Eid-ul-Adha
Arrêtons-nous autour de ce malaise bien malaysien sur l’usage du nom ‘Allah’. Avant l’avènement du dernier Prophète de l’Islam (saw), le mot est très commun et désigne ‘Dieu’ tant chez les chrétiens et les juifs que chez les païens arabophones. D’autres langues sémitiques utilisent aussi ‘Elaha’ ou ‘Elohim’, par exemple, pour se référer à Dieu, […]
100% Energies Renouvelables
COP21 was a successful political coup. The business world is rubbing their hands. The scientists were half heard. Civil society is not sure whether to settle for the full part of the glass. But thank God, the survival of the planet does not depend on men. Because there is reason to despair if we are […]
Climat et énergie
Climate and energy: a remarkable local citizen dynamic As part of the largest global consultation on Climate and Energy, held in Mauritius under the aegis of the “Platform Citizen”, we were able to note that the concerns of our citizens join those of the 10,000 other participants from a hundred countries or regions (see http://climateandenergy.wwviews.org/lang-fr/ […]
Mois du Ramadan : Dieu n’est pas la forme
At the heart of the Revelation ordering the fasting of the month of Ramadan, is transmitted to the Prophet (saw), an unusual verse: And when My servants ask you about Me… then I am very close: I respond to the call of the one who calls Me when he calls Me. Let them respond to […]
Ramadan et Jihad: état d’âme, de cœur et d’esprit
What should the month of Ramadan refer us to? Undoubtedly, first, to a state of soul, heart and mind. Seeking to move forward without understanding the meaning of our effort, jihad in Arabic, is tantamount to proclaiming a state as one thing when it is the opposite in the soul, the heart and the spirit. […]
Lemon in the Oriental Traditions
Lemon is part of the Mauritian folklore. Cyril Ramdoo’s sega “alouda lemonade vanne dan bazar” has immortalized the typical image of a routine activity at the Central Market of Port Louis where about thousands of people come to re-energize themselves with the local beverage. Street-vendors also positioned themselves with lemon-water at strategic locations to help […]
Morocco’s Green Leadership
Morocco, an Arab country in North Africa, does not have oil and gas wealth. It is a heavily energy-dependent economy. It imports nearly all of its energy and relies predominantly on fossil fuels to meet its domestic energy demands. Morocco adopted a new national energy strategy in 2009 that aims not only to reduce its […]
Plastic Rice
Some food manufacturers have taken processed foods to a whole different level by making rice out of plastic. The news of plastic rice started in China, but has now reached Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and India. Certain rice production factories in China and other Asian countries are producing rice made of synthetic materials (mostly plastics). They […]
The Plight of the Rohingyas Trapped in Global Power Struggles
On Friday 1st September 2017, while most of the Muslim world was celebrating Eid el Adha, the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the international community of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in western Myanmar and urged the country’s security forces to show restraint after 400 people — most of them Rohingya Muslims — died in communal violence. […]
Treachery Against Palestine
In 1917 the British betrayed the Arab people by promising Palestine as a Homeland for Jews. However, the 1917 Balfour Declaration had a condition that there was to be no detriment to either Jews or Indigenous Palestinians. This condition was grossly violated by the British, the Americans and the racist Zionists. In 1948, some 0.8 […]