BREAKING NEWS-MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD WINS IRAN ELECTIONS

MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD WINS IRAN ELECTIONS.

QUESTIONS ON LEGITIMICY OF ELECTIONS

 

Iranian News National Agency announced that President Ahmadinejad is the clear winner of the presidential poll in Iran. With a great majority in the rural area and a balanced results in the city area Ahmadinejad wins a new 4-year term and a legitimacy of his policies on foreign affairs. More than 70% of the iranian population was present to vote and gives a huge victory to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The final results had appeared, with a huge turnout of more than 85% and a conclusive 61% percent victory Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became the new president of Islamic Republic of Iran, his main adversary Mr. Mir Hussein Musavi obtained only 31% percent of the vote despite hopping a better results because of the massive turnout.

The vote is the expression of the Iranians desire in constructing a powerful Iran with a leading role in the Middle East.

Unfortunately the vote was not supervised by international observer so is impossible to verify claims on vote rigging or to give an acceptance to the vote. The votes remain under question and Iran democratic legitimacy under balance as well. All the tense atmosphere in Teheran, vote rigging claims and violence’s could have being avoided only by inviting foreign observers , a vote that is not under international observer control is subject to serious questions. Iran has missed an important opportunity in establishing a record as a country with free elections.

POPE VISIT TO HOLY LAND by Anton Caragea

POPE VISIT TO HOLY LAND

FORGING A NEW RELATION BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM

 

Pope visit to Holy Land (Jordan, Israel, Syria and Lebanon) marks an important step toward building a new relation between Christianity and Islam. After the last 10 years when the war in Iraq and the tensions between Israel and Palestine had soured relations  among Christian and Islamic community the two weeks visit of Pope Benedict XVI promise to transform radically this views of clash of civilizations.

The end of clash of civilizations.

One of the most important reasons of Pope visit to Holy Land is to symbolic mark the end of the clash of civilization theory that prophecies’ an imminent clash between Christianity and Islam. By itself the program of Pope visit gives a new definition of Holy land that is no longer just Israel but Jordan, Syria and Lebanon as well, all marked by Christianity and Islam become now the new and correct frontier of the Holy Land. The greater Holy Land of Pope Benedict is speaking by itself about the dialog of civilization and shared faith and community between Christian and Islam in the Middle East.

Geopolitics and faith in Pope visit.

Not only history is going in this direction, today geopolitics realities are lighting the same way. Today Christianity and Islam are sharing the energy reserves and the energy market of Europe and Middle East and are involved in controlling the strategic vital area of Mediterranean Sea and Middle East. Also in Europe is getting birth a community of more the 40 million Muslims which must adapt to their presence in a predominant Christian society an also in Middle East is a strong and historically viable community of more the 18 millions Christians that must have a life in a majority Muslim countries. So regarding at this realities Christianity and Islam are condemned to work together for creating a new life for Islamic community in Europe and for Christians in the   Middle East.

The end of confrontational vision

At the speech in Al Hussein Mosque in Amman Pope Benedict XVI  announce the end of the vision of a confrontation between Islam and Christianity. Pope Benedict stress on the long connection between Islam and Christianity and the fact that Islam is the only religion that recommends to his followers to have friendship relations with Christians. In Quran, the word of Allah, Muslims are recommended to have Christian friends because the will be more sympathetic with Muslims because they have monks and are humble. Also Quran have a sura dedicated to Holy Virgin Mary and to Jesus (Sura of family of Imran) and Jesus, John the Baptist are regarded as prophets and models for Islamic community and in Hadith (Words and action of Prophet Mohammed) Jesus will marked the coming of the end of days and Prophet Mohammed confess that Jesus is among the prophets the most closes to him. In the light of all this Quranic and Islamic testimony to create the image of a confrontation between Islamic and Christianity is false. Also the Pope declared in his trip to Christians that is having a profound respect for Islam.

 

Voices of discontent.

The new message of Pope Benedict XVI is making a lot of persons that took advantage of the confrontational vision of two major religions unsatisfied. Radical Islamic organization tried to play on the fear of crusades and Christian offensive and they wanted to poison the atmosphere of papal visit spreading   rumors about Christian’s missions in Afghanistan trying to convert Muslims. But the radicals have no success in this spread of lies and the Afghanistan controversy did not match the cartoon controversy. In Israel also fearing closer ties between Christianity and Islam the far right extremist menace to protest violently and disrupt Papal visit .Until now all this attempts have failed a prove that on both shores of Mediterranean sea the vision of clash o civilization has collapsed and a new dialog between Christianity and Islam will resolved many of the frozen conflicts of the region promising a new era of downfall of radicals in the Middle East. The time of cooperation has begun.

Professor Anton Caragea MA, FINS, PhD

Thailanda-destinatie periculoasa / Thailanda-more dangerous then Iraq

Ministerul Afacerilor Externe din Romania avertizeaza contra deplasarilor in Thailanda

1. Există factori confirmaţi de risc – evitaţi deplasările care nu sunt necesare!

Situaţia din Thailanda, în special în capitala Bangkok, a redevenit periculoasă ca urmare a reizbucnirii valului de proteste antiguvernamentale, existând riscul să se deterioreze rapid.

Vă sfătuim să evitaţi deplasările ce nu sunt necesare în Thailanda.

În cazul în care este necesar să vă deplasaţi în Thailanda, vă recomandăm să evitaţi călătoriile în zonele în care se găsesc manifestanţi precum şi deplasarea prin Bangkok.
2. Contactarea autorităţilor române

Dacă sunteţi nevoit să vă deplasaţi în această ţară sau vă aflaţi deja pe teritoriul său, vă recomandăm să vă adresaţi Ambasadei României în Thailanda şi să vă anunţaţi prezenţa în regiune.

În acest fel puteţi fi contactat rapid şi eficient pentru a vi se acorda asistenţă consulară în cazul unor situaţii de urgenţă.

3. Alte recomandări Attention against traveling to Thailand

Protestele antiguvernamentale din Bangkok au devenit extrem de violente, mai ales în jurul clădirilor guvernamentale. Autoturismele cu însemnele Guvernului sunt atacate de manifestanţi.

De asemenea, au fost înregistrate manifestaţii antiguvernamentale şi în regiunea Pattaya, precum şi în jurul capitalei Bangkok. Vă sfătuim să evitaţi călătoriile în aceste zone.

Vă recomandăm să evitaţi călătoriile care nu sunt necesare în regiunile Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat şi Songkhla.

Există, în continuare, posibilitatea unor atacuri teroriste, care pot avea loc în orice regiune a ţării.

Vă recomandăm să evitaţi orice deplasare pe timpul nopţii, indiferent de zona în care vă aflaţi.

Vă recomandăm cu insistenţă să vă încheiaţi asigurare medicală şi de călătorie în cazul în care sunteţi nevoit să vă deplasaţi în Thailanda.  

4. Condiţii de călătorie

În cazul în care sunteţi nevoit să vă deplasaţi în Thailanda, vă recomandăm să citiţi “Condiţiile de călătorie” şi să urmăriţi în permanenţă site-ul MAE.

 

THAILAND IS MORE DANGEROUS THEN IRAQ

We wish to remember to all those who are preparing a travel to Thailand that crime rate, kidnapping and violence against tourist has increase 300% in the last year.

A  travel to Thailand  it is an incalculable risk. Tourists heading to Thailand face the highest risk of suffering traffic accidents, theft or food poisoning, a survey has said.

The survey was compiled by Norwich Union Travel Insurance. Dawn McMullan, travel product manager at Norwich Union, said: “Our research shows that you need to take a little extra care in certain countries and of course make sure you are adequately covered by travel insurance.”
The survey was based on more than 60,000 claims made to Norwich Union in 2005. The conclusion of the study : Thailand is at this moment more dangerous then Iraq.