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Austria’s mosque move
AUSTRIA’S far-right government claims its decision to close down seven mosques and potentially expel up to 60 imams was due to national security concerns, however, it’s difficult to believe that the measure is not related to the wider political currents running through the country. Austrian authorities are insisting the latest move is designed to combat political Islam, not Islam in general. Can that be believed? Was this a necessary stance against radical religious extremism or was it an example of Islamophobia which is characteristic of the current Austrian political climate? The latter seems the more appropriate. Austria is currently controlled by a coalition of the center-right Austrian People’s Party and the far-right Nationalist Freedom Party. In campaigning for last...
June 17, 2018

Austria’s mosque move

There is still hope for the Kingdom
IN the aftermath of Saudi Arabia’s 5-0 loss to Russia in the opening game of the 2018 World Cup, the Kingdom must not let the defeat shake their confidence as they prepare for their upcoming group matches against Uruguay and Egypt.While the margin of Russia’s victory was great, playing in the inaugural match was never going to be easy for Saudi Arabia. It was the first match of the biggest single sports event in the world. It was the only match of the day, meaning the eyes of the world were transfixed on that one match as opposed to the three match-a-day format once the World Cup begins in earnest. Three billion people watching on TV this one game would put enormous pressure on both teams, but especially the guests. And it was being played on Russian territory, in front of 80,000...
June 15, 2018

There is still hope for the Kingdom

A rose by any other name
THE row over the name Macedonia that has been rumbling on for 27 years has always been absurd. The former Yugoslav province of Macedonia which became independent in 1991 called itself the Republic of Macedonia. But for a number of reasons Greece refused to accept the name and as a member of the European Union tried to use the suasion of Brussels to force the Macedonians to call themselves something else. This week it seemed that the Macedonians had finally agreed to do this when their Prime Minister Zoran Zaev accepted that his country should be renamed “The Republic of North Macedonia”. But within hours, the nationalist president Gjorge Ivanov announced he would use his powers to block the agreement, saying that under the constitution, his country’s name could not be changed. For...
June 15, 2018

A rose by any other name

Spain’s generosity is Italy’s shame
THE brand new governments in Italy and Spain have already crossed swords over the issue of migrants. The right-wing and radical coalition led by Giuseppe Conte had blocked the landing in Italy of 629 migrants picked up at sea by a charity vessel. Libyan people-smugglers had launched these luckless refugees in rubber rafts unfit for Mediterranean summer storms. Among them were seven pregnant women, 11 young children and 123 unaccompanied minors. When Rome refused to allow the charity boat Aquarius to discharge its human cargo in Sicily, a crisis loomed as the vessel was now badly overcrowded, supplies were running short and the sea state was deteriorating. The Italians said the refugees should be landed in Malta but that island state also refused to accept them. Then as conditions on...
June 14, 2018

Spain’s generosity is Italy’s shame

Has Trump pulled North Korea’s nuclear teeth?
THERE is still sufficient reason to doubt that Kim Jong Un will stick to the deal he cut Tuesday with President Trump. Leopards do not normally change their spots. Kim and his family before him have made many commitments in the past which they have then not honored. Nevertheless, he has agreed to abandon his nuclear weapons program and also to demolish North Korea’s missile testing site. Both of these key moves would be subject to consistent monitoring by the Americans. In return Trump has made one big concession which is the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea. This also means the Americans would withdraw their battlefield nuclear weapons which it is widely believed they maintain in their bases in the south. But the US president made it clear, both to Kim in their 40-minute...
June 12, 2018

Has Trump pulled North Korea’s nuclear teeth?

Trump tramples G7
THE G7 summits are normally notable for the yelling and screaming of angry anti-globalization demonstrators who besiege the meetings which have to be guarded by thousands of police and security forces.However, at the G7 weekend meeting in Quebec, it seems that most of the yelling and screaming went on inside the meeting. President Donald Trump has never lacked confidence but after his surprise election, in his early encounters with world leaders there was a certain awkwardness as he sought to find his way in the unfamiliar world of geopolitics. But such tentativeness as there was has clearly gone. Trump went into the G7 fully-primed for a showdown on his import tariffs to protect US business and did not give an inch in the ill-tempered discussions.Sophisticates, such as France’s Emmanuel...
June 12, 2018

Trump tramples G7

A historic summit
THE Sentosa Island, the venue for tomorrow’s summit in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was once known as the “island of death from behind” (Pulau Belakang Mati). Will the summit eliminate forever the chances of the Korean Peninsula falling victim to death from above?All one can say at the moment is that the very fact that the summit is taking place itself is something to be rejoiced at. This is a summit many thought would never happen and many others view with misgivings. At one time, Trump himself had second thoughts about going ahead with the meeting and backed out only to change his mind two days later. But the important thing is that Trump and Kim who were trading insults at each other until recently are going to meet face to face...
June 11, 2018

A historic summit

Occasions to protest
There are now so many reasons why Palestinians have been protesting at the Gaza-Israeli border for over two months. It started on March 30 to demand the right to return to their lands and that of their ancestors lost to Israel in the 1948 war of its creation that forced the departure of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. It was also a protest against Donald Trump’s announcement that the US was recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the subsequent transfer of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a day which coincided with the killing of over 60 Palestinians at one go protesting against the move. This week alone the protesters were marking the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, and Israel’s capture of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the June Six Day War...
June 10, 2018

Occasions to protest

In football, Palestine beats Israel
The World Cup is less than a week away and the whole world is waiting impatiently for the matches to start. But there is one particular game that will not be played: Argentina against Israel in Jerusalem.It’s still not clear who on the Argentinian side decided to cancel Saturday’s friendly in preparation for the World Cup. Argentina’s players decided to pull out of the game “in solidarity” with superstar teammate Lionel Messi, Argentinian President Mauricio Macri said. Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie had said he believed his country’s footballers “were not willing to play the game”. Hugo Moyano, second vice president of Argentina’s Football Association, said it was the right thing to do, that it was “not worth it”. Perhaps star striker Gonzalo Higuain said it...
June 09, 2018

In football, Palestine beats Israel

Will financial markets never learn?
In 2008, the collapse of the global financial markets had immense economic repercussions. It smashed the value of investments, including the funds investing the pension pots on which most Developed World workers were depending for their retirement. It also destroyed jobs. The drying up of credit drove small and medium sized enterprises out of business. Many economies were faced with recession. Incomes fell. Primary resource producers in Third World countries suffered a collapse in the price of their raw materials.All of this was caused by the lunatic behavior of a relatively few financial wizards who lent billions of dollars to borrowers who should never have been assessed as a good risk. But for the self-styled Masters of the Universe, particularly in the big US and European investment...
June 08, 2018

Will financial markets never learn?

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