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Friday, January 30, 2009
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Indonesian ‘ulamas’ hopeful about Obama
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“We hope Obama can bridge the rightists and leftists,” said Dr. Anwar Abbas, chairman of the Entrepreneurship and Economic Council, Central Board of Muhammadiyah. He was referring to Muslims and other groups they clash with. He and Dr. Endang Turmudi, secretary general of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama, talked to The Manila Times in an exclusive roundtable interview on Thursday. They were in Manila to attend an ulama forum organized by the Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID), headed by Amina Rasul. An ulama is a Muslim scholar. Muhammadiyah and Nahdlatul Ulama are religious organization, among the many that exist in Indonesia. They differ in the branch of Islam that they teach. Abbas said that living in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation in the world, has embedded Islam in Obama’s subconscious. He explained that this “understanding” would be important, as 80 percent of decisions made during a crisis are derived from the subconscious. “We hope Obama is different from [former President George W.] Bush,” Abbas said. “Bush didn’t understand Islam.” Turmudi agreed, saying Obama made many Muslim friends while he was living in Indonesia. Obama spent his childhood in Jakarta in late 1960’s when his mother, Ann Durham, was married to an Indonesian. Turmudi said he does not expect the new US president to defend Islam, but that he would uphold justice. In an interview with the Al-Arabiya satellite television network on Monday, Obama said, “My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.” “But if you look at the track record . . . America was not born as a colonial power, and 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.” Acting responsibly Despite Indonesians’ optimism, Abbas said the US should act responsibly. He explained that many of the extremists terrorizing the world were products of America’s policy during the Cold War, such the Talibans who the Soviet Army with support from Washington. Turmudi said, “Islam is not monolithic.” The ulamas explained that not many people understand that there are five different images of Islam, each its own distinct character—Southeast Asia, Middle East, Europe, Iran (formerly Persia) and Turkey (the former seat of the Ottoman Empire). In Indonesia, Abbas said Muslims practice open mindedness and promotes nationalism and good relationship with other religions including the Christians. The Islam practiced in Southeast Asia was spread through trade and commerce, giving Muslims here a softer image compared to how that religion is perceived, in Europe for example, where the religions spread through conquest and crusades. Also in Indonesia, the madrassa or Islamic schools incorporate secular subjects—like math and science—with religious teachings. This is not the case in Islamic schools in other countries. But he and Turmudi admitted that the existence of Muslim fundamentalist is a growing concern. “Violence is not what Islam teaches us,” Turmudi said. The Bali bombers, for example, were following an aberrant teaching of their religion. “This [phenomenon] is a matter of wrong interpretation [of the Islamic teachings],” added the ulama, whose organization has about 50 million members. He hoped to promote the Southeast Asian image Islam, but adding that it is not their practice to force their faith on other people. “We more accommodating of people of other religions [in Indonesia],” he said. |
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Strong quake hits Indonesia
JAKARTA - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Kepulauan Barat Daya region in Indonesia on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was centred some 316 kilometres (196 miles) off Saumlaki in the Tanimbar Islands at a depth of 141 kilometres under the sea, a USGS statement said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The Indonesian archipelago sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates meet, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in July 2006 off the south coast of the main island of Java killed more than 600 people. A series of dozens of powerful tremors hit Indonesia following 7.6 and 7.5 magnitude quakes that struck off the West Papua provincial capital Manokwari earlier this month.
Around 14,000 people flooded into camps on high ground in the aftermath of those quakes fearing deadly waves after authorities issued and then withdrew a tsunami alert.
The tremors re-awakened bitter memories of similar deadly quakes that hit Manokwari in 2002, as well as the Asian tsunami that killed 168,000 people in Indonesia’s Aceh province and Nias island in 2004.
Bali battling rabies epidemic
BALI will carry out mass vaccinations of pet dogs to curb a rabies outbreak that has killed four people and is threatening the Indonesian island's vital tourism industry.
About 300 officials will fan out on Saturday across northern Denpasar, the provincial capital, armed with vaccination kits.
Other parts of the city have already been covered.
"We want to ensure the rabies outbreak does not spread out of Denpasar district,'' provincial animal husbandry department head Ida Bagus Alit said.
"We don't have a target for how many dogs to vaccinate... We'll do as many as possible,'' Mr Alit said.
Since the first rabies cases were reported in Denpasar and Badung districts in November, about 24,417 pet dogs had been been vaccinated.
The department had also put down 1051 strays.
Unlike the rest of mainly Muslim Indonesia, where people do not generally keep dogs, Bali is a Hindu island and dogs are common either as pets or strays.
The Australian embassy said Canberra had provided funds to support the vaccination program after four people died from rabies on Bali since September.
The US embassy issued a warning to its citizens in Indonesia earlier this month about the rabies situation on the island, known for its surf beaches and mountain temples.
Australians and Japanese are the backbone of the tourism industry, which is essential to Bali's economy.
"We've received calls from tourists asking about the rabies situation but we haven't received reports of any tourist being bitten by dogs,'' Bali Tourism Authority head Gede Nurjaya said.
"Bali depends a lot on tourism and the community is cooperating and pet owners are sending their dogs for vaccination.''
Gerrard to deny nightclub assault
The Liverpool captain appeared before magistrates over an allegation that he was at the centre of a fight at the Lounge Inn, in Southport, last month.
Wearing a smart navy blue suit and black tie, the 28-year-old appeared before JPs at North Sefton Magistrates' Court in Southport, Merseyside.
He spoke only to confirm his name, age and address, and said he intended to plead not guilty to affray and assault on 28 December last year.
The court heard that Marcus McGee, 34, received two cuts to his face and broke a tooth during the alleged fight.
The day after the incident, for which a total of eight men have been arrested, blood and broken glass were clearly visible on the floor of the nightclub - a popular spot with Merseyside celebrities. Five men are currently on bail.
Gerrard, married to model and columnist Alex Curran, was celebrating Liverpool's 5-1 victory over Newcastle United when trouble began.
He was joined in the dock by co-accused John Doran, 29, and Ian Smith, 19, both from Huyton, Merseyside. The two other men also said they would deny the same charges.
It is alleged the three defendants were part of a group that kicked and punched Mr McGee.
The case will be heard again on March 20 after a routine eight-week adjournment for case preparation. All three were given bail with conditions not to contact witnesses or enter the Lounge Bar unless with their solicitors.
Microsoft to lay off 5,000 workers
Microsoft, the US computer software company, has announced that it is to cut 5,000 jobs, adding to the country's economic doldrums.
The firm announced on Thursday that it would let more than five per cent of its 95,000 employees worldwide go over the next 18 months - 1,400 immediately.
The move, and the announcement of an 11 per cent drop in second-quarter profit, struck Microsoft's stocks, which fell by 10 per cent, pulling the Nasdeq index down by three per cent.
The Dow Jones, the US main industrial index, also fell 219 points, about 2.6 per cent, in midday trading.
It is the first time the firm has laid employees off, bar limited staff cuts after the absorption of other companies, since its founding in 1975.
Intel outside
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, said: "We're certainly in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime set of economic conditions.
"The perspective I would bring is not one of recession. Rather, the economy is resetting to lower level of business and consumer spending based largely on the reduced leverage in economy."
Microsoft still maintains $20.7bn liquidity, but the global recession and a faltering profit margin have forced the decision.
The news came one day after Intel Corp, the world's largest maker of microprocessors, said that it would cut jobs in its manufacturing plants in the Philippines and Malaysia and reduce its operations in the US.
Up to 6,000 staff will be affected between now and December 2009, although not all will be complete job losses.
Depressing vista
John Terrett, Al Jazeera's correspondent at the New York Stock Exchange, said that their performance says a lot about the wider condition of the US economy.
"The thing about Microsoft and Intel is that they are bellwether companies. So this is terrible news," he said.
"Intel makes microchips, or semi-conductors, to drive computer hardware, and Microsoft makes software to make it run better.
"If those two firms are not selling as much product, it basically means that companies are not expanding their capital expenditure.
"In other words, they are not buying new computers for their staff. They are not upgrading the software to make their offices run better."
The statistic for new homes being built in the US was at its lowest level since 1991 on Thursday, and the number of Americans signing on for job-seekers benefit was at a 26-year high.
Indonesia denies migrants asylum
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| Indonesia has refused to grant political asylum to 193 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who are being held at a navy base after they were found stranded off the country's western coast. Most of the group identified themselves as the Rohingya - a Muslim ethnic group from Myanmar. The all-male group of Rohingya Muslims has been held at a naval base in the island of Sabang in the province of Aceh since their wooden boat was found on January 7. Hassan Wirajuda, the foreign minister, said on Friday that the people are economic migrants and not political asylum seekers. But according to Human Rights Watch, more than 250,000 Rohingyas fled Myanmar to Bangladesh in 1992 amid a campaign of persecution and what many have labelled "ethnic cleansing" on the part of the government in Naypyidaw. Wirajuda also said the Indonesian government is working with their countries of origin and the International Organisation for Migration to properly repatriate the migrants. But it is not clear if they will be sent to Myanmar or Bangladesh. Perilous journey Shortly after their arrival on Sabang, Imam Husen, one of the migrants, told the Reuters news agency from his hospital bed that he and about 580 other people had set off from Mundu in Myanmar in four boats on December 9 to flee the country. He said some members of the group had been beaten after landing in Thailand.
They were then towed out to sea and set adrift, he said. According to Wirajuda, citing accounts by the navy, many died on the trip to Indonesia during which they had to stand because the boat was so full. Imam Husen's testimony corroborates reports from a Rohingya human-rights group and Indian police reports from other Rohingyas found adrift near the Andaman Islands that Thai security forces towed 992 people out to sea and abandoned them in engine-less boats. The Arakan Project, a Rohingya non-governmental organisation, estimates that 550 of the 992 are missing, feared drowned. UN demand The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has asked Thailand for access to 126 Rohingyas it believes are still in custody on a remote island called Koh Sai Daeng. "[We] welcome the Thai government's willingness to discuss the Rohingya issue on a broad regional basis, because this is a regional issue ... [but] the reason that the Rohingya boat people throw themselves into these small boats and cross the seas on these perilous journeys - the root causes - need to be addressed," Kitty McKinsey, a UNHCR spokeswoman, told Al Jazeera.
Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai prime minister, has promised to investigate the allegations and co-operate with the UNHCR, although the refugee body said on Friday that there has been no formal response to their request from Bangkok. The Thai prime minister also said any Rohingyas in Thailand would be treated as illegal immigrants and repatriated. "We have to send them back," Vejjajiva said after chairing a National Security Council meeting. "We are discussing this, which will require briefing ambassadors of various countries to find a solution." About 28,000 Rohingyas recognised as refugees are living in UNHCR camps in Bangladesh. |
Retiring Marat Safin farewells Melbourne after loss to Roger Federer
While the Russian, who captured the 2005 Australian title stylishly, threatened one last cameo when pushing the Swiss star to a third-set tiebreaker, it was not to be and his chances were dimmed in controversial fashion.
Safin, who will play out this year, trailed 3-1 when he was foot-faulted on his second serve - not for putting his front foot over the baseline, rather for placing his back foot across the centre line while serving.
It infuriated the 28-year-old, who eye-balled the linesman and questioned him at length.
While Safin fought back to claim the lead in the tiebreak, Federer regrouped and claimed the match 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-5) with a brilliant backhand pass that cleaned the line.
"Unfortunately some people like to take five seconds in the camera. It is such a disappointment," Safin said.
"He said sorry, but it is the most stupid thing I have seen. There shouldn't be this rule, because I am not stepping on the line.
"The tiebreak was very close. For me it was a chance to win a set but then this happens. It was a small chance for me but it just slipped away."
The Muscovite, who conquered Federer in a classic semi-final before defeating Lleyton Hewitt to claim the 2005 title, embraced the Swiss champion at the net before waving good bye to the Australian crowd.
"I don't like this bye bye part. I prefer to leave this way, quietly, nice, with a great match," he said.
"I have been around too many years and I want to change now and do other things. It is enough.
"I lost to one of the greatest ones in the history of tennis tonight. I really hope he wins, because I can then tell my kids I played with him."
The former world No1 and US Open champion said he was disappointed to be leaving Melbourne for the last time.
"I had ups and downs here," said Safin, who played in three finals.
"One disappointment and then one title beating Roger and then Hewitt, but the whole thing, the whole city, the beautiful people, the people around the city love tennis and really enjoy it.
"It is always nice to come here year after year but unfortunately I doubt it will ever happen again."
The Swiss star, who fell to Safin in a classic five-set semi-final in 2005 on the same court, admitted he may have been lucky to escape with the third set, particularly given his fellow former world No1 continued to improve as the match continued.
"I thought Marat started to play really well towards the end," Federer said.
"It seemed like deja vu."
Federer, who lifted his intensity after an even opening to win the last two games of the first set to love, said the quality of his opponent had inspired a higher level of focus than normal for a third-round match.
"It felt like a little something more," Federer said. "It is always special to play Marat and I think we like to play each other. It does not matter who wins."
Federer said he was upset that he and Safin would not get to play again in Melbourne.
"That is disappointing," he said."I love playing against the guy and he brings something different to the tennis world with his character on and off the court. He is larger than life.
"If it were to be the last one at the Australian Open, we both feel good about playing each other at the Australian Open."
Solar eclipse to cross ocean
23/01/2009 18:31 - (SA)
In solar eclipses, the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow on the terrestrial surface.
In an annular eclipse, a tiny shift in distance that results from celestial mechanics means the Moon does not completely cover the Sun's face, as it does in a total eclipse.
Instead, for those directly under the alignment, the Moon covers most of the Sun's surface, and a ring-like crown of solar light blazes from the edge of the disk.
For those watching from the fringe of the track, the Sun is partially obscured, as if a bite has been taken out of it.
Only annular eclipse this year
According to veteran NASA eclipse-watcher Fred Espenak, the total eclipse track will run from west to east on Monday from 0606 GMT to 0952 GMT.
It will traverse the Indian Ocean and western Indonesia before petering out just short of Mindanao, the Philippines.
The partial eclipse will be seen in a much wider swathe, including the southern third of Africa, Madagascar, Australia, Southeast India, Southeast Asia and Indonesia.
It will be the only annular solar eclipse this year. The last was on February 7 2007, and after Monday, the next one will be on January 15 2010.
The big event for eclipse junkies this year is on July 22, when a total solar eclipse will be visible from India and China, the world's two most populous countries.
- AFP
Selengkapnya...Obama's Middle East Agenda
The Arabs have long had reason to be disappointed by incoming US Presidents who have rarely shown any willingness to confront the strongly pro-Israeli Congress, or to challenge the Israeli lobby. Containing Israel - pushing it back to its pre-1967 borders and curbing its homicidal tendencies – has now become an international obligation, notes Patrick Seale.
President Barack Obama took the Arab world by surprise on Wednesday by telephoning Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, to assure him that he intended “to work with him as partners to establish a durable peace” in the Middle East.
The welcome news was given to the media by Abbas’ spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina. He quoted Obama as saying: “This is my first phone call to a foreign leader and I’m making it only hours after I took office.”
This unexpected development will do a great deal to raise spirits in the Arab and Muslim world. Palestinians have suffered dreadfully from the Bush administration’s uncritical support for Israel over the past eight years. On the West Bank, Israel’s illegal settlements have continued to push relentlessly into Palestinian territory, while over-crowded, suffering Gaza has just endured a brutal three-week war which killed over 1,300 helpless civilians, wounded another 5,000, and smashed much of the infrastructure.
Disappointment was therefore acute when Obama failed to mention the Arab-Israeli conflict in his inauguration address on Tuesday, although the conflict lies at the very heart of the Arab and Muslim world’s quarrel with America. He made no reference to the war in Gaza, which has so recently held the world’s anguished attention. It was as if it had never happened.
For Americans, President Barak Obama’s inaugural address last Tuesday was undoubtedly a much-needed morale-booster, but for many outside the United States it was a disappointment. On foreign policy it was especially weak, setting no clear agenda. Even stylistically, the speech seemed labored and cliché-ridden, with hardly a memorable phrase. This was not Obama at his scintillating best.
There was a line in the speech about leaving Iraq; another about “forging a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan” -- whatever that may mean; a vague reference to “seeking a way forward with the Muslim world” on the basis of “mutual interests and mutual respect”; and, in what was perhaps a coded reference to Iran, a promise that America would “work with old friends and former foes” in reducing the nuclear threat.
Obama’s speech -- more sermonising than substance -- was in great contrast to that delivered the previous day by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as he stood in Gaza against the backdrop of the still smoking rubble of UNRWA’s headquarter building and main warehouse. Ban denounced Israel’s bombing of these facilities as scandalous and unacceptable. He demanded accountability for its possible war crimes. With evident emotion, he urged the Palestinians to unite in order to realize their dream of statehood, which he pledged do his utmost to promote.
On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Obama would appoint former Senator George Mitchell, 75, as his Middle East envoy, with special reference to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of Irish-Lebanese parentage, Mitchell is known as a man of integrity who helped negotiate the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland, which opened the way to peace in the troubled province.
But, if he is to break the deadlock in the Middle East, Mitchell will need muscular White House backing. Obama’s call to Mahmud Abbas suggests that he might get it. The Arabs have long had reason to be disappointed by incoming American Presidents who have rarely shown any willingness to confront the strongly pro-Israeli Congress, or to challenge the Israeli lobby which, in its multiple forms from AIPAC to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, shaped America’s Middle East policy in the Bush era.
Yet, Obama knows the facts. In the early stages of his election campaign he was bold enough to say that no one had suffered like the Palestinians. He said then that one could support Israel without embracing Likud’s expansionist policies. In 2003, he opposed the war in Iraq and lashed out at pro-Israeli officials like Paul Wolfowitz, who had pressed feverishly for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
No hint of these sentiments figured in his inaugural address. Instead, he delivered a warning that America was at war with “a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.” To Arabs and Muslims, this sounded like a re-make of George W. Bush’s discredited ‘Global War on Terror,’ raising fears that Obama would not make a clean break with the past.
It is not yet clear how Obama intends to honour his pledge -- given at the start of his election campaign -- to travel to a major Islamic venue in the first 100 days of his presidency in order to deliver the message that “America is not at war with Islam.” The rumour in Washington is that Jakarta is the venue he has chosen for this mission. Indonesia is a largely Muslim country, but not an Arab one. It is where Obama lived as a boy from 1967 to 1971. By going there, he might hope to temper Muslim hostility, but without arousing the furious opposition of Israel and its many supporters in the United States.
Words, however, will not be enough. If Obama’s message is to carry any weight, he will need to move from words to deeds. The massacre in Gaza has aroused great anger among Arabs and Muslims, and caused dismay in much of the world. If Obama wishes to restore America’s leadership and dampen the fires of Arab and Islamic radicalism, he will have to make clear that America will no longer tolerate Israel’s wars and the cruel oppression of its captive Palestinian population.
With his phone call to Mahmud Abbas, Obama has now sent a strong signal that he is deadly serious about wanting to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. Some observers hope for even more. They would like him to make a public statement -- before Israel’s general elections on 10 February -- that he will work for the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza, with east Jerusalem as its capital.
Only such a bold announcement from the White House might serve to rein in Israel’s ultra-nationalists and land-grabbing settlers, and encourage the emergence of an Israeli peace coalition. But such is the triumphalist mood of the Israeli electorate that no such outcome can realistically be expected from the Israeli elections.
In the meantime, much remains to be done on the ground. The fragile ceasefire needs to be consolidated, which means -- at the very least -- a dialogue with Hamas. The Israeli siege of Gaza must be lifted. Above all, the Palestinians must end the crippling feud between Fatah and Hamas, and form a united government empowered to negotiate with Israel. For such a new Palestinian leadership to emerge, legislative and presidential elections will need urgently to be held in both the West Bank and Gaza. As Ban Ki-moon rightly declared, only if the Palestinians can overcome their differences, can their hopes for statehood be realised.
Israel’s war in Gaza looks increasingly like a colossal strategic blunder. Far from destroying Hamas, it has given it legitimacy. Far from splitting the Arabs it has united them. Far from achieving greater deterrence, it has driven the Arabs -- and Iran -- to look urgently to their defences. Far from improving its international image, Israel is now viewed by much of the world as a rogue state, unchecked by international law or common morality.
Containing Israel -- pushing it back to its pre-1967 borders and curbing its homicidal tendencies – has now become an international obligation. Obama knows that he cannot escape this responsibility.
Patrick Seale is a leading British writer on the Middle East, and the author of The Struggle for Syria; also, Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East; and Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire.
Copyright © 2009 Patrick Seale
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