Moi advocates home-grown solutions for African conflicts
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Moi advocates home-grown solutions for African conflicts
AngolaPress – Mar 19, 2008
Speaking during the launch of a book written by Kenya`s Lt-General
Lazarus Sumbeiywo, a former chief peace mediator on the south
Sudan conflict, Moi decried the continued suffering in the DR
Congo and urged African leaders to stop the bloodshed. “It is time for African leaders to address how to save children
that are being born everyday in this continent, when I was in
Congo, I told them not to bother about how to ascend to power
but how to make people have better livelihoods,” he said. The former Kenyan leader added: “I plead with African leaders
to share tables (dialogue), where they are in opposition or in
government; we should all share tables for the sake of our people
and for the future generation, we need to plan for the future. ”
Moi, who initiated the Sudan peace process in the 1970s, co-authored
the book, which illustrates the intricacies of mediating one of
Africa`s longest conflicts.
Australian Muslims call for modern imams
Express Outlook – Mar 19, 2008
He said imams who migrated from the Middle East came from very different societies to modern, multi-cultural Australia. The Forum’s plan called on imams to have a certain level of competency to lead a mosque, pass a certain level of English fluency, have a basic knowledge of Australian society, its norms, traditions and politics, and undergo a character test. It also called on the Australian government to help establish the country’s first Islamic institute which would produce home-grown imams. “The aim is to produce a new generation of home-grown Australian imams, fluent in English and accustomed to Australian society,” said Seyit.
Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan
Daily Times – Mar 19, 2008
Schools confine Arabic to the recitation of Quranic Surahs and their translations without reference to the essentials that form an intrinsic part of language learning. The percentage of people who understand classical music has been on a steep decline since the birth of Bangladesh. The Pak Tea House which midwifed the major artistic and literary movements of the city has been defeated by time. If all this sounds familiar, it should. I am as much a denizen of the twenty first century as any young person half my age but I see no contradiction in the desire to preserve the past while befriending the future and will strongly resist any attempt to drag me into a milieu which is faceless, passionless and as hollow as one of Eliot