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Signs in the crowd greeted Mr Erdogan as 'a new world leader'
Turkey's PM has received a hero's welcome on his return to Istanbul after he stormed out of a debate about Gaza at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan had reacted angrily when he was refused the chance to respond to Israeli President Shimon Peres' defence of the operation
Thousands of people turned out in the city to greet Mr Erdogan's plane.
He told them Mr Peres' language and tone had been unacceptable, so he acted to stand up for Turkish honour.
"I only know that I have to protect the honour of Turkey and Turkish people," said Mr Erdogan.
"I am not a chief of a tribe. I am the prime minister of Turkey. I have to do what I have to do."
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Istanbul said there had been huge anger in Turkey at Israel's operation in Gaza and there now appears to be widespread support for Mr Erdogan's actions in Davos.
This showed that Turks are standing on their feet in Europe, in the world
Mustafa Mastar, Istanbul resident
Turkey rallies to Gaza's plight
Huge crowds were waiting at Istanbul airport in the early hours of the morning, with many people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags.
Correspondents said the crowds were shouting "Turkey is with you," and that some were holding signs greeting Mr Erdogan as "a new world leader".
"In Davos, all the world witnessed what has not been happening for many years," said Istanbul resident Mustafa Mastar.
"This showed the power of Turks. It showed that Turks are standing on their feet in Europe, in the world."
"Tonight I was really proud. I feel really happy," said Mustafa Sahin, another person in the crowd.
'Matter closed'
Crowds wave flags at Istanbul's airport, Turkey (30/01/2009)
Crowds gathered at Istanbul airport to welcome Mr Erdogan
During the debate on Thursday, Mr Erdogan had clashed with Mr Peres, whose voice had risen as he made an impassioned defence of Israel's actions, jabbing his finger.
Mr Erdogan said Mr Peres had spoken so loudly to conceal his "guilt".
He said many people had died in Gaza and he found it sad that anyone would applaud Mr Peres for defending Israel's actions.
He then accused the moderator of not allowing him to speak and said he did not think he would return to Davos.
The Turkish PM stressed later that he had left the debate not because of his disagreements with Mr Peres but because he had been given much less time to speak than the Israeli leader.
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Turkey PM storms off in Gaza row
He said he respected Mr Peres but that "what he says is not true".
Turkey is one of the few Muslim countries to have dealings with Israel, but relations have been under strain since the Islamist-rooted AK Party was elected to power in 2002.
But Mr Erdogan stressed to the crowds in Istanbul that "our hard words are not directed towards the people of Israel, not directed at the Jews, but they are totally directed towards the government of Israel".
He said no decision on Turkish-Israeli relations would be made "driven by momentary anger on such issues".
More than 1,300 Palestinians and 14 Israelis were killed during the three-week conflict in Gaza, which began on 27 December.
Jan 30, 2009
Harare teacher: 'I can't afford to work'
A tomato vendor in Harare in 2008
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean primary school teacher in a high-density area of the capital, Harare, tells the BBC News website why he is not reporting for duty at the start of the new academic year - which has already been delayed by two weeks.
It's not possible for us to go back to work. A week ago we got paid and the amount we found in our accounts was 30 trillion Zimbabwe dollars for the month.
On that day it was equivalent to US$3 (£2.15), but three days later, because of inflation, it was worth only US$1 (71p) - and you can't really do anything with a dollar.
I survive like the rest of the Zimbabweans survive - vending
My colleagues who travel to work need US$2 a day, as a one-way journey costs the equivalent of US$1.
Actually, none of the teachers left at my school have reported to work since 2 September, when we resolved we had to be paid an amount that was reasonable.
We are on strike, although it's more that we don't have the capacity to go to work without money for transport and proper food.
Sadly, the more than 1,000 children at the school stopped turning up at the beginning of October after they realised the teachers were not coming back.
I survive like the rest of the Zimbabweans survive - vending. We sell anything we can lay our hands on.
School children in Harare buying refreshments from a vendor (November 2004)
Forty years in Zimbabwe's schools
I go into town and buy a 20kg bag of maize meal, which costs about US$7.
Then I come back to the high-density area and repack it into between 12 and 15 packs and resell them for US$1 because many families can only afford enough to cook one meal.
That's how I'm making a living now.
I've got a young brother who has a better-paying job; in fact he gets part of his salary in foreign currency - so sometimes he's the one who gives me some groceries.
Exodus
Sometimes parents are also willing to pay for tuition for their children. I charge about US$3 a head for this - at the moment I have about three kids whom I teach so that's about US$9 a week.
It is true to say some female teachers have really turned wild
Since last year, I have also been teaching my two children - who are of primary-school age.
My wife was retrenched from a catering company, so to make money now she prepares food at home and then goes into town and sells the lunches to clients.
Some of my colleagues do cross-border trading; they go into South Africa, they buy some goods and bring them back home and resell them.
Others have totally gone to South Africa and they are doing different kinds of jobs there.
One teacher is selling newspapers in Johannesburg; one is working in a restaurant in Cape Town and the third one is just doing some clerical work for a company in Cape Town.
I wanted to leave too when the crisis here started around the year 2000.
But after some of my friends had left, I realised they couldn't make a decent living - 200 to 300 rand (US$20-US$30; £14-£21) a month for selling papers is inadequate to provide for a family.
Classroom vandalised
It is true to say some female teachers have really turned wild.
Children picking up maize spilt from a truck (December 2004)
School attendance fell to 20% by the end of last year
They go into town dressed up and in the evenings in the night clubs look for rich clients - probably the money-changers, who can afford to buy their bodies.
It's really happening.
I first got a second job around 2002 when our incomes became inadequate - then I started to give extra lessons after school.
Then around 2007 it got really bad. We were involved in a lot of strikes and that's when I decided to start the vending, taking the odd day off to trade until stopping completely in September.
When I started work in 1991, we could afford most of the things on a teacher's salary.
The number of children in the class has remained almost the same, but what has changed in the 17 years is that classroom materials are no longer being provided and the equipment has become dilapidated.
For example, I went to my school last week to check on how things were and one of the auxiliary staff was telling me that one of the classrooms had been broken into.
Some furniture was stolen and the stationery as well.
Total collapse
Under normal circumstances, the school is supposed to employ 31 teachers, but due to migration, we were down to 21 in September and of them only about 14 were qualified teachers.
People in Zimbabwe buying goods from street vendors
I miss teaching very much because it is my calling
I have been informed by one of the parents who is on my school's committee that they are contemplating raising foreign currency so that teachers can be paid from the parents' pockets.
But I don't see how that can be practised because most of the parents are poor.
Unless something is done in terms of the political settlement - if the political leaders agreed and then things stabilised and there was a common focus - I don't see how these things can be solved.
The school system is in total collapse and in order for things to work again probably a unity government is needed so that things can be put in place.
I miss teaching very much because it is my calling. I miss that feeling of pride I feel when students do well in life.
Also I like sports very much and I used to go with children for sports and basketball. I'm no longer involved in that and that too I miss very much.
It is very depressing indeed.
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean primary school teacher in a high-density area of the capital, Harare, tells the BBC News website why he is not reporting for duty at the start of the new academic year - which has already been delayed by two weeks.
It's not possible for us to go back to work. A week ago we got paid and the amount we found in our accounts was 30 trillion Zimbabwe dollars for the month.
On that day it was equivalent to US$3 (£2.15), but three days later, because of inflation, it was worth only US$1 (71p) - and you can't really do anything with a dollar.
I survive like the rest of the Zimbabweans survive - vending
My colleagues who travel to work need US$2 a day, as a one-way journey costs the equivalent of US$1.
Actually, none of the teachers left at my school have reported to work since 2 September, when we resolved we had to be paid an amount that was reasonable.
We are on strike, although it's more that we don't have the capacity to go to work without money for transport and proper food.
Sadly, the more than 1,000 children at the school stopped turning up at the beginning of October after they realised the teachers were not coming back.
I survive like the rest of the Zimbabweans survive - vending. We sell anything we can lay our hands on.
School children in Harare buying refreshments from a vendor (November 2004)
Forty years in Zimbabwe's schools
I go into town and buy a 20kg bag of maize meal, which costs about US$7.
Then I come back to the high-density area and repack it into between 12 and 15 packs and resell them for US$1 because many families can only afford enough to cook one meal.
That's how I'm making a living now.
I've got a young brother who has a better-paying job; in fact he gets part of his salary in foreign currency - so sometimes he's the one who gives me some groceries.
Exodus
Sometimes parents are also willing to pay for tuition for their children. I charge about US$3 a head for this - at the moment I have about three kids whom I teach so that's about US$9 a week.
It is true to say some female teachers have really turned wild
Since last year, I have also been teaching my two children - who are of primary-school age.
My wife was retrenched from a catering company, so to make money now she prepares food at home and then goes into town and sells the lunches to clients.
Some of my colleagues do cross-border trading; they go into South Africa, they buy some goods and bring them back home and resell them.
Others have totally gone to South Africa and they are doing different kinds of jobs there.
One teacher is selling newspapers in Johannesburg; one is working in a restaurant in Cape Town and the third one is just doing some clerical work for a company in Cape Town.
I wanted to leave too when the crisis here started around the year 2000.
But after some of my friends had left, I realised they couldn't make a decent living - 200 to 300 rand (US$20-US$30; £14-£21) a month for selling papers is inadequate to provide for a family.
Classroom vandalised
It is true to say some female teachers have really turned wild.
Children picking up maize spilt from a truck (December 2004)
School attendance fell to 20% by the end of last year
They go into town dressed up and in the evenings in the night clubs look for rich clients - probably the money-changers, who can afford to buy their bodies.
It's really happening.
I first got a second job around 2002 when our incomes became inadequate - then I started to give extra lessons after school.
Then around 2007 it got really bad. We were involved in a lot of strikes and that's when I decided to start the vending, taking the odd day off to trade until stopping completely in September.
When I started work in 1991, we could afford most of the things on a teacher's salary.
The number of children in the class has remained almost the same, but what has changed in the 17 years is that classroom materials are no longer being provided and the equipment has become dilapidated.
For example, I went to my school last week to check on how things were and one of the auxiliary staff was telling me that one of the classrooms had been broken into.
Some furniture was stolen and the stationery as well.
Total collapse
Under normal circumstances, the school is supposed to employ 31 teachers, but due to migration, we were down to 21 in September and of them only about 14 were qualified teachers.
People in Zimbabwe buying goods from street vendors
I miss teaching very much because it is my calling
I have been informed by one of the parents who is on my school's committee that they are contemplating raising foreign currency so that teachers can be paid from the parents' pockets.
But I don't see how that can be practised because most of the parents are poor.
Unless something is done in terms of the political settlement - if the political leaders agreed and then things stabilised and there was a common focus - I don't see how these things can be solved.
The school system is in total collapse and in order for things to work again probably a unity government is needed so that things can be put in place.
I miss teaching very much because it is my calling. I miss that feeling of pride I feel when students do well in life.
Also I like sports very much and I used to go with children for sports and basketball. I'm no longer involved in that and that too I miss very much.
It is very depressing indeed.
Zimbabwe cholera cases top 60,000
More than 60,000 people in Zimbabwe have now been infected by cholera, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
This figure had been described by the UN's health agency as being the "worst case scenario" in the epidemic which broke out in August.
Cholera has now claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people in Zimbabwe.
The epidemic of the disease, which broke out in August 2008, has been fuelled by the collapse of Zimbabwe's water, sanitation and health systems.
Many hospitals have shut down and most towns suffer from poor water supply, broken sewers and uncollected waste.
In latest figures released by the WHO in Geneva, some 60,401 people now had cholera in Zimbabwe. The death toll stands at 3,161.
The UN agency has estimated that about half of Zimbabwe's 12 million population are at risk from the disease.
WHO spokeswoman, Fadela Chaib, told AFP news agency earlier this week: "The situation of cholera is not under control, it's even out of control, and it will remain so for the near future."
This figure had been described by the UN's health agency as being the "worst case scenario" in the epidemic which broke out in August.
Cholera has now claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people in Zimbabwe.
The epidemic of the disease, which broke out in August 2008, has been fuelled by the collapse of Zimbabwe's water, sanitation and health systems.
Many hospitals have shut down and most towns suffer from poor water supply, broken sewers and uncollected waste.
In latest figures released by the WHO in Geneva, some 60,401 people now had cholera in Zimbabwe. The death toll stands at 3,161.
The UN agency has estimated that about half of Zimbabwe's 12 million population are at risk from the disease.
WHO spokeswoman, Fadela Chaib, told AFP news agency earlier this week: "The situation of cholera is not under control, it's even out of control, and it will remain so for the near future."
Obama: Heat as I say, Not as I Do
Marc Sheppard
A piece in yesterday's New York Times featured a photo of an Oval Office meeting last week during which President Obama had removed his suit jacket. And while the Times was quick to point out how this break with centuries old tradition was a sign of a "more informal culture" under this new administration, they neglected to mention the glaring hypocrisy of the action.
You see, the reason the president --- and others -- were jacketless was simple: "Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat."
After all, it's freezing cold out there, and as White House senior advisor David Axelrod reminded us, "He's from Hawaii, O.K," adding that "He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there."
But the limousine liberal elitism didn't get past Steve Milloy at JunkScience.com, who wrote this morning:
Could this be the same Barack Obama who said last May that:
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say 'OK.' ... That's not leadership. That's not going to happen."
And could this be the same Barack Obama who is looking to sign a stimulus bill that would spend billions of dollars installing millions "smart meters" that would enable your power company to prevent you from being as comfortable as he is on hot and cold days?
While President Bambi is warm-and-toasty in the Oval Office, is he considering the plight of Michigan's Marvin Schur, a 93-year World War II veteran, who was recently found frozen to death courtesy of a malfunctioning electricity "limiter" device installed by his power company?
Granted, neither Obama's elitism nor the media's complicit actions are fresh concepts. Remember how hard they worked to dispel the image of a condescending elitist last April when then candidate Obama was caught on tape talking about bitter country folks and how "they cling to guns or religion?"
But now that he's joined the growing list of do as I say not as I do climate elitists, will they continue to provide cover as he signs energy legislation demanding the sacrifice of personal comfort by struggling Americans?
Particularly while seated in the luxurious tropical temperatures of the Oval Office?
Any guesses?
A piece in yesterday's New York Times featured a photo of an Oval Office meeting last week during which President Obama had removed his suit jacket. And while the Times was quick to point out how this break with centuries old tradition was a sign of a "more informal culture" under this new administration, they neglected to mention the glaring hypocrisy of the action.
You see, the reason the president --- and others -- were jacketless was simple: "Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat."
After all, it's freezing cold out there, and as White House senior advisor David Axelrod reminded us, "He's from Hawaii, O.K," adding that "He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there."
But the limousine liberal elitism didn't get past Steve Milloy at JunkScience.com, who wrote this morning:
Could this be the same Barack Obama who said last May that:
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say 'OK.' ... That's not leadership. That's not going to happen."
And could this be the same Barack Obama who is looking to sign a stimulus bill that would spend billions of dollars installing millions "smart meters" that would enable your power company to prevent you from being as comfortable as he is on hot and cold days?
While President Bambi is warm-and-toasty in the Oval Office, is he considering the plight of Michigan's Marvin Schur, a 93-year World War II veteran, who was recently found frozen to death courtesy of a malfunctioning electricity "limiter" device installed by his power company?
Granted, neither Obama's elitism nor the media's complicit actions are fresh concepts. Remember how hard they worked to dispel the image of a condescending elitist last April when then candidate Obama was caught on tape talking about bitter country folks and how "they cling to guns or religion?"
But now that he's joined the growing list of do as I say not as I do climate elitists, will they continue to provide cover as he signs energy legislation demanding the sacrifice of personal comfort by struggling Americans?
Particularly while seated in the luxurious tropical temperatures of the Oval Office?
Any guesses?
What global warming?
U.S., Europe feel big chill But climate change shows no end in sight, scientists say
LONDON — Where has global warming gone when we need it most?
As cities from Chicago to London deal with an unusually bitter winter, weather records show that 2008 was one of the cooler years in the last decade. And the early months of 2009 are shaping up as "numbing" in the United States, according to the Farmer's Almanac, that nearly 200-year-old source of traditional weather lore.
Britain this year has had its coldest start to winter in 30 years, with temperatures 5 degrees below average, but "this would have felt like a warm year as recently as the 1980s, and an exceptionally warm year in Victorian times," said Myles Allen, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Oxford.
In most parts of the world, "what we regard as normal weather is the average weather over the past 10 years," he said. "We forget what it was like before then," even if someone occasionally drags out old photos of houses roof-high in snowdrifts or tales of slogging miles to school in near-impassible conditions.
Britain's recent deep freeze —its coldest spell since 1996—is due to stalled weather patterns that have funneled in frigid air from Siberia and from continental Europe, which is also shivering after years of unusually mild winters, according to the Hadley Center, the United Kingdom's leading weather service.
Stalled or unusual weather patterns also have contributed to remarkable snow and cold in Chicago and across much of the United States this winter. So far, this winter has been the 22nd coldest in 139 years of record-keeping in Chicago, and the fourth-snowiest in 124 years of records, according to Tom Skilling, chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. On Thursday, Chicago could see its first subzero high temperature in nearly 13 years.
"Just because certain areas cool down in the midst of an overall warming trend doesn't mean warming isn't going on," Skilling said. But the intensity of the cold and snow over the past two winters is raising some questions about how well scientists understand the interaction of an array of weather-changing forces, from sunspots to volcanic activity.
For instance, one reason the last two winters have been chillier than normal, climate scientists say, is a cyclical change in Pacific Ocean currents known as La Nina. In La Nina years, cold ocean currents rise to the surface near the equator, often causing cooler winters in northern regions like the United States. An opposite warming effect occurs in El Nino years.
Meteorologists say La Nina phase in the Pacific is now ending, and some predict that by 2010 the world should again be seeing some of the warmest years on record—warm enough that the Hadley Center is warning that poor residents of Britain may need help paying air-conditioning bills this summer.
But other meteorologists see evidence of an unusual second La Nina on the rise in the Pacific, which could extend the current stretch of colder-than-average winters.
"It's a very complex puzzle, this whole climate thing," Skilling said.
Snowfall in Chicago in recent years still isn't anything approaching the snowy winters of the 1970s, when the Chicago average was 54 inches, Skilling said. But he said graphs his research department has drawn up suggest "we're cycling back into an era of a little more snow."
Whether that is a simply a temporary break from a long-term rise in planetary temperatures or a new, not-well-understood winter trend isn't entirely clear. But "the fact that 2009, like 2008, will not break records does not mean that global warming has gone away," warned Phil Jones, director of climate research at the University of East Anglia in England.
In fact, "when you step back and look at the bigger picture, the overwhelming evidence is that temperature is increasing around the world," said John Hammonds, a meteorologist with the Hadley Center.
LONDON — Where has global warming gone when we need it most?
As cities from Chicago to London deal with an unusually bitter winter, weather records show that 2008 was one of the cooler years in the last decade. And the early months of 2009 are shaping up as "numbing" in the United States, according to the Farmer's Almanac, that nearly 200-year-old source of traditional weather lore.
Britain this year has had its coldest start to winter in 30 years, with temperatures 5 degrees below average, but "this would have felt like a warm year as recently as the 1980s, and an exceptionally warm year in Victorian times," said Myles Allen, an atmospheric physicist at the University of Oxford.
In most parts of the world, "what we regard as normal weather is the average weather over the past 10 years," he said. "We forget what it was like before then," even if someone occasionally drags out old photos of houses roof-high in snowdrifts or tales of slogging miles to school in near-impassible conditions.
Britain's recent deep freeze —its coldest spell since 1996—is due to stalled weather patterns that have funneled in frigid air from Siberia and from continental Europe, which is also shivering after years of unusually mild winters, according to the Hadley Center, the United Kingdom's leading weather service.
Stalled or unusual weather patterns also have contributed to remarkable snow and cold in Chicago and across much of the United States this winter. So far, this winter has been the 22nd coldest in 139 years of record-keeping in Chicago, and the fourth-snowiest in 124 years of records, according to Tom Skilling, chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. On Thursday, Chicago could see its first subzero high temperature in nearly 13 years.
"Just because certain areas cool down in the midst of an overall warming trend doesn't mean warming isn't going on," Skilling said. But the intensity of the cold and snow over the past two winters is raising some questions about how well scientists understand the interaction of an array of weather-changing forces, from sunspots to volcanic activity.
For instance, one reason the last two winters have been chillier than normal, climate scientists say, is a cyclical change in Pacific Ocean currents known as La Nina. In La Nina years, cold ocean currents rise to the surface near the equator, often causing cooler winters in northern regions like the United States. An opposite warming effect occurs in El Nino years.
Meteorologists say La Nina phase in the Pacific is now ending, and some predict that by 2010 the world should again be seeing some of the warmest years on record—warm enough that the Hadley Center is warning that poor residents of Britain may need help paying air-conditioning bills this summer.
But other meteorologists see evidence of an unusual second La Nina on the rise in the Pacific, which could extend the current stretch of colder-than-average winters.
"It's a very complex puzzle, this whole climate thing," Skilling said.
Snowfall in Chicago in recent years still isn't anything approaching the snowy winters of the 1970s, when the Chicago average was 54 inches, Skilling said. But he said graphs his research department has drawn up suggest "we're cycling back into an era of a little more snow."
Whether that is a simply a temporary break from a long-term rise in planetary temperatures or a new, not-well-understood winter trend isn't entirely clear. But "the fact that 2009, like 2008, will not break records does not mean that global warming has gone away," warned Phil Jones, director of climate research at the University of East Anglia in England.
In fact, "when you step back and look at the bigger picture, the overwhelming evidence is that temperature is increasing around the world," said John Hammonds, a meteorologist with the Hadley Center.
Jan 23, 2009
because of you
I’m like giggling and laughing all at the same time.
I couldn’t phantom the thought.. it’s much too funny.
Do not tarik harga alot k. This is what you get in the end.
And yes, I choose to be stupid in your case. I enjoyed it.
For now, I’m waiting for you. I’m not sure, if I should… you. But yea, I’m waiting for you.
We’ll see.
I went way low for you, let you climb and step all over me… and now…
Whatever.
I have nothing else with you.
If it’s going to end, I think it will be THE END.
But I so can’t shut up now, I’m laughing like crazy… I hope you reply. I’m just hoping you do.
We’ll see?
No, I’ll see.
Tsk.
ps: Don’t think you would ever comprehend this, pls, do not mind me. I have this up, just to please my eyes.
I couldn’t phantom the thought.. it’s much too funny.
Do not tarik harga alot k. This is what you get in the end.
And yes, I choose to be stupid in your case. I enjoyed it.
For now, I’m waiting for you. I’m not sure, if I should… you. But yea, I’m waiting for you.
We’ll see.
I went way low for you, let you climb and step all over me… and now…
Whatever.
I have nothing else with you.
If it’s going to end, I think it will be THE END.
But I so can’t shut up now, I’m laughing like crazy… I hope you reply. I’m just hoping you do.
We’ll see?
No, I’ll see.
Tsk.
ps: Don’t think you would ever comprehend this, pls, do not mind me. I have this up, just to please my eyes.
Can Muslims Trust Barack Obama?
Radical Middle Way and The City Circle Present
A Conversation with Imam Johari Abdul-Malik
Black-American Muslim Leader & Chair of Government Relations, Muslim Alliance of North America
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, (off Edgware Rd), London, W1H 4LP
Free Event!
Doors Open: 6:30 pm, Discussion Starts: 7:00 pm
“I have never been a Muslim… am not a Muslim.” That’s what Barack Obama had to say after the “Muslim Smear” campaign seemed to damage his campaign earlier this year. But what if he was a Muslim? Would that be so wrong? How have American Muslims, particularly Blackamerican Muslims, responded to Obama? With his call for change, Obama has captured the imaginations of people the world over. Is he really the one who can set America on a progressive new path – at home and abroad? With the economy in decline, Iraq in flames and the “war on terror” becoming a “war without end”, the eyes of Muslims the world over on the results of Election 2008. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik will discuss these issues and more.
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik is a scholar and Director of Outreach at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center near Washington , D.C and former Muslim Chaplain at Howard University . He is the Head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education and chair of government relations for the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), an organisation committed to addressing the social, economic, political and spiritual needs that especially impact African American and indigenous Muslims. MANA has brought together for the first time the most influential Blackamerican Muslim leaders, scholars and activists onto one platform.
A Conversation with Imam Johari Abdul-Malik
Black-American Muslim Leader & Chair of Government Relations, Muslim Alliance of North America
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, (off Edgware Rd), London, W1H 4LP
Free Event!
Doors Open: 6:30 pm, Discussion Starts: 7:00 pm
“I have never been a Muslim… am not a Muslim.” That’s what Barack Obama had to say after the “Muslim Smear” campaign seemed to damage his campaign earlier this year. But what if he was a Muslim? Would that be so wrong? How have American Muslims, particularly Blackamerican Muslims, responded to Obama? With his call for change, Obama has captured the imaginations of people the world over. Is he really the one who can set America on a progressive new path – at home and abroad? With the economy in decline, Iraq in flames and the “war on terror” becoming a “war without end”, the eyes of Muslims the world over on the results of Election 2008. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik will discuss these issues and more.
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik is a scholar and Director of Outreach at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center near Washington , D.C and former Muslim Chaplain at Howard University . He is the Head of the National Association of Muslim Chaplains in Higher Education and chair of government relations for the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA), an organisation committed to addressing the social, economic, political and spiritual needs that especially impact African American and indigenous Muslims. MANA has brought together for the first time the most influential Blackamerican Muslim leaders, scholars and activists onto one platform.
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