The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the
cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday May 26th, 2022 – National
Paper Airplane Day
National Paper Airplane Day is an unofficial observance, celebrated on May 26 each year in the United States to commemorate the simple aeronautical toy.
JAKIM’s undesirable impact on Malaysian politics and society by Murray Hunter
After three years of accusations over the lack of halal
integrity and corruption within Malaysia’s Department of Islamic
Development (JAKIM), a number of very concerning issues regarding the
political environment and society have been exposed. These issues need
to be identified and discussed. The purpose of this article is list
these issues and make some preliminary observations, so they can be
discussed within the public domain.
JAKIM is not a divine religious organization
JAKIM is part of the Malaysian bureaucracy housed under the authority
of the Prime Minister’s Department, and under supervision of the
Council of Rulers. JAKIM is staffed by civil servants. There is nothing
about divinity and altruism within JAKIM’s mission, other than to
promote state influence within Islam and related issues.
As such, civil servants who pursue a career within JAKIM share the
same ambitions as civil servants in other ministries and agencies. They
want promotion, pursue self-interest, and participate in internal
politics. Consequently, JAKIM is not immune from corruption.
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I’m watching you leave #poem by Bohdan Yuri
“A look beyond the shadows of death
invites a mistress to seduce the sorrow
still untapped, and measured in cold time
inside the collection of madhouse pleasures,
old age and youth holding frail hands,
the ending, the beginning always the same.”
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Morbid Matters: Estimating COVID-19 Mortality by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
It has dominated news cycles, debates and policies since
2020, but COVID-19 continues to exercise the interest of number
crunchers and talliers. While the ghoulish daily press announcements
about infections and deaths across many a country have diminished and,
in some cases, disappeared altogether, publications abound about how
many were taken in the pandemic.
The World Health Organization, ever that herald of dark news, has
offered a revised assessment across of the SARS-CoV-2 death toll
associated either directly or indirectly with the pandemic. Between
January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021, the global health body suggests
that the mortality figure is closer to 14.9 million, with a range of
13.3 million to 16.6 million.
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Mika Toxica #026 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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