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Business | January 14, 2009
Traders risk as Arua-Sudan road falls apart
Tabu Butagira
West Nile
The Arua-Koboko-Oraba road, the gateway for thousands of Ugandan traders to South Sudan’s lucrative markets, is in a state of disrepair with crumbling bridges posing a risk of accidents to travellers.
A Daily Monitor reporter who took a drive on the road on Tuesday confirmed complaints by passengers and transporters that a significant section of the main road, with huge volumes of traffic to the strategic regional neighbour, is a death trap.
The worst sections of the rough route include the stretch near Kijomoro sub-county headquarters and the dangerous valley slope at Inve, both in the proposed Maracha-Terego District where elected leaders from the rival counties are bickering over location of the headquarters for the new district, paralysing service delivery to residents.
A number of the narrow bridges are in poor shape with guard rails falling apart while the metallic deck of an overpass at Oluffe has caved in under the weight of heavy goods trucks. The movement of military trucks ferrying soldiers for the ongoing anti-LRA offensive have added to the rapid depreciation of the abandoned road.
Government officials in Kampala announced on Sunday that arrangements are underway to level the rough surface of the gravel road ahead of the planned major works to upgrade the highway to bitumen standard.
Mr Dan Alinange, the public relations manager for Uganda National Road Authority said: “We have advertised the contract for the routine maintenance of the road to check its state; the temporary works will involve re-gravelling, replacing guard rails and repairing culverts.” He said preliminary feasibility studies, including valuation of roadside private property that maybe destroyed during construction works, to ease the process of compensation, is nearly complete and is awaiting commencement of actual tarmacking next financial year.
Although Mr Simon Ejua, the state minister for transport had earlier said funding for upgrading the road had been secured from the World Bank, Mr Alinange said yesterday they are yet to approach the African Development Bank, currently funding the design works, to finance the whole project, estimated to cost $100 million. “If ADB does not give us money, we think we have enough money [from the Road Fund] to start on the construction while negotiating with other donors to co-fund,” Mr Alinange said.
It has emerged that the Arua-Koboko-Oraba road together with the 120-kilometre Gulu-Atiak-Nimule road, have been earmarked by government for immediate tarmacking as the Great North Road to enable Ugandan manufacturers and traders easily transport supplies to South Sudan which has a growing demand for manufactured and agricultural products.
Leading transporters along the routes said the lack of routine maintenance was to blame for the deteriorating roads which are anticipated to worsen during the rainy season. The poor roads are causing rapid wear-and-tear of their vehicles and straining the machinery repair budget.
Mr James Baba, the state minister in the Office of the Vice President who is also the MP for Koboko District and his Maracha County counterpart, Alex Onzima, said the road users should be patient with the government as it mobilises funds to upgrade the crucial road.
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20/01/2009 from kadara kursum.
Hello, majid alemi junior.
kadara kursum is suggesting the following article from http://www.arabnews.com:
Peace offer not open-ended: King
Arab News
KUWAIT CITY: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday demanded a quick, positive response from Israel to the Arab peace initiative, warning it would not stay on the table forever. “Israel must understand that the choice between war and peace will not always stay open and that the Arab peace initiative that is on the table today will not remain there indefinitely,†King Abdullah said while addressing the Arab economic summit in Kuwait City.
He announced a donation of $1 billion from the Kingdom to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after the devastating Israeli offensive, and lambasted the Jewish state for its excessive use of force on the people of Gaza.
In his historic speech, King Abdullah said that the period of Arab disunity was over, opening a new era of Arab unity and brotherhood. The king set an example by holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the presence of Jordan’s King Abdallah, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.
“A reconciliation has been achieved between Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Syria,†Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani told the Doha-based Al Jazeera television channel, adding that the meeting took place at the residence of King Abdullah following the summit’s opening session.
“There was clear word from these leaders for a real, clear reconciliation, from the heart. We left with an understanding that undoubtedly a new page had been turned that would benefit and strengthen the Arab position...,†the Qatari premier said.
He said there had been some misunderstandings over the Doha meeting, which was not meant to replace Kuwait’s summit.
“We hope now that we can put our hands together ... to strengthen the Arab position,†Sheikh Hamad said. “King Abdullah’s speech has paved the way for reconciliation talks.â€
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the summit with a call for collective Arab measures setting out “practical steps to stabilize the cease-fire†in Gaza. He voiced support for the Arab peace initiative, which was originally proposed by King Abdullah in 2002 and relaunched in March 2007.
The peace plan offers Israel collective Arab recognition in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from territory it occupied in the 1967 war, the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and a just solution for the problem of Palestinian refugees.
Israel initially rejected the initiative in 2002, but in the past year has said it could be a starting point for discussion.
“The position of the Israeli government is that the Arab peace initiative remains a basis for dialogue between Israel and the Arab world,†said Israeli spokesman Mark Regev.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected any talk of abandoning the initiative, saying the only option that Arabs have is to make peace with Israel. He called for reconciliation within Palestinian ranks through a national unity government that would hold simultaneous presidential and legislative elections.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Arab countries would have to come up with an alternative if they decided to abandon the initiative. Freezing or suspending (the initiative) is not an option, said Moussa.
Mubarak pushed Israel to respond to the Arab initiative, saying “peace in the Middle East is an imperative that cannot be delayed.â€
Mubarak accused Hamas of inviting Israel’s three-week offensive against Gaza by not extending their cease-fire when it expired last month.. “You all know that efforts Egypt had undertaken to extend the cease-fire and our warnings that a refusal by factions to extend it was an open invitation to Israeli aggression,†he told the summit. He said Egypt would continue its efforts to achieve reconciliation between Palestinians. “Without it (Palestinian unity), no stability will be realized for Gaza and no rebuilding and no end to its embargo,†Mubarak said..
Initially intended to focus solely on the regional economy and to be nonpolitical, the gathering has been turned into a show of solidarity with the 1.5 million Palestinian residents of Gaza.
On the economic aspect, the Arab leaders are expected to announce the launch of an Arab Customs Union in 2010, besides approving plans for an Arab power grid and railroad projects.
The summit will also tackle poverty and unemployment in Arab states and the global financial crisis, which has cost investors in the region $2.5 trillion.
— With input from P.K. Abdul Ghafour & agencies
The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
20/01/2009 from kadara kursum.
Hello, majid alemi junior.
kadara kursum is suggesting the following article from http://www.arabnews.com:
Peace offer not open-ended: King
Arab News
KUWAIT CITY: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday demanded a quick, positive response from Israel to the Arab peace initiative, warning it would not stay on the table forever. “Israel must understand that the choice between war and peace will not always stay open and that the Arab peace initiative that is on the table today will not remain there indefinitely,†King Abdullah said while addressing the Arab economic summit in Kuwait City.
He announced a donation of $1 billion from the Kingdom to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after the devastating Israeli offensive, and lambasted the Jewish state for its excessive use of force on the people of Gaza.
In his historic speech, King Abdullah said that the period of Arab disunity was over, opening a new era of Arab unity and brotherhood. The king set an example by holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the presence of Jordan’s King Abdallah, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.
“A reconciliation has been achieved between Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Syria,†Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani told the Doha-based Al Jazeera television channel, adding that the meeting took place at the residence of King Abdullah following the summit’s opening session.
“There was clear word from these leaders for a real, clear reconciliation, from the heart. We left with an understanding that undoubtedly a new page had been turned that would benefit and strengthen the Arab position...,†the Qatari premier said.
He said there had been some misunderstandings over the Doha meeting, which was not meant to replace Kuwait’s summit.
“We hope now that we can put our hands together ... to strengthen the Arab position,†Sheikh Hamad said. “King Abdullah’s speech has paved the way for reconciliation talks.â€
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the summit with a call for collective Arab measures setting out “practical steps to stabilize the cease-fire†in Gaza. He voiced support for the Arab peace initiative, which was originally proposed by King Abdullah in 2002 and relaunched in March 2007.
The peace plan offers Israel collective Arab recognition in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from territory it occupied in the 1967 war, the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and a just solution for the problem of Palestinian refugees.
Israel initially rejected the initiative in 2002, but in the past year has said it could be a starting point for discussion.
“The position of the Israeli government is that the Arab peace initiative remains a basis for dialogue between Israel and the Arab world,†said Israeli spokesman Mark Regev.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected any talk of abandoning the initiative, saying the only option that Arabs have is to make peace with Israel. He called for reconciliation within Palestinian ranks through a national unity government that would hold simultaneous presidential and legislative elections.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Arab countries would have to come up with an alternative if they decided to abandon the initiative. Freezing or suspending (the initiative) is not an option, said Moussa.
Mubarak pushed Israel to respond to the Arab initiative, saying “peace in the Middle East is an imperative that cannot be delayed.â€
Mubarak accused Hamas of inviting Israel’s three-week offensive against Gaza by not extending their cease-fire when it expired last month.. “You all know that efforts Egypt had undertaken to extend the cease-fire and our warnings that a refusal by factions to extend it was an open invitation to Israeli aggression,†he told the summit. He said Egypt would continue its efforts to achieve reconciliation between Palestinians. “Without it (Palestinian unity), no stability will be realized for Gaza and no rebuilding and no end to its embargo,†Mubarak said..
Initially intended to focus solely on the regional economy and to be nonpolitical, the gathering has been turned into a show of solidarity with the 1.5 million Palestinian residents of Gaza.
On the economic aspect, the Arab leaders are expected to announce the launch of an Arab Customs Union in 2010, besides approving plans for an Arab power grid and railroad projects.
The summit will also tackle poverty and unemployment in Arab states and the global financial crisis, which has cost investors in the region $2.5 trillion.
— With input from P.K. Abdul Ghafour & agencies
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Thai King receives UN award for contribution to intellectual property and inventions – (19 January 2009)
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand has received an award from the United Nations for his commitment to promoting intellectual property rights and his contribution to society as a prolific inventor.
The UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presented King Adulyadej, an acclaimed artist and accomplished inventor holding over 20 patents and 19 trademarks, with its Global Leader Award in a ceremony last Wednesday.
“In sharing the fruits of your creativity in the form of invention and musical and artistic works, Your Majesty has not only demonstrated the power of intellectual property to enrich and enhance the quality of daily life and work but has also encouraged people everywhere to create, respect and protect it,†said WIPO Director General, Francis Gurry.
Many of the King’s inventions, which include a water aerator and artificial rainmaking technology, have generated concrete and practical benefits for rural communities in Thailand.
The King was honoured at the Klai Kangwon Palace in Hua Hin, Thailand, with members of the Privy Council, ministers, senior officials and a high level WIPO delegation in attendance.
Hi there! majid alemi junior.
akujo wangita alemi amonye thought you might be interested in this article from The New Vision online: http://www.newvision.co.ug
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NSSF loses another sh3b in hotel deal
By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe and Mary Karugaba
The Auditor General is investigating a hotel project the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) entered into with a private investor in Arua.
The project has stalled for seven years, putting at stake sh3..4b invested into the project by the NSSF. The stalled project is a joint venture with West Nile Golf Club.
The club secretary general, Lino Anguzu, last month wrote to the workers savings scheme, threatening to pull out of the project, saying the contractor engaged by NSSF had done shoddy work on the proposed Club House.
“We have decided to pull out of that project because the work done by their contractor is sub-standard. The building is already leaking before it is even completed. We do not want to be part of this mess,†said Anguzu.
The building was started in 2003, with a ground-breaking ceremony presided over by President Yoweri Museveni. The NSSF flew in journalists from Kampala.
“Construction started immediately after signing the agreement but things started going wrong thereafter. This is why we can no longer trust NSSF,†said Anguzu.
He added that they were no longer interested in the project because their evaluation indicated that NSSF had invested in about sh1b, the building had not been handed over within the two years agreed on and the original plan had been altered.
“We agreed on the design and the quality of the Club House. But at implementation, the contractor did something different and we can no longer be party to it. We cannot sign any document because NSSF disregarded our first agreement when they changed the plan of the building.
“When we asked the contractor why the plan changed, he said he had been paid less money. So where did the rest of the money go?†Anguzu asked.
Although all the money is said to have been released, the Club House, which is supposed to have a swimming pool, is not completed.
The Auditor General, John Muwanga, confirmed that the NSSF-Arua Golf Club venture was one of the value-for-money audits his office was handling. “This is one of the investments we are looking at because the manner in which money was committed to the project is questionable..â€
Another official said preliminary investigations had indicated that there was no value for money.
Anguzu said their attempt to recover the land title from NSSF has been futile. NSSF communications officer Olive Birungi Lumonya said they had lodged a caveat on the land to protect the NSSF interests.
At the time of the deal, Onegi Obel was the board chairman, while Leonard Mpuma was the managing director. The two have since been fired over mismanagement. NSSF has been embroiled in a number of scandalous dealings.
The managing director, David Jamwa and his deputy, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera, were last month also suspended to pave way for a probe into the mismanagement of the workers’ savings amounting to one trillion shillings.
You can also read the article online at: http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=8&newsCategoryId=12&newsId=668605
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With the Name of God
The City Circle is pleased to invite you to:
THE GAZA CRISIS - A LEGAL RESPONSE
Speaker: Phil Shiner (Public Interest Lawyers)
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, London W1H 4LP (nearest tube: Edgware Rd / Marble Arch)
Time/Date: 6.45-8.45pm, Friday 23rd January 2009
The City Circle is proud to host Phil Shiner, a Partner at Public Interest Lawyers, a leading authority on International Law and state responsibility, to provide a detailed legal analysis on the recent invasion of Gaza by the Israeli military machine and to provide an examination of the range of potential legal remedies available.
Phil sets out a clear argument that there is a separate UK issue of state responsibility which arises from the International Law Commission's articles on state responsibility which are reflected in paragraph 159 of the ICJ's advisory opinion on The Wall from July 2004, which provides the opportunity for bringing legal action against the British Government for its failure to go far enough to act to prevent the recent massacre.
Additionally there is an argument that must be put now that the UK which has massively increased its arms related licences to Israel in the first quarter of 2008 is guilty of assisting in the commission of war crimes.
ALL WELCOME - FREE ENTRANCE (no need to register)
For more information, contact Rashad on 07957 346741.
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Editor—It is quite upsetting when I tune in to a local radio and hear the presenters making personal unresearched comments about people and institutions.
It is very important for radio presenters to be informed before they say anything.
For instance, morning presenters on VOT like attacking institutions and making all kinds of accusations just to attract listeners’' attention! DJ Snob, if you fail to pay up a loan, do not lash out at recovery officers of the institutions, if you have a grudge with a pastor, do not lash out at the whole church. VOT management should take this seriously lest they lose market.
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You can also read the article online at: http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=8&newsCategoryId=21&newsId=668677
CITY CIRCLE NOTICEBOARD
Thursday 22nd January 2009
***EVENTS***
1. City Circle Event: The Gaza Crisis - A Legal Response
THE GAZA CRISIS - A LEGAL RESPONSE
http://www.thecitycircle.com/more.php?ann_id=143 )
Speaker: Phil Shiner (Public Interest Lawyers)
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, London W1H 4LP (nearest
tube: Edgware Rd / Marble Arch)
Time/Date: 6.45-8.45pm, Friday 23rd January 2009
The City Circle is proud to host Phil Shiner, a Partner at Public
Interest Lawyers, a leading authority on International Law and state
responsibility, to provide a detailed legal analysis on the recent
invasion of Gaza by the Israeli military machine and to provide an
examination of the range of potential legal remedies available.
Phil sets out a clear argument that there is a separate UK issue of
state responsibility which arises from the International Law
Commission's articles on state responsibility which are reflected in
paragraph 159 of the ICJ's advisory opinion on The Wall from July
2004, which provides the opportunity for bringing legal action against
the British Government for its failure to go far enough to act to
prevent the recent massacre.
Additionally there is an argument that must be put now that the UK
which has massively increased its arms related licences to Israel in
the first quarter of 2008 is guilty of assisting in the commission of
war crimes.
ALL WELCOME - FREE ENTRANCE (no need to register)
For more information, contact Rashad on 07957 346741.
2. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ISLAMIC HISTORY OF INDIA
Delivered by Professsor Francis Robinson (London)*
Date: Saturday 24th January 2009
Time: 9am - 6pm
Venue: Birkbeck College, University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX
The Prophet (saw) said: 'I feel a cool breeze (refreshment)
from Al-Hindh (Muslims of India)'. [Abu Dawud]
With over 1000 years of Islamic presence in the Indian Subcontinent
[Pakistan, India, Bangladesh ], today over a third of the Muslim world
is from this region and it is also where most of the UK Muslims orginate from.
However, very little has been organised about Islam
in India and its contribution to the wider Islamic Civilisation.
In light of recent events in Mumbai, some of todays critical issues
both in the UK and Indian Subcontinent can be traced back to
historical events and perhaps maybe some of the solutions.
As we move into the 21st century, global powers are shifting
East and India is a rising superpower, thus if there is going
to be any change or revival for Muslims, this region
will play an important role.
This introductory course cover and touch the following:
- India pre-Islamic conquest
- Umayyad conquest through Muhammad bin Qasim (rh)
- Abbasid period: Delhi and Deccan Sultanates
- Mongol (Tamerlane / Amir Timur) period and later
emergence of the Mughals
- The rise and fall of the Mughals
- The relationships with other Islamic States such Ottomans and Safavids
- Muslim contribution in terms of culture, art and science in India
- Muslims relationship with Hindus and other religions
- From position of leadership to minorities and majorities.
- What does the future hold and are there any lessons to be
learnt ?
Professsor Francis Robinson CBE, is one of the worlds leading experts and Historians on Islam in South Asia. Based at the Royal Holloway, University of London, where he has been the Senior Vice-Principal, he is
currently Professor of History of South Asia at the college as well as a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) and visiting Professor, Faculty of History, University of Oxford. He has been much involved in promoting scholarship in relation to Asia and was President of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Professor Robinson's research interest focus on religious change in the Muslim world in particular the history of the Muslims of South Asia. Amongst his publications are: Atlas of the Muslim World since 1500 (1982); Islam and Muslim History in South Asia (2000); The `Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia (2001); Islam, South Asia and the West (2007); The Mughals (2007); ed., Islam in the Age of Western Domination: New Cambridge History of Islam V (2008).
All welcome but limited spaces and via bookings only, first come first basis.
To book or more information please contact:
Tel: 07956 983 609
E-mail: courses@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.islamiccourses.org
3. London Inter-Firm Islamic Network presents:
'Learn, Know, Act' - GAZA Fund-raising Dinner with Islamic Relief and guest
speakers (Central London)
Date: Friday 30th January 2009
Time: 6.30 pm - 10pm
Venue: London Muslim Centre, 46-80 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1JX
As the scale of the humanitarian crisis becomes graver by the hour, the
Palestinian need for relief and medical aid becomes increasingly critical.
Join the London Inter-Firm Islamic Network for a fund-raising dinner to
raise money for the victims of Gaza. Islamic Relief will present on their
recent work in Gaza and guest speakers will commentate on the political
history of the region. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are priced
at £25. Your £25 contribution will cover partly the cost of your dinner and
the remainder will be passed onto Islamic Relief.
For further information including firm-specific* contacts please contact:
Email: gaza.dinner@googlemail.com
***NOTICES***
1. Can you give 2 hours to community?
The South London Supplementary School, based in Tooting, requires
professional Muslim volunteers to give 2 hours of their time on Sunday
to teach Muslim children English & Maths. Don't worry you don't need
any teaching experience but commitment and drive to help the Muslim
children achieve the best they can is required. If you can't get to
Tooting we have sister schools in West & East London.
If you are interested then please email Fahim Sadek at
Fahimsadek@hotmail.com
***ACCOMODATION***
1. 1 bedroom flat fully furnished available to a sister for rent. Conveniently located; literally 5mins walk to Kings Cross and 5mins to Angel. Bus 274 just a few yards away will take you all the way to Regents Park Mosque and 153 to Finsbury Park mosque. Flat comprises of lounge leading to balcony overlooking some greenery and children's playground, one bedroom, separate fitted kitchen, and the bathroom and toilet are disjoint. The furnished flat is on the 2nd floor and there is a lift. The flat is in a safe neighbourhood and is available for £650 per calender month. The flat is available for viewing. For more details please phone: 07930 864129.
2. DOUBLE BEDROOM TO LET IN LOVELY AREA - £490PCM
Double bedroom to let in a clean and modern 2-bed flat in Pinner. The flat is located in a quiet cul-de-sac near the station (8 minute walk) and very near the shops (2 large supermarkets within 5 minutes walk and other high street shops). Pinner Station is on the Metropolitan Line and is 20-25 minutes to Baker Street.
The room would suit a non-smoking female.
For more information please contact Nazish on 07985 251 019.
DISCLAIMER: The City Circle does not take responsibility for any of the listings on this noticeboard, other than its own. Those interested in taking part in any of the events or enquiring about any of the announcements should contact the appropriate organisations or individuals directly. The email is offered as a community service and is compiled weekly on a best endeavours basis. If you wish to put up an announcement please email notices@thecitycircle.com by Wednesday afternoon. We reserve the right to edit submissions and not to include request
Arua councillors cut relations with RDC, want him transferred
Thursday, 22nd January, 2009 E-mail article Print article
ARUA municipality councillors have demanded for the transfer of the resident district commissioner, Maj. Ibrahim Abiriga, accusing him of antagonising the council efforts to attain a city status, reports Frank Mugabi.
In an extra-ordinary meeting on Tuesday, the councillors also unanimously resolved to halt any business with Abiriga while they await a new RDC to be posted to the district.
The motion was moved by Pangisa ward councillor, Solomon Toko and seconded by the Woman councillor for Awindiri ward, Hogla Alioro.
The councillors said Abiriga was mobilising residents against the planned reconstruction of a sewerage line.
“We cannot tolerate a person who undermines council resolutions. Where in the world do you find a city or municipality without a sanitary line?” Toko asked.
Arua lacks a sewer line, a situation the National Water and Sewerage Corporation has blamed on illegal structures on its reserve land.
Abiriga, however, told journalists that he was not against development. He said he was only highlighting the plight of the affected people.
He told the councillors to write to the President, stating grounds on which they want him transferred.
The mayor, Charles Asiki, said land had already been acquired to construct a sewerage treatment plant.
The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
22/01/2009
Hello,
kadara kursum is suggesting the following article from http://www.arabnews.com:
King receives Islamic scholars
Arab News
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday received prominent Islamic scholars, who came to attend an international conference on "Fatwa and its General Rules," and said their recommendations would be considered by the next Islamic summit.
"We have been following up your conference in Makkah. The results of your discussions, focusing on the importance of fatwa (Islamic ruling) and the important role of muftis in the Ummah, will be taken up by the next Islamic summit," the king told the scholars during the reception.
King Abdullah emphasized the need to train muftis, who give Islamic rulings on contemporary issues. "Those who issue fatwas should be well-qualified to do the job and should fulfill the necessary conditions," the Saudi Press Agency quoted the king as saying.
"The door of fatwa should not be kept open to people who are not trustworthy scholars and who are not well-versed in Shariah and knowledgeable about the situation of the Ummah," the king said and urged the scholars to enlighten the Ummah and fight deviant thoughts and ideas.
Abdullah Al-Turki, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, which organized the conference, said his organization was preparing for this important meeting during the last three years. He praised the king for his historical call at the Kuwait summit, urging Arab leaders to end their conflicts and open a new chapter of unity and solidarity.
"The whole Muslim world is now looking forward to your majesty's initiative to strengthen the unity of the Arab and Islamic Ummah," he said.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, the Kingdom's grand mufti, also commended King Abdullah for his generous support to the Palestinians. Al-Turki presented a copy of the conference's recommendations to the king. Shoura Council President Saleh Bin Humaid attended the event.
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God forgive Uganda’s sports officers!
EDITOR—It is very disheartening that recently one of Uganda’s boxing legends, Leo Rwabwogo died and no official from the mother ministry of Education and Sports, National Council of Sports (NCS) and the Uganda Olympic Committee attended his burial in Fort-Portal! Ironically, one official from the NCS had the audacity to go on air and tell the world that they knew of Rwabwogo’s death late, and therefore could not attend his burial!
The officer went on to request Rwabwogo’s relatives to send someone to Kampala to collect their contribution towards funeral expenses! Very unAfrican indeed devoid of any human sympathy! Was Rwabwogo so poor that his relatives should be excited to travel to Kampala to collect a few shillings from the NCS? Did Rwabwogo not deserve national recognition as one of the first Olympic heroes to win Uganda two medals in 1968 and 1972? Akii Bua was recognised, why not Rwabwogo?
Our national sports offices are full of good-for-nothing officers ignorant of Uganda’s sports history. God forgive them!
Rev. Amooti Eliab Bagambi Jinja
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24/01/2009
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Abdullah, Obama discuss Mideast
Arab News
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah received yesterday a telephone call from US President Barack Obama. The two leaders discussed developments in the Middle East, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
On Thursday, Obama appointed George Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader, America's Middle East envoy. Mitchell played an important role in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland with the signing of the Belfast Peace Agreement in 1998.
In his first presidential address, Obama sent an immediate message to the world, particularly Muslims, that he would seek a new way forward based on mutual interest and mutual respect.
Concerned about the sufferings of the Palestinians under attack by Israeli forces, King Abdullah on Monday warned that the Arab Peace Initiative would not be on the table forever.
The Arab Peace Initiative - proposed by King Abdullah and adopted by the Beirut Arab League Summit in 2002 - calls on Israel to withdraw from the territories it occupied in 1967 in return for diplomatic relations with Arab states.
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Top UN envoy appeals to Congolese rebels to seek peace after arrest of leader – (23 January 2009)
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today appealed to the main rebel group involved in the conflict that has raged in country’s east to end its rebellion and engage in the path of peace, following the arrest of its leader, the renegade general Laurent Nkunda.
Fighting between Mr. Nkunda’s mainly Tutsi rebel militia, the National Congress in Defense of the People (CNDP), and Congolese Government forces have uprooted an estimated 250,000 people since late August, on top of the 800,000 already displaced in the region, mainly in North Kivu province, which borders Rwanda and Uganda.
Recently the Governments of DRC and Rwanda have been engaged in an ongoing joint military operation in eastern DRC against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed Hutu group which has been in eastern DRC since the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
The UN peacekeeping operation in the DRC, known by its French acronym MONUC, said the arrest took place in Rwanda, according to information provided by the Joint Operational Command. “We have no further details at this point,†the mission stated.
“We hope that all CNDP forces will now take this opportunity to enter the integration process and in doing so help to ensure the return of lasting peace to the Kivus,†Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for DRC and head of MONUC said in a news release.
UN-backed talks between DRC and the CNDP began in Nairobi last month in a bid to end the bloody conflict. A spokesperson for the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and Chief Mediator for the talks, Olusegun Obasanjo, announced today that the talks, which had been scheduled to resume on 25 January, will now re-convene at a date to be determined following the upcoming African Union summit in Addis Ababa.
In a related development, the UN refugee agency today voiced its concerns about the military build-up in North Kivu created by the joint operation, noting that the humanitarian situation in the province is already “dramatic.â€
“Drawing from our past experience in this region, we fear that these operations could create new and massive displacement of the civilian population,†Ron Redmond, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told reporters in Geneva.
“We urge all parties to respect international humanitarian principles, to minimize civilian suffering and ensure safe passage for the civilian population away from the combat zones. We also call on the warring sides not to forcibly return Rwandan civilians,†he stated.
UNHCR stressed it is imperative for aid agencies to be able to immediately deliver humanitarian assistance to civilian victims and to have safe and unhindered access to any new spontaneous sites where the displaced population may gather. thanks sister. kadara. majid alemi junior.
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27/01/2009
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King Faisal Award announced
Mohammed Rasooldeen I Arab News
RIYADH: The winners of the King Faisal Award for the year 2009 were announced last night. The award was given to five recipients from Saudi Arabia, the UK, the United States, Morocco and Russia. Egypt’s Principal Shari’ah Society for Qur’an and Sunnah Scholars was also honored.
The winners were announced by Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, the director of the King Faisal Foundation.
In the Science category, the prize was awarded jointly to Sir Richard Henry Friend of the UK, chairman of the Council of the School of Physical Sciences and Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge, and Rashid Alievich Sunyaev of Russia, chief scientist of the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of Science and director of the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany.
Friend pioneered the physics and engineering of semi-conductor devices made of plastic materials. The fabrication of these devices and circuits by ink jet printing that he has introduced is radically different from the traditional manufacturing technology and has paved the way for the development of a wide range of applications of plastic electronic and photonic devices.
Sunyaev has made pioneering and fundamental contributions to astrophysics and cosmology. His theoretical work on the cosmic background radiation laid the foundation for the observational exploration of the structure of the universe. His work on black holes and binary stars was critical in advancing the field of X-ray astronomy.
In the category of Medicine, the prize was granted to Ronald Levy of the US, the head of the Division of Oncology at Stanford University Medical School’s Department of Medicine.
Levy has been recognized for his pioneering studies in cancer immunotherapy. Almost 30 years ago, he developed antibodies that could distinguish between malignant and benign tumor cells. This created a tool for diagnosis and therapy. He showed in 1980 that monoclonal antibodies against a tumor-associated antigen could be employed to treat patients with B cell lymphoma.. Many of these patients responded well to the treatment. In the last 11 years the drug he discovered has been used to treat a large number of lymphoma patients with remarkable remission and survival results. In his more recent work Levy has used the patient’s immune system to mount immune responses against the patient’s own cancer cells. The ability of a patient to elicit immune responses against his or her own tumor cells by vaccinating the patient against the malignancy is likely to become a more effective way for longer lasting and more efficient therapy.
In the category of Arabic Language and Literature, the prize went to Abd Al-Aziz Nasir Al-Manie of Saudi Arabia. The professor emeritus of Arabic Literature at King Saud University in Riyadh, Al-Manie was commended for his distinguished efforts in editing, verifying and elucidating several Arabic literary works of the third and seventh century Hijrah.
The prize for Islamic Studies went to Abdessalam M. Cheddadi of Morocco. The professor at the University Research Institute of Mohammad V University in Rabat has been recognized for his studies on the works of Ibn Khaldun, a leading authority in Islamic thought and perceptions of Imran. Cheddadi elucidated the basis, concepts, terminology and types of Imran as conceived by Ibn Khaldun, comparing them to modern social theories and addressing a wider international audience through his writings in different languages.
The prize in the category of Service to Islam has been awarded to the Principal Shari’ah Society for Qur’an and Sunnah Scholars in Egypt in recognition of its outstanding services to Islam and Muslims, which include nearly 100 years of dawa, using the Qur’an and the Sunnah in extending real Islamic teachings and calling for unity among Muslims.
The society’s services in Egypt include holding religious classes and symposia, extending true Islamic teachings and thought through its Internet site, establishing more than 50 institutes for training Muslim preachers, sponsoring students, especially poor students from Egypt and other countries pursuing their education at Al-Azhar and rigorously contesting anti-Islamic propaganda.
The society has also been carrying out a range of social services such as sponsoring orphans, procuring income-generating work for widowed women, in addition to building more than 5,000 mosques and numerous, well-equipped medical centers that provide free medical services. The society’s achievements abroad are primarily focused on helping underprivileged Muslims, especially in Palestine and impoverished Muslim countries in Africa and Asia.
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27/01/2009
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King Faisal Award announced
Mohammed Rasooldeen I Arab News
RIYADH: The winners of the King Faisal Award for the year 2009 were announced last night. The award was given to five recipients from Saudi Arabia, the UK, the United States, Morocco and Russia. Egypt’s Principal Shari’ah Society for Qur’an and Sunnah Scholars was also honored.
The winners were announced by Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, the director of the King Faisal Foundation.
In the Science category, the prize was awarded jointly to Sir Richard Henry Friend of the UK, chairman of the Council of the School of Physical Sciences and Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge, and Rashid Alievich Sunyaev of Russia, chief scientist of the Space Research Institute at the Russian Academy of Science and director of the Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany.
Friend pioneered the physics and engineering of semi-conductor devices made of plastic materials. The fabrication of these devices and circuits by ink jet printing that he has introduced is radically different from the traditional manufacturing technology and has paved the way for the development of a wide range of applications of plastic electronic and photonic devices.
Sunyaev has made pioneering and fundamental contributions to astrophysics and cosmology. His theoretical work on the cosmic background radiation laid the foundation for the observational exploration of the structure of the universe. His work on black holes and binary stars was critical in advancing the field of X-ray astronomy.
In the category of Medicine, the prize was granted to Ronald Levy of the US, the head of the Division of Oncology at Stanford University Medical School’s Department of Medicine.
Levy has been recognized for his pioneering studies in cancer immunotherapy. Almost 30 years ago, he developed antibodies that could distinguish between malignant and benign tumor cells. This created a tool for diagnosis and therapy. He showed in 1980 that monoclonal antibodies against a tumor-associated antigen could be employed to treat patients with B cell lymphoma.. Many of these patients responded well to the treatment. In the last 11 years the drug he discovered has been used to treat a large number of lymphoma patients with remarkable remission and survival results. In his more recent work Levy has used the patient’s immune system to mount immune responses against the patient’s own cancer cells. The ability of a patient to elicit immune responses against his or her own tumor cells by vaccinating the patient against the malignancy is likely to become a more effective way for longer lasting and more efficient therapy.
In the category of Arabic Language and Literature, the prize went to Abd Al-Aziz Nasir Al-Manie of Saudi Arabia. The professor emeritus of Arabic Literature at King Saud University in Riyadh, Al-Manie was commended for his distinguished efforts in editing, verifying and elucidating several Arabic literary works of the third and seventh century Hijrah.
The prize for Islamic Studies went to Abdessalam M. Cheddadi of Morocco. The professor at the University Research Institute of Mohammad V University in Rabat has been recognized for his studies on the works of Ibn Khaldun, a leading authority in Islamic thought and perceptions of Imran. Cheddadi elucidated the basis, concepts, terminology and types of Imran as conceived by Ibn Khaldun, comparing them to modern social theories and addressing a wider international audience through his writings in different languages.
The prize in the category of Service to Islam has been awarded to the Principal Shari’ah Society for Qur’an and Sunnah Scholars in Egypt in recognition of its outstanding services to Islam and Muslims, which include nearly 100 years of dawa, using the Qur’an and the Sunnah in extending real Islamic teachings and calling for unity among Muslims.
The society’s services in Egypt include holding religious classes and symposia, extending true Islamic teachings and thought through its Internet site, establishing more than 50 institutes for training Muslim preachers, sponsoring students, especially poor students from Egypt and other countries pursuing their education at Al-Azhar and rigorously contesting anti-Islamic propaganda.
The society has also been carrying out a range of social services such as sponsoring orphans, procuring income-generating work for widowed women, in addition to building more than 5,000 mosques and numerous, well-equipped medical centers that provide free medical services. The society’s achievements abroad are primarily focused on helping underprivileged Muslims, especially in Palestine and impoverished Muslim countries in Africa and Asia.
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Research methods determine results
EDITOR—The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that “circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection by up to 60%â€. There are issues with this number. In Uganda the male Bagisu, and Muslims circumcise.
But they are also dying of AIDS. One day, a professor of critical thinking once said that university lecturers wrote a proposal and they reported their support for it with a number. It was absolute risk.
The funders of their ministry of health rejected the proposal. They again supported the need for the same programme with another number.
They calculated relative risk. With relative risk—a statistic—the same officials of their ministry of health accepted to fund the project. From this observation, it is clear that not only professionals but also the public may fail to notice the difference between absolute and relative risk. let us look at the example of the Rakai study, done in Uganda, which reported the benefit of male circumcision in the control of the spread of HIV infection.
The report of this study was published in The Lancet in 2007. We critically examined that report. The reduction in risk in the report is about 50% among males aged 15-49 years.
We observed that the researchers trumpeted the relative risk. Relative risk can make things appear bigger than they really are! So, for one to make a quality decision, we must always ask for the absolute risk. In that study, the absolute risk is nine people in 1,000.
This means when you spend on circumcising 1,000 people, nine people will get infected. And when you don’t circumcise 1,000 Ugandan males in Rakai aged 15-49 years people, 18 will get infected.
That is, by spending on circumcising 1,000 males you will save 18-9 = 9 people against HIV infection. This really isn’t a big number especially when you have to manage malaria, tuberculosis, meningitis, typhoid , etc. Now, we are about 30 million Ugandans.
If we factor in the age bracket 15-49 years, and gender, 135,000 Ugandan males will be protected against HIV infection by circumcision according to that study. But we can only come to this apparently big number if we spent money on accessing all the 30 million people.
And note that we computed this figure based only on the statistic the researchers used: Relative risk. Issues like the time the penis takes to heal (about a month) were not considered. But during the study, the uncircumcised group must have had sexual intercourse.
This means for a whole month, while the circumcised were not exposed to risk, the uncircumcised were. And this was a serious flaw in the study design. Unfortunately, when the WHO report relative risk of up to 60%, people think it is really big, and this may therefore generate false hope among the circumcised.
To know whether circumcision protects against HIV infection or not, it is wise to study HIV status of males who are already circumcised and those who are not. Even then, a number of factors, beyond the scope of the purpose here have to be considered as well.
Science is proving things; therefore there is science in all disciplines. But we should learn not only to scrutinise the method used by the researchers, but also to understand the statistic used to come to the conclusions as well as the associated assumptions. This will save resources for priority methods of taming the disease. These include behavioural change plays, songs, being faithful, or abstaining until marriage.
George Kibumba
Makerere University
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Research methods determine results
EDITOR—The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that “circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection by up to 60%â€. There are issues with this number. In Uganda the male Bagisu, and Muslims circumcise.
But they are also dying of AIDS. One day, a professor of critical thinking once said that university lecturers wrote a proposal and they reported their support for it with a number. It was absolute risk.
The funders of their ministry of health rejected the proposal. They again supported the need for the same programme with another number.
They calculated relative risk. With relative risk—a statistic—the same officials of their ministry of health accepted to fund the project. From this observation, it is clear that not only professionals but also the public may fail to notice the difference between absolute and relative risk. let us look at the example of the Rakai study, done in Uganda, which reported the benefit of male circumcision in the control of the spread of HIV infection.
The report of this study was published in The Lancet in 2007. We critically examined that report. The reduction in risk in the report is about 50% among males aged 15-49 years.
We observed that the researchers trumpeted the relative risk. Relative risk can make things appear bigger than they really are! So, for one to make a quality decision, we must always ask for the absolute risk. In that study, the absolute risk is nine people in 1,000.
This means when you spend on circumcising 1,000 people, nine people will get infected. And when you don’t circumcise 1,000 Ugandan males in Rakai aged 15-49 years people, 18 will get infected.
That is, by spending on circumcising 1,000 males you will save 18-9 = 9 people against HIV infection. This really isn’t a big number especially when you have to manage malaria, tuberculosis, meningitis, typhoid , etc. Now, we are about 30 million Ugandans.
If we factor in the age bracket 15-49 years, and gender, 135,000 Ugandan males will be protected against HIV infection by circumcision according to that study. But we can only come to this apparently big number if we spent money on accessing all the 30 million people.
And note that we computed this figure based only on the statistic the researchers used: Relative risk. Issues like the time the penis takes to heal (about a month) were not considered. But during the study, the uncircumcised group must have had sexual intercourse.
This means for a whole month, while the circumcised were not exposed to risk, the uncircumcised were. And this was a serious flaw in the study design. Unfortunately, when the WHO report relative risk of up to 60%, people think it is really big, and this may therefore generate false hope among the circumcised.
To know whether circumcision protects against HIV infection or not, it is wise to study HIV status of males who are already circumcised and those who are not. Even then, a number of factors, beyond the scope of the purpose here have to be considered as well.
Science is proving things; therefore there is science in all disciplines. But we should learn not only to scrutinise the method used by the researchers, but also to understand the statistic used to come to the conclusions as well as the associated assumptions. This will save resources for priority methods of taming the disease. These include behavioural change plays, songs, being faithful, or abstaining until marriage.
George Kibumba
Makerere University
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Organisations want north plan implemented
By Catherine Bekunda
CIVIL society organisations in the north have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the implementation of the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
“Is the Government saying the PRDP is not a priority? This is a wrong signal. People are returning to their homes.
Why is the Government postponing the delivery of basic social services? They need the help now not next year,†said James Otto, the executive director of the Human Rights Focus.
While holding a press briefing at Hotel Africana in Kampala yesterday, the organisations said they were doubtful of the Government’s commitment to the development of the region.
“As the Government delays implementation, the data on which planning was based is becoming stale and people are languishing in poverty,†said Geoffrey Okello, the executive director of the Gulu Non Governmental Organisation Forum.
The Government suspended the implementation of the programme, saying the Office of the Prime Minister needed to draw a work plan to sort out budgets and mechanisms to ensure that the project was properly monitored.
It will be implemented in the next financial year, starting July 1, 2009.
The over sh1 trillion project was meant to facilitate the development of the conflict-affected districts of the north and north eastern Uganda in a period of three years starting July 1, 2008.
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Organisations want north plan implemented
By Catherine Bekunda
CIVIL society organisations in the north have expressed disappointment over the postponement of the implementation of the Peace Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP).
“Is the Government saying the PRDP is not a priority? This is a wrong signal. People are returning to their homes.
Why is the Government postponing the delivery of basic social services? They need the help now not next year,†said James Otto, the executive director of the Human Rights Focus.
While holding a press briefing at Hotel Africana in Kampala yesterday, the organisations said they were doubtful of the Government’s commitment to the development of the region.
“As the Government delays implementation, the data on which planning was based is becoming stale and people are languishing in poverty,†said Geoffrey Okello, the executive director of the Gulu Non Governmental Organisation Forum.
The Government suspended the implementation of the programme, saying the Office of the Prime Minister needed to draw a work plan to sort out budgets and mechanisms to ensure that the project was properly monitored.
It will be implemented in the next financial year, starting July 1, 2009.
The over sh1 trillion project was meant to facilitate the development of the conflict-affected districts of the north and north eastern Uganda in a period of three years starting July 1, 2008.
You can also read the article online at: http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=8&newsCategoryId=16&newsId=669442
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28/01/2009
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US is not enemy of Muslims: Obama
Barbara Ferguson | Arab News
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview yesterday as president, part of his drive to repair relations with the Muslim world.
"I have Muslim members of my family," he said in an interview with Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based Arab television channel. "I have lived in Muslim countries."
Although his Muslim background has been a subject he carefully avoided during his campaign (a pragmatic response to the attacks during his campaign that sought to exploit anti-Muslim sentiments), the president insisted "that the Americans are not your enemy."
This concerted effort to reach out to the Muslim world and the Middle East was set during his inaugural speech when he offered Muslims a "new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect."
Now, on just his sixth full day in office, Obama's first exclusive interview went to a major Arab network.
"People are going to judge me not by my words but by my actions and my administration's actions," Obama said.
The interview was aired as Obama's new envoy to the region, former Sen.. George J. Mitchell, arrived in Egypt to find a permanent solution to the Arab-Israeli problem.
Obama said he felt it was important to "get engaged right away" in the Middle East and had directed Mitchell to talk to "all the major parties involved." His administration would craft an approach after that, he said.
"What I told him is start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by dictating," Obama told the interviewer.
Dealing with topics pertinent to the Arab and Muslim worlds, much of Obama's interview was spent defining the new approach that the United States would implement in the region: respectfulness over divisiveness, listening over dictating, engagement over militarism.
Taped Monday night at the White House, Obama reiterated a pledge to speak to Muslims from a Muslim capital within his first 100 days, but did not specify where it will be.
He also called for talks to resume between Israel and Palestinians and said he still envisions a "contiguous" Palestinian state. On the campaign trail, however, he declared his support for an undivided Jerusalem, which leaves the question of where this contiguous Palestinian state would have its capital. The Arab stance is that Arab Jerusalem - home to Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site - must be the capital of this Palestinian state..
The president also refrained from criticizing Israel for the civilian toll of its recent campaign in Gaza, despite an outcry among Muslims, and he emphasized that the US is and will remain a solid ally of Israel.
When asked about Al-Qaeda, Obama called its idea "bankrupt" and said the society that these extremists envision is socially destructive.
"There's no actions that they've taken that say a child in the Muslim world is getting a better education because of them, or has better health care because of them," he said.
Obama said the US had made mistakes in the past but "that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that."
He emphasized the importance of engaging with Iran, while condemning Iran's threats against Israel, pursuit of nuclear weapons and support of terrorist organizations. But in a departure form his predecessor's stance that Iran cannot be negotiated with, Obama said diplomacy is important to resolving this conflict.
"It is important for us to be willing to talk to Iran, to express very clearly where our differences are, but where there are potential avenues for progress," he said.
In contrast to the enthusiastic reception Obama's victory has garnered around the world, the Arab world has been much more cautious about the new US president - with most Arabs skeptical that American policy in the region will change substantially.
But Hady Amr, director of the Brookings Doha Center, an arm of the US think-tank in the Qatari capital, told reporters that the decision to make the first presidential interview with an Arabic news network was "stunning."
"President Obama has made it absolutely clear ... that a central priority will be repairing America's relations with the Muslim world," he said. "If that's his objective, I'd say he's been hitting home run after home run.."
In the interview, Obama talked about growing up in Indonesia, the Muslim world's most populous nation, and his Muslim relatives.
Most of Obama's interview focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is widely perceived in the Middle East as the most pressing issue in a region filled with animosities.
The president reiterated the US commitment to Israel as an ally and to its right to defend itself. But he suggested that both Israel and the Palestinians have hard choices to make. "I do believe that the moment is ripe for both sides to realize that the path that they are on is one that is not going to result in prosperity and security for their people," he said.
Obama restated the United State's unique relationship with the Jewish state but refused to say that such a relationship limited the prospect for peace in the region.
"Israel is a strong ally of the United States," said Obama. "They will not stop being a strong ally of the United States. And I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount. But I also believe that there are Israelis who recognize that it is important to achieve peace. They will be willing to make sacrifices if the time is appropriate and if there is serious partnership on the other side."
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Hi there! Majid Alemi Junior.
akujo wangita amonye. thought you might be interested in this article from The New Vision online: http://www.newvision.co.ug
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Mubajje case is for secular court
Last week the Islamic Cultural Association convened what they called a “Sharia Court†and convicted Mufti Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje. Mubajje was accused by over 500 Sheiks for fraudulently disposing of Muslim property under his custody.
The court prohibited the Mufti from going to any mosque anywhere in the world and also “condemned him to hell†for reportedly committing haram (sins) against the Muslim community. The court based its ruling on the Koran and the Hadith (sayings of Prophet Mohamed).
Although Mubajje might be guilty according to the Koran, the ruling and sentence are problematic and illegal for the simple reason that there are no Sharia courts in Uganda.
The problem of alternative jurisdictions in Uganda is an outstanding one. We still have three systems of laws: Common Law (modelled on the British system), Customary Law, and Muhammedan Law — meaning Islamic law. But the latter two are applied only in civil suits, especially in the area of marriage and inheritance. Even if there were Sharia courts in Uganda, how would the Islamic Cultural Association address the principle of ‘double jeopardy’ (trying a person twice for the same offence)?
In certain jurisdictions like the US there have been civil suits even after someone (for example O. J. Simpson) has won a criminal case. But in Mubajje’s case, it is the same civil case.
The court in Uganda based its decision not only on the law, but also on evidence. What other evidence will the Sharia courts be looking for? Since Uganda is a secular state and Mubajje was acquitted by a secular court, the most sensible course of action by the aggrieved parties is to appeal against the magistrate’s ruling.
That option is open through the High Court to the Supreme Court.. If Mubajje’s ‘sentence’ is to be considered legitimate, what is there to stop the ‘Sharia court’ from ordering that a Ugandan’s hand be chopped off or an adulterer be stoned to death?
You can also read the article online at: http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=8&newsCategoryId=14&newsId=669358
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ISLAMIC organisations have released sh129.3m for orphans in various parts of Uganda. The Muslim World League and the International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO) gave the money at a function held at the IIRO headquarters in Old Kampala on Thursday.
Salah Elbably from IIRO said the money would be spent on school fees, medication and buying other scholastic items for the children.
He said the organisation sponsors over 1,000 orphans in Uganda who get sh40,000 each per month. “Being an orphan does not mean that you are an outcast to the society.
“Even the Prophet (Mohammad) was an orphan but he became a great man on earth,” Elbably said.
The beneficiaries are aged between six and 18 years regardless of their religious affiliations, he said.
He said some of the orphans who stay with their guardians get assistance from centres in Luweero and Arua disctricts.
Muslim World League and IIRO are Saudi Arabian- based organisations which focus on charity work in developing countries.
Elbably appealed to the head teachers to guide the children to ensure that they become useful citizens. Re:UMAIBC prays that the money reached the needies orphans childrens as intended for. we appealed to IIRO to donate directly. to UMAIBC Accounts via Paypal. check our webste to find the UMAIBC Account. From the president of UMAIBC. Majid Alemi Junior. in Vancouver, Western Canada.
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Entry Date: 2008-08-20 15:25:54
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A Special Greetings To Fellow Ugandans Back Home As Well Around The Globe.
written by Majid Alemi Junior, June 14, 2009
Dear. Presenters. mike,mukoki,queenie. we thank you people of doing wonderful & professional work. of connecting all ugandans in all corners of the world. through your sundays family show. I also thank Mike of airing my message last sunday on your programe. nice of you. the marks to each of you, today, is 500,000&#xtr;llions. for jour job weldone. secondly, congratulations once again to bride & bride groom, hafsa d/o Issa dimba married to muhamed S. in kawempe, kampala suburb. sunday. 31st,2009.we wish the two everlasting marriage. almighty allah to bless them with alots of kids. this time a muganda marry to kakwa lady, tit for tat, pay back as my late father, RIP. al-haji idi amin dada alemi did married mama madinah, a muganda. we ask connect uganda to play for them marriage weddings songs. thirdly, greetings to muhamed sendege. [rambuka] to Bbaale Alosiuos in germany, mzee wa kazi, to alice saula in scotland, farida male in north london, we also sends greetings to alemis family.
wherever they are.greetings to my young brother. jaffar amin & family, to my sister, maimuna amin, to sister. zaituni they are all in kampala, to my sister. kadara kursum & all brothers & sisters over
there,in london uk. A Special dua for all our loved ones who are not with us anymore were held june,6th,2009. at mzebaba. RIP. al- haji idi amin dada alemis house in arua, tanganyika village. all invited guests former army officers, ncos, f/ soldiers under my late dad, civil servants, ugandan all over uganda, arua & koboko in particular attended. I would like to thank MC. baba hussein diliga, jaffar amin, major. ahmed dudu,lt.col.ratib mududu, capt.muzamil amule, safi amule, & all volunteers fo the job weldone. to my special wife & the kids in vancouver. bc. to all those who are listening rite now, including
mike,mukoki.& queenie, all staffs of connect uganda. from. majid alemi junior & Family. in bc. vancouver. western canada. peace,love,unity are my motto. re: connect uganda presenters unable to air th message today, due their staffs has senyega. hope next sunday. majid.
God! I wish that my exams will be over soon so that I can again continue my blogging, missing it very dearly. Pray for my a+ certification
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