.Two years since she opened Germany’s borders to asylum seekers to avert what she says was a looming...
September 10, 2017

Merkel and refugees: How German leader emerged from political abyss

Merkel’s moral authority sets direction for Europe
GERMANS choose a government on Sept. 24, and that government is likely to be headed, for the twelfth year running, by Angela Merkel. The uncharismatic 63-year-old from East Germany may not have captured her fellow Germans’ hearts, but she has appealed so strongly to their rational selves that polls suggest they find no reason to replace her.Under her chancellorship, Germany has changed in a fundamental sense. Her former advisor, Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut (now Berlin’s ambassador in Paris) told a small group two years ago that — according to Spiegel magazine — “today, with matters concerning the euro, Germany finds itself in a different position. It must now enforce a policy (of austerity) regarded by its partners as extreme. This unavoidably changes perceptions of the country.”...
September 10, 2017

Merkel’s moral authority sets direction for Europe

Retracing Abraham’s footsteps
Magnificent. Majestic. Magical. How do you even begin to voice what you feel as you lose yourself in the sea of humanity, perpetually swirling and surging around the first House of God? All that you know is you are in the presence of ultimate greatness. Nothing else and no one else matters. Words fail you again and again as you are reminded of your utter insignificance, yet feel strangely empowered as you become part of a great kinship of faith and humanity. There is not a more glorious and awe-inspiring sight in the world. Watching men and women in sheer white going around the black-robed Kaaba is an experience that is bound to touch everyone watching. It is the 6th of Dhul Hijja two days before the greatest pilgrimage on the planet and the Grand Mosque in Makkah that houses Kaaba, the...
September 07, 2017

Retracing Abraham’s footsteps

What now that the Haj is over
THE Haj for 2017 is over. The grueling and arduous journey for many in the late summer heat has finally drawn to a close. Along with it begins preparations for hundreds of thousands of Muslims to return back to their home countries. During these days of worship, pilgrims seized the opportunity to correct their faults, to sincerely atone for their worldly sins and make up for any shortcomings or wrongdoings of their past. Deeply engrossed in prayers, the pilgrims prayed for Allah’s mercy. The conglomeration of millions of Muslims rising above geographical, linguistic, level of practice, cultural, ethnic, color, economic, and social barriers who converged in unison in Makkah is a tribute to the universality of the Haj. They are pilgrims from both sexes and come in all colors. They...
September 06, 2017

What now that the Haj is over

Ethnic cleansing and genocide in Myanmar
IT IS very obvious that what is happening in Rakhine state of Myanmar is ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Rohingya Muslims. The first to acknowledge this fact is the United Nations, headed by its Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He expressed grave concern over the persecution of Rohingya that continues unabated despite the issuance of many reports by the United Nations and its affiliated organs warning the Myanmar government over this issue. All these reports showed that Rohingya Muslims are the most persecuted among minorities in the world. The reports of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other human rights organizations have also confirmed this. Similarly, several prominent global figures and Nobel laureates such as South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai...
September 05, 2017

Ethnic cleansing and genocide in Myanmar

Qatar — the Haj trick!
IT IS amazing how people lie to your face, even when knowing that you can see through their lies. I wondered, as my Qatari counterpart kept repeating to the BBC host outrageous claims: "No Qatari went to Haj. Those who appeared on Saudi TV were actually Saudis and Yemenis pretending to be Qataris. Those who crossed the borders to Saudi Arabia were not going to Haj, but to check on their business there. Some of them might have decided to use the occasion to perform Haj, but it wasn’t their original intention. “They should not have done so, because Saudi Arabia is using them for political gains. Saudi authorities have forced every Qatari guest to sign a political declaration against their country. Iran used its “strong” men in Iraq to force the Kingdom to accept Iranian...
September 04, 2017

Qatar — the Haj trick!

Bragging about abusing a worker
THERE was a disturbing video clip in circulation recently about an employer who was bragging to his friends about abusing one of his workers by denying him his salary. I had to see the video clip more than once to make sure that what I had heard was just that and not something different. And once I ascertained that the boastful claim was indeed the same I was left flabbergasted at his callousness. Callous, I say, because the type of abuse this employer enforced on his worker is similar to the action of a prison guard on one of the incarcerated under him in a Third World, under developed country. What was shocking, in the clip, was the fact that this man was totally frivolous while brazenly recounting the story — as if it was a joke. What was more shocking was that his friends too were...
September 03, 2017

Bragging about abusing a worker

Why 2030?
THE Vision 2030 continues to occupy the headlines and leads the talk in many group discussions among the general public. As a matter of fact, I always have questions related to this subject, but the question that impressed me was that of a young university student, who asked me: "Why specifically 2030?" This is an intelligent question on a different tangent. Indeed, there is a reason and importance of pointing out the choice of this particular date. Many experts believe that studying the phenomena and social and economic variables, the year 2030 is a tipping point for different considerations in which a lot of transformations will happen along with the start of the results of some systems and inventions for practical application. Let us review some of the expected glimpses of...
September 03, 2017

Why 2030?

Financing terrorism drains Iran’s economy
ACCORDING to an English idiom ‘actions speak louder than words’, and despite Iran’s words of denial and evasion, it is still playing a key role in stoking the fuel of unrest in the region by continuing to finance terrorism. Through money laundering operations worth billions of dollars run by fake companies across the Middle East, the Caucasus, South Korea, and the Caribbean, Iran has managed to circumvent the sanctions placed upon it and to spend billions of dollars on terrorist organizations in the region. Its support of armed militia in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and Gaza has turned the region into a hotbed of blood and destruction. In 2016, for the third year in a row, the Basel AML Index, issued by the Basel Institute on Governance, ranked Iran as No. 1 in the world in terms...
August 30, 2017

Financing terrorism drains Iran’s economy

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