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WELL-USED FRAUDS STILL WORK – BUT THEY ARE NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES, WARN EXPERTS
Anti-fraud managers see the same old tricks and swindles repeatedly, even if repackaged and more digitalised than in the past. But why do people keep falling for well-worn scams?
To some extent it is that there are more fraud attempts targeting more people, who lack experience of such deception.…
MALAWI GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON UNREGISTERED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
The Malawian government has cracked down on 20 private universities and tertiary education colleges it says lack formal permission to operate, ordering that they close with immediate effect.
Formal applications must be made to the Malawi National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) for operational licences should any of the blacklisted institutions want to resume operations.…
GREECE COURT CASE UPSETS MUSLIM COMMUNITY BY BANNING NO-STUN SLAUGHTER
A recent verdict (judgement 1751/2021) by Greece’s top court, the Council of State, regarding the ritual slaughter of animals has raised significant concerns to the Muslim and the Jewish communities of Greece, potentially impeding growth in Greek halal exports. The ruling effectively withdraws a permit that has allowed the slaughter of animals without stunning them first, as (usually) required to produce halal and kosher meat.…
LEADERS THAT HAVE TURNED PALESTINIAN LIVES INTO UNBEARABLE HELL!
The question of how to deliver human rights and self-determination to the Palestinians has been debated in many ways and forums, from the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, through the Oslo Accords of 1993, until the present day.…
THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY AND NEGOTIATIONS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
While in recent years, the peaceful approach to progress associated with Islam has not been given a high-profile, because of the activities of extremists, the truth is that there is much to be learned from the Noble Prophet Mohammed about the value of incremental negotiation.…
THE BITTER FRIENDS - HANIYEH AND NETANYAHU SERVE EACH OTHER, WHEN NECESSARY
For nearly a hundred years, the city of Jerusalem has been the scene of violent confrontations between Jews and Arabs. This is the most recent of struggles over this most disputed city that have continued for more than three thousand years.…
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: EVERYONE’S HEAVEN OR DOOM
“Yes, to coexistence.” It sounds like a platitude – yet sometimes, it is simply a statement describing a most important principle of real life. This statement is written on the entrance of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand School in Jerusalem, that teaches Jews and Arab students side-by-side.…
ISRAEL EXPANDS SOLAR POWER TO BOOST ENERGY SECURITY AND REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS
THE ISRAEL government is pushing ahead with an ambitious plan to expand the country’s solar power output, awarding two sets of tenders involving 840MW of generating power in the past 12 months and requesting bids for a huge single solar power plant in the Negev Desert for 300MW.…
RESPECTING THE SANCTITY OF JERUSALEM’S RELIGIONS CAN DELIVER PEACE, DESOPITE CITY’S BLOODY HISTORY
THE ACCESSION to power of President Joe Biden has sparked speculation that the recent shift in USA policy towards Israel and the Palestinian Territories pushed by his predecessor Donald Trump may be over.
Regardless of the justified criticism of Trump’s ethics and unpredictable governing style, the fact remains that his administration moved the needle in the Middle East.…
WHISTLEBLOWING RULES IN MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA EMERGE, BUT ARE INCONSISTENT
Only a handful of countries in the Middle East and Africa have dedicated whistleblowing laws – South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, Uganda, Ghana, Liberia, Algeria, Morocco, and the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories, according to Blueprint for Free Speech, a charity promoting freedom of expression (https://www.blueprintforfreespeech.net/).…