Religion and national brotherhood

26 October 2020

GUYANA is a land of deeply religious people; regardless of whatever faith or denomination by which pathway each citizen communes with his/her Supreme Lord, their faith is deep and persevering.

Yet, although each religion in Guyana adjures the faithful to practise brotherly love, we remain a divided nation, distrustful of each other, with false prophets continually creating further rifts with inflammatory sermons preaching messages that create further rifts and widens the divide.

However, this aberration is an anomaly and not a common practice, because, increasingly, the socio-political situation in Guyana has been constraining the attention of caring religious leaders to a sphere outside of the box of orthodox religion and secular tenets – moving away from the dogmas, to incorporate the social dynamics of the country with its multiplicity of religions and cultures, and focusing less on theology and more on social problems.

This focus concentrates more on the role of God in human life, rather than in formal worship by any religion or denomination. The differences of how Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, or any other religion conceives of God are irrelevant. The only imperative is that this family of humanity recognises that there is a universal rock on which mankind can stand, and which should not create divisions is the basic foundation on which all religions are premised and take root. This is the sublime message underpinning the texts and guiding philosophies of every religion – to carry a message of unity in purpose to all religious and social communities; all-embracing and all-inclusive of religious covenances.

Government has been trying to reach out to the fraternities of religions to join forces and lift a collective voice in a national-front movement advocating peace and unity in Guyana because, as ably articulated by the head of one religious organisation: “All Guyanese need to stand together on one spiritual rock and feel comfortable.”
His Holiness Swami Purnanandaji Maharaj, founder of the Guyana Sevashram Sangha in Cove and John, recognised the imperative of interfaith unity in Guyana’s multi-religious landscape and as far back as the 1950s when he began hosting the first interfaith services ever held in Guyana.

The philosophies of what some current-day religious leaders are expounding seek to accentuate what unites us. There is an element of belief and practice that unites all Guyanese and all humanity in terms of what we believe in, and in terms of what we practise. For example, no religion advocates divorce, or separation of families; nor does the Supreme Father advocate in any religious pathway that hatred rather than love is the way to seek his favour; but God embraces all of us and tells us to put our palms together and call His name – the name by which we know him, and be inspired deep within to find solutions together. That is something about which all religions are on the same platform – the same page.

One cannot divorce politics from social issues, and from time immemorial leaders of nations have been advised by religious seers, because of the recognition that only the spiritual pathway can resolve national problems where the confluences of all the national dynamics can find a common rock on which everyone can feel comfortable, and at one with each under the unifying force of the universal Lord.

What has become a parliamentary pastime: creating gridlocks that hamper the nation’s developmental processes, surely is a negative synergy that makes imperative a national day of prayer, because Guyanese are a deeply spiritual people and maybe the entire nation would feel comfortable to leave mediation on national issues in the hands of the Lord. Surely, if we search the scriptures answers could be found on vexing and perplexing problems that are hampering and inhibiting the upward socio-economic developmental trajectory of our country.

Digital Security Act: DU teacher sued over comments on religion

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26 October 2020

Digital Security Act: DU teacher sued over comments on religion

A professor at Dhaka University has been sued under the Digital Security Act for making “derogatory” comments on religion during a talk show on a private television channel.

Two cases were filed with the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka against Md Ziaur Rahman, professor of DU’s Criminology Department, yesterday.

Shamim Al Mamun, bench assistant of the tribunal, confirmed this to The Daily Star.

Md Imrul Hasan, a lawyer; and Muhammad Mahbub Alam, editor of monthly magazine Al Bayyinat and daily Al-Ihsan, lodged the lawsuits separately, Shamim mentioned.

After the hearing, the tribunal took the cases into cognisance and recorded statements of both complainants.

It also directed the Cyber Crime Investigation Division of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of police to investigate the matter and submit two separate reports to it by November 1.

According to the case documents, Ziaur made anti-Islamic remarks during a talk show of private TV channel DBC News recently, hurting people’s religious sentiment. Video clips of the talk show went viral on Facebook and YouTube.

Andover’s Christiane Andrews Publishes Her First Children’s Book

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26 October 2020

The book cover for Spindlefish and Stars, written by Christiane M. Andrews. Cover art by Yuta Onoda; cover design by Karina Grande. Copyright by Hachette Book Group, Inc., of which the publisher, Little, Brown and Company is a division.

For Christiane Andrews, an Andover resident who has just had her first book published by New York Publisher Little, Brown and Company, the children’s story started out as something to read to her son. Later, she decided it was a story she really wanted to have published.

The result is Spindlefish and Stars, a book inspired in part by aspects of Greek mythology. In the author’s opinion, the content is aimed at children aged 10 to 14. In her estimation it took her close to a year to complete.

Andrews started writing for children when her son was little. At that time, her main genre was poetry which was published in various children’s journals. Her love of reading and writing arose from a childhood filled with books. Her parents (Ron and Don Andrews, whose jewelry shop Beachcombings Studio was just featured in the October Beacon) were “an enormous influence,” always reading to her, and her sister Sara.

In college she studied literature and language, which led her to a career in teaching. She taught at Kimball Union Academy from 2002 to 2007, where she held many roles. Along with her classes in Creative Writing, Modernism, AP classes, and Literature of the Absurd, she also acted as an advisor for the student newspaper.

She taught the students about writing and helped with the design and layout, for that publication as well as the student yearbook and a student literary magazine. “It was lots of fun!” Other teaching positions have included Colby-Sawyer College, and the New Hampshire Technical Institute.

As an avid reader from a young age, and then a mother who encouraged her child to pick up the same love of reading, Christiane said that she has been struck by how transformative books can be for young readers. She “wants to reach readers when they are young, when the effects on the development of critical thinking skills and empathy are strong.” This, she feels, could offset what she has seen over her years of teaching as a “decline in vocabulary and the ability to understand complex language structure.”

She wove some of this thinking into the creation of her main character, Clothilde, who has self-confidence from learning to live an isolated life, but who also lacks empathy and warmth.

The description of the story, as written on the book jacket reads as follows:

Clothilde has lived her whole life in the shadows with her (sometimes) thieving and (always) ailing father. But when he fails to meet her one morning, sending her instead a mysterious ticket of “half-paffage,” Clo finds herself journeying across the sea to reunite with him. The ticket, however, leaves her on a sunless island populated only by creaking fishermen, a rumpled old woman, a piggish cat, and a moon-cheeked boy named Cary.

Clo is quickly locked away and made to spend her days in unnerving chores with the island’s extraordinary fish, while the old woman sits nearby weaving an endless gray tapestry. Frustrated and aching with the loss of her father, Clo must unravel the mysteries of the island and all that’s hidden in the vast tapestry’s threads — secrets both exquisite and terrible. And she must decide how much of herself to give up in order to save those she thought she’d lost forever.

Inspired by Greek mythology, this spellbinding fantasy invites readers to seek connections, to forge their own paths, and to explore the power of storytelling in our interwoven histories.

Spindlefish and Stars is classified as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and has received many favorable, and glowing, reviews. One such review, from Christiane Andrews’ website (CMAndrews.com) reads “Expertly written, full of beautiful imagery… Clo’s dynamic character growth is one to be applauded… [her] enlightening adventure teaches her to find beauty in tragedy, to help those in need, and to accept what cannot be changed while having the courage to change what she can. These timeless lessons alone make this title worth the read… an engaging and inventive novel.” School Library Journal. There are many more such reviews to be found on her website.

When asked what she hopes children will get out of her book, Ms. Andrews referred to the quote on Amazon.com that states “Invites readers to seek connections, to forge their own paths, and to explore…” Another theme that she wants people to see is that of hope and courage and the idea that we would not have joy without the experience of sorrow. The book also refers to storytelling and how we connect to each other through the centuries. “We read stories for different reasons. Stories are retold over and over, but for different reasons. When we return to these stories, we are making connections.”

Christiane and her family moved to Andover in 2007 when her son, Oliver, was one year old (he is now 14). She and her husband, Dean Barker, had decided that the requisite hectic schedule involved in working for a preparatory school (Kimball Union Academy) made it difficult to arrange for childcare. Her husband applied for, and was offered, a job in the Kearsarge School District.

As someone who has lived in Maine by the seaside and in Vermont near the mountains, she said that they love it here in Andover. “It is a great little town.” Additionally, “we were so lucky to stumble into this amazing K to 8 grade school, and the great education our son received there.” She is referring, of course, to the Andover Elementary/Middle School.

Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, has Christiane Andrews under contract for a second book, but not a sequel to the first one. While she is working on the new title, she will be building up her presence on Facebook, Twitter, and her own website. There are no in-person book signings in the works presently, due to the pandemic. Visit Ms. Andrews’ website for more information, or better yet, visit Amazon.com or the Gibson Bookstore in Concord to purchase a copy.

The Andover Library has just added Spindlefish and Stars to its list of new acquisitions. When they heard about the book and its author, one of the Trustees said, “I would expect nothing but magic from this person.”

EU allots P3.76 B for PH green financing

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25 October 2020

EU allots P3.76 B for PH green financing

The European Union has allocated P3.76 billion in green financing as part of its commitment to support the Philippines’ sustainable economic activities.

“The EU, therefore, stands ready to continue its engagements with the Philippines on approaches to ensure environmentally sustainable economic activities,” said Thomas Wiersing, Chargé d’affaires of the EU Delegation to the Philippine in a speech at the webinar on ”State of Play: Green Recovery and Sustainable Reporting” organized by the EU.

According to Wiersing, the P3.76 billion fund under EU’s Access to Sustainable Energy Programme “responds to the Philippines’ goal to increase energy access, promote renewable energy sources to decrease the use of polluting power sources and reduce the negative impact on the environment and health.”

The fund also supports the Philippines’s thrust in making energy efficiency and conservation a national way of life, he said.

Wiersing cited the Philippines for pursuing the implementation of an ambitious climate adaptation and mitigation pledge with EU support in line with its ratification of the Paris Agreement.

On top of the financing aspect, the top EU official of the EU Delegation to the Philippines is also collaborating with the Department of Science and Technology on the delivery of a national support project on remote sensing centered on the EU Copernicus Earth Observation program.

He said, EU has reconfirmed its commitment to a green, digital, and resilient recovery and will stick to its goal to be climate neutral by 2050. “The European Green Deal provides an action plan to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean, circular economy, restore biodiversity and reduce pollution,” he said.

Meanwhile, Finance Assistant Secretary Paula Alvarez, in a presentation at the same webinar, cited the EU assistance and international cooperation with EU countries for green finance or sustainable financing towards more green and resilient projects especially at this time that the effects of the pandemic have negatively limited the government’s budget.

Alvarez said that due to the COVID 19 pandemic and the impending threat of climate change, the Philippines is also one of the most disaster-prone economies.

She noted that strong typhoons such as Yolanda, Sendong, Pablo cumulatively

claimed over 3,000 lives and affected 10 million people. “The economic damages caused by these typhoons and the losses amounted to approximately P256 billion,” she said adding this amount is projected to increase on a long-term basis because of climate change effects.

The Philippines is also located in the Pacific Ring of Fire. In addition, there will an estimated additional 8.3 million vulnerable Filipinos by 2022.

This means the government has to spend more money to keep these Filipinos relocate to much safer areas.

As EU Starts To Draft Its Most Important New Online Law, The Digital Services Act, MEPs Want Basic Rights High On The Agenda

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25 October 2020

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By Glyn Moody

The EU is now starting to work in earnest on what is likely to be its most important new law for the online world, the Digital Services Act (DSA). Techdirt wrote about this last year when the European Commission started sketching out (bad) ideas for the new law. The basic impetus for the DSA is to replace the EU’s e-Commerce Directive, which was passed 20 years ago and is clearly in need of an update. As the European Commission’s page on the DSA explains, there are two core elements:

First, the Commission would propose clear rules framing the responsibilities of digital services to address the risks faced by their users and to protect their rights. The legal obligations would ensure a modern system of cooperation for the supervision of platforms and guarantee effective enforcement.

Second, the Digital Services Act package would propose ex ante rules covering large online platforms acting as gatekeepers, which now set the rules of the game for their users and their competitors. The initiative should ensure that those platforms behave fairly and can be challenged by new entrants and existing competitors, so that consumers have the widest choice and the Single Market remains competitive and open to innovations.

Those aims mean that the DSA touches on several of the most contentious issues in the online world, such as the introduction of mandatory pan-European rules for tackling online hate speech and disinformation, and efforts to control platforms that are “gatekeepers” — basically US companies like Google and Facebook. In other words, the DSA is going to be important, and not just for the EU. One of the key players in the drafting of the DSA is the European Parliament. The good news is that in a series of votes MEPs have made clear that they want protection for key human rights to be an integral part of the new law.

The votes concerned reports from three of the Parliament’s specialist committees: those for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Legal Affairs, and Civil Liberties (pdf). The three reports are couched in a rather impenetrable EU-speak; fortunately, the European Parliament has put out a press release on the votes that provides a more comprehensible summary of the three reports. The European Parliament is quite open about what the EU hopes to achieve with the DSA: “With the upcoming package, the European Union aims to shape the digital economy at EU level as well as setting the standards for the rest of the world, as it did with data protection.” One of the priorities of the DSA is tackling illegal content online. On this, MEPs say:

A binding “notice-and-action” mechanism must be set up so that users can notify online intermediaries about potentially illegal online content or activities. This would help online intermediaries to react quickly and be more transparent regarding the actions they have taken on potentially illegal content. Users should be able to seek redress through a national dispute settlement body.

The European Parliament wants a distinction made between illegal content and harmful content, with a legal liability only for the former. MEPs say that there should be no general monitoring of users, and that platforms should not use upload filters for controlling harmful or illegal content: “The final decision on whether content is legal or not should instead be taken by an independent judiciary and not by private undertakings”. It’s hard to square that with the awful Article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive, which inevitably requires precisely this kind of upload filter to block allegedly infringing content. MEPs say that harmful content should be dealt with through “enhanced transparency obligations and by helping citizens to acquire media and digital literacy regarding the dissemination of such content.” According to the European Parliament, another priority of the DSA should be enhancing consumer protection and user safety:

Platforms and online intermediation services will need to get better at detecting and taking down false claims and tackling rogue traders, e.g. those selling false medical equipment or dangerous products online, as happened during the COVID-19 outbreak.

MEPs also call for a new “Know Your Business Customer” principle to be introduced, requiring platforms to check and stop fraudulent companies using their services to sell their illegal and unsafe products and content.

More controversial is a call for rules to prevent — not merely remedy — what MEPs called “market failures by big platforms”. The stated aim is to open up markets to new entrants. Some of the most striking ideas to emerge from the reports are: to allow online users to opt out of content curation, to be informed if a service is enabled by AI, and to ban microtargeted advertising:

Targeted advertising must be regulated more strictly in favour of less intrusive, contextualised forms of advertising that require less data and do not depend on previous user interaction with content. MEPs also call on the Commission to further assess options for regulating targeted advertising, including a phase-out leading to a ban.

As Techdirt has noted, such targeted advertising doesn’t really seem to bring much in the way of benefit to advertisers, but certainly causes people to be tracked relentlessly, and huge amounts of personal information to be gathered. Getting rid of it in the EU could encourage companies to re-think their advertising strategies globally, just as the GDPR has had a big knock-on effect on data protection everywhere. That would be welcome, as would a move to enshrine in the DSA a right to use digital services anonymously “whenever possible”. Adding a right to strong encryption without backdoors would be even better: at the moment, one report simply “Stresses the importance to apply effective end-to-end encryption to data”.

Two of the reports approved by the European Parliament are what are known as “legislative initiatives” (PDF). Although not binding on the European Commission, such initiatives require a much fuller response if any of the proposed ideas are rejected. This gives the European Parliament’s ideas more chance of making it into the final text of the DSA. Against that, some of the most powerful companies in the world will be deeply affected by the EU’s new law, which guarantees years of fierce lobbying and dirty tricks, as the dispiriting experience of the Copyright Directive demonstrated.

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EU considers Erdogan’s remarks addressed to Macron unacceptable

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25 October 2020

EU considers Erdogan’s remarks addressed to Macron unacceptable

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. The European Union considers unacceptable Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron where he said that the French President needs “mental treatment, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Twitter.

“The statements of the Turkish President addressed to the French President are unacceptable. We call on Turkey to stop that dangerous confrontation chain”, Borrell said.

He also stated that the conclusions of the European Council contain a real proposal for restoring the relations with Turkey, however, added that the political will of the Turkish authorities is needed for this positive agenda.

“Otherwise, Turkey will be further isolated”, he said.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan

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25 October 2020

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New Cardinal-elects express surprise and gratitude – Vatican News

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25 October 2020

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Archbishop Wilton Gregory

Cardinal-elect Wilton Gregory released the following statement on the news from the Vatican this morning:

“With a very grateful and humble heart, I thank Pope Francis for this appointment which will allow me to work more closely with him in caring for Christ’s Church.”

Archbishop Gregory is originally from Chicago and was Archbishop of Atlanta, GA prior to being appointed as the Archbishop of the nation’s capital in May 2019. He is the first African-American to be elevated to the College of Cardinals.

Father Mauro Gambetti, OFM Conv

The spokesperson for the Sacro Convent in Assisi, Father Enzo Fortunato, released the reaction of Cardinal-elect Father Mauro Gambetti, the monastery’s Guardian. This is one of the “Pope’s jokes”, were the first words he said after learning of his elevation. The statement continued saying:

“I gratefully and joyfully welcome this news in the spirit of obedience to the Church and in service to all humanity in this time that is so difficult for all of us. I entrust my path to St Francis and make my own his words about fraternity. This is a gift I will share with all of God’s children on the path of love and compassion toward the neighbor, our brother or sister.”

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi

Archbishop Tomasi stated: “I am totally surprised and I am grateful to the Pope for thinking of me.” He continued saying it is an honor not only for himself but also for his community, the Scalabrinian fathers and is a recognition of the diplomatic service he carried out on the Holy See’s behalf.

“It’s a combination of elements that converge in this recognition. I feel very grateful to the Holy Father, Pope Francis, and I think this recognition demands a further commitment to the service of the Church and of the Holy See.”

Monsignore Enrico Feroci, Pastor of the Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love

Msgr Feroci says he found out he had been elevated to the College of Cardinals at 12:20 just as he was preparing to celebrate the 12:30 Mass. He said people were congratulating him and he had no idea what they were referring to. He interprets the Pope’s appointment not directed solely to him personally, but “to all the priests of Rome”. He continued saying that the priest is the one who “gives his hands to the Bishops in order to touch the Body of Christ which is the People of God. Therefore, Pope Francis wanted to thank the hands of so many priests”. Msgr Feroci also said he has not yet been able to speak with or thank Pope Francis, but he hopes to do that soon.

Science, unity and solidarity, key to defeating COVID: UN chief

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25 October 2020

Science, unity and solidarity, key to defeating COVID: UN chief

The Berlin-based summit is backed by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), involving 100 countries, and around 2,500 participants, geared towards improving health worldwide and respond to global health challenges.

Secretary-General António Guterres in his video message, ran through the many disruptive effects of the coronavirus pandemic beyond the loss of more than 1,147,000 lives as of Sunday, and 42.5 million cases.

Around 500 million jobs have disappeared, with a monthly loss to the global economy of around $375 billion. Gender-based violence has skyrocketed, and mental illness “is a crisis within a crisis”. Some 24 million children could drop out of school, “with lifelong impact.”

“COVID-19 is driving us even farther off-course from achieving the vision and promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, said the UN chief, who said the first hard lesson of the crisis was that “we were not prepared.”

“Global health and emergency response systems have been tested and found wanting. Access to health is a human right denied to billions of people around the world. Universal Health Coverage is the path to high-quality, equitable, affordable healthcare. Strong public health systems and emergency preparedness are essential steps to greater resilience.”

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He added that “if we follow the science, and demonstrate unity and solidarity, we can overcome the pandemic. Public health measures including masks, physical distancing and hand washing, are proven means of keeping the virus at bay.”

Protecting the vulnerable is key, and staying away from events that simply spread the virus. Governments need to work with communities everywhere to share reliable information and build trust.

“Third, we need global solidarity every step of the way. Developed countries must support health systems in countries that are short of resources”, said Mr. Guterres, prioritizing the development of vaccines for everyone, everyone, as a public good.

‘More than lifesavers’

“Vaccines, tests and therapies are more than lifesavers. They are economy savers and society savers”, he said. “Relief will come not through one single step, but through smartly combining cutting-edge research with basic public health.”

The fourth lesson, he told delegates, was that misinformation and disinformation are “deadly allies of the virus. They are contributing to deaths and infections, and to social tensions that have led to violence.

“Unless we counter rumours, conspiracy theories and lies, they will negate our other efforts.”

He highlighted the UN’s Verified campaign, to ensure people have access to accurate advice that protects and promotes health.

“Let us use this opportunity to confront the COVID-19 crisis together, with the urgency and integrity it requires”, the Secretary-General concluded.

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