Articles by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
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Passing Away of Prof. Johan Galtung
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
Galtung had enriched knowledge with practical solutions which impacted directly upon the lives of ordinary people. In that sense he helped ease the pain and suffering of his fellow human beings. May his soul repose among the righteous.
→ read full articleICJ on Gaza: Acting against Israel
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
1 Feb 2024 – We should not be surprised that Israel has defied the International Court of Justice. It has defied it before. Israel has nothing but contempt for international law. It sees itself as above the law.
→ read full articleGaza: South Africa Seeks Justice
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jan 2024
2 Jan 2024 – JUST commends South Africa for requesting the ICJ to issue an urgent order declaring Israel in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Geneva Convention for its massive slaughter of Palestinians living in Gaza.
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Genocide Resumes
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Dec 2023
6 Dec 2023 – After an uneasy seven-day truce, Israel and Hamas are now once again locked in a violent combat. Each side has accused the other of violating the truce. What is really important is the consequence of this resumption of conflict.
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BRICS: The Quest for a Just Multi-Polar World (video)
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Sep 2023
7 Sep 2023 – The BRICS Summit that concluded on 24 Aug 2023 in Johannesburg is a significant milestone in the journey towards a multi-polar world.
→ read full articleNiger: A Coup against French Control and Dominance
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Aug 2023
9 Aug 2023 – One of the reasons why ECOWAS has changed its stance is because of strong opposition to any military intervention from some of its member states. Mali and Burkina Faso have made it explicitly clear that they would view military intervention as a “declaration of war” against the people of Niger and would defend the newly installed military junta.
→ read full articleDesecration of yet another Ahmadi Mosque in Pakistan
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2023
JUST is of course aware that some Muslims are opposed to Ahmadis and certain aspects of their teachings which are incongruent with fundamental Islamic beliefs. But that does not give them a right to vandalise places of worship used by the Ahmadis. Disputes of this sort should be resolved through peaceful means.
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Reconciling Saudi Arabia and Iran: The Significance of the China Effort
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Apr 2023
22 Mar 2023 – It would be wrong to view the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran as something that happened suddenly.
→ read full articleLift Sanctions against Syria to Lessen Sufferings from the Earthquake
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2023
The International Movement for a Just World urges the North American, British, Australian, Canadian, Swiss and some European Union and Arab League governments to lift the unjust, immoral sanctions against Syria in order to lessen the immense sufferings of the people caused by the massive earthquake of 6 Feb 2023.
→ read full articleThe UN General Assembly Drags Israel to the World Court
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Jan 2023
4 Jan 2023 – The UNGA voted last week to refer Israel to the ICC (World Court) for its ongoing violation of the right of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza. Before we analyse the significance of the vote, let us probe the actual voting pattern.
→ read full articleLooking Back on 2022: Ukraine and the Rest of the Story
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2023
26 Dec 2022 – As 2022 draws to a close, the world bears the tragic burden of the war in Ukraine and there is nothing to indicate that it will end any time soon. Thousands have perished. A huge number of people have been injured and maimed. Both Russian and Ukrainian prisoners have been subjected to torture.
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Postpone Enforcement of CPTPP
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2022
29 Nov 2022 – A postponement of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is necessary because it impinges on our sovereignty and affects the ability of Malaysia to protect its workers and people. If a dispute arouse, a decision by an international arbitration panel would be final; our local courts would have no say.
→ read full articleMyanmar: Executing Dissent
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Aug 2022
30 Jul 2022 – Since staging a coup against the democratically elected government on 1 Feb 2021, the Myanmar military–the Tatmadaw–has become increasingly brutal and desperate. It killed more than 1,500 protesters including at least 44 children.
→ read full articleUkraine: End War. Lift Sanctions.
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Jul 2022
11 Jul 2022 – NATO’s hardline position on expansion and membership is further reinforced by a motive which has become more obvious in the course of the war. Some members of NATO and the US leadership are keen to exploit the war to emasculate Russia as a military power. This is why they would like to prolong the war.
→ read full articleNakba – To Strive for Justice till Liberation
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 May 2022
14 May 2022 – Today is Nakba–the day that Palestinians remember as the Great Catastrophe when the illegitimate entity called Israel was formally established on Palestinian land. It was the beginning of the dispossession of the Palestinian people which has continued for the last 74 years.
→ read full articleUkraine: Understanding the Concern of the Other
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Feb 2022
25 Feb 2022 – Bluntly put, Moscow has now been provoked to act since Washington was not willing to use diplomacy. Moscow’s response is perfectly understandable and rational. Cuba 60 years ago is relevant to the present situation. Just as the US did not want Russian missiles at its doorstep, Russia does not want overwhelming Western military power at its gate today.
→ read full articleGoading China to Go to War
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Dec 2021
28 Nov 2021- A number of defence analysts are convinced that the United States of America, supported by Britain and Australia, is goading China to go to war over Taiwan. They point to constant statements by officials from the three countries pledging to come to Taiwan’s defence.
→ read full articleThe Pandora Papers–Why Such Passivity?
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Oct 2021
18 Oct 2021 – It is disappointing that the Malaysian government has chosen to adopt a passive approach to the Pandora Papers. Leaving it to the police to investigate may suggest that the government is not prepared to assume leadership in setting the moral tone for society.
→ read full articleHumiliating Defeat in Afghanistan
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 – The Western media is full of news about people fleeing Kabul in the wake of the Taliban victory. These visuals serve to divert attention from another reality: the humiliating defeat suffered by the US and its allies after a 20-year occupation of Afghanistan. It was an occupation that devoured US 2.26 trillion dollars. At its height it employed 775,000 US service personnel. The US and its NATO allies had at their command some of the world’s most lethal and sophisticated weapons.
→ read full articleCovid 19 Crisis: Questions and Motives
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jul 2021
16 Jul 2021 – A discourse on Covid 19 and its solutions would benefit from a willingness to listen and even learn from the views of the other. An inclusive rather than an exclusive attitude which accommodates the other would strengthen the discourse. An adherence to scientific methodology would be of immense help. Respect for empirical evidence would also be an asset.
→ read full articleOur Humanity – Our Identity
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 May 2021
1 May 2021 – Identity politics has been on the ascendancy in many parts of the world in the last few decades. Its relationship to ethnicity, culture and religion is what concerns us at this point. To understand this relationship one has to consider the context. We should also try to explain the impact of identity politics upon religion itself.
→ read full articleRamsey Clark, One of the Greatest
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Apr 2021
On the 9th of April 2021, Ramsey Clark passed away in the States. He was ninety four. The former US Attorney-General had spent decades in the struggle for human rights. In this short tribute, I have chosen to highlight some of his outstanding achievements. At some point in the future, one hopes that some better qualified person will analyse in depth his impact upon American society and global politics.
→ read full articleSyria: The Price of Resistance
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Mar 2021
20 Mar 2021 – Few nations in recent decades have been targeted by a superpower the way the USA has subjected Syria to various forms of attack. Apart from military assaults and acts of political subversion aimed at overthrowing the government in Damascus, the US has also imposed crippling economic sanctions upon Syria.
→ read full articleWinning Votes through Identity Politics
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Feb 2021
4 Feb 2021 – Donald Trump obtained a little over 74 million votes in the 2020 presidential election losing to Joseph Biden who secured a little over 81 million. What explains Trump’s performance? An analysis may reveal the growing influence of a certain combination of forces that may shape elections in not only the United States but also in other parts of the world in the coming years.
→ read full articleRCEP Augurs Hope
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Nov 2020
18 Nov 2020 – In the mist of the gloom generated by the twin health and economic crises, the birth of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a ray of light. More than a million lives have been lost worldwide as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, there is massive unemployment, and entire societies have been devastated.
→ read full articleDéjà Vu in France: Change Attitudes
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Nov 2020
1 Nov 2020 – As events unfold in France centering around Islamophobia, there is a feeling of déjà vu. We have witnessed a few times before this sequence of events. There is some provocation or other targeting the Prophet Muhammad initiated by a non-Muslim group or institution. Predictably, Muslims react.
→ read full articleMalaysia: A Clear Direction for the Present
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Oct 2020
11 Oct 2020 – If the five proposals made here and other similar ideas are implemented within the next 6 to 9 months, it is quite conceivable that the nation will be able to concentrate upon tackling the Covid challenge and the current economic woes.
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Swami Agnivesh (21 Sep 1939 – 11 Sep 2020): A Tribute
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Sep 2020
Abhorrent institutions and systems have co-existed with religions for millennia. Slavery and racism would be two such examples. Religion should cease to provide the cloak of legitimacy to such blatant wrongdoings including ‘Casino Capitalism’ in our age, Agnivesh insisted. Only then will faith in the Divine, belief in the Almighty, become a conduit for the expression of justice, compassion, love and other such virtues.
→ read full articleChina and the Decline of US Power
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Aug 2020
23 Aug 2020 – In examining the interface between the US and China, I shall begin with those areas of conflict where the latter has surpassed the former. This will be followed by reflections on manifestations of US power which are not as formidable as they are made out to be. Conclusions will be drawn from these two categories on the emerging pattern of global power.
→ read full articleBeirut Blast
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Aug 2020
9 Aug 2020 – Lebanese president Michel Aoun attributes the largest explosion since WWII to either the accidental ignition of 2750 tons of Ammunition Nitrate stored in a warehouse at Beirut port or a planned attack by some external entity. There may be a nexus between the two causes.
→ read full articleA Superpower in Chaos
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jun 2020
2 Jun 2020 – Minneapolis could not have happened at a worse time for the US elites. While violence perpetrated against African Americans by White police officers has happened a number of times before, its occurrence right in the midst of a huge health emergency that has already claimed more than a 100,000 lives and a related massive economic disaster that has robbed 30 million people of their jobs, is truly unprecedented.
→ read full articleVenezuela: An Invasion in the Midst of a Pandemic
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 May 2020
Cuba, like Venezuela, is also the victim of all-encompassing economic sanctions initiated and imposed by the US. It is remarkable that in spite of the sanctions, both Cuba and Venezuela have managed to protect their people in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed they have done a million times better than the nation that has punished them with sanctions which incidentally has the highest number of fatalities and infections in the world.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: A Plea to Pause and Ponder
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | JUST - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 May 2020
1 May 2020 – A Sharing by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, president of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST)
→ read full articleIsrael’s Criminal Behaviour
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
1 Aug 2018 – The violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. 20 out of the 22 passengers were initially detained in the Givon prison in Israel.
→ read full articleThe Assault on Agnivesh
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
18 Jul 2018 – It is a shame that intolerance and aggressive bigotry of this sort is gathering momentum in parts of India. It has been facilitated according to certain sources by the increasing legitimization of a narrow notion of religious identity which in a sense is a travesty of the universalism and inclusiveness of the Hindu faith.
→ read full articleFasting for Palestinian Justice and Dignity
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2017
27 May 2017 – Today is the first day of Ramadan. Muslims in many parts of the world begin their month-long fast today. Most of them are not aware that 1500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are on a hunger strike that began almost six weeks ago.
→ read full articleApartheid Israel
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2017
In its conclusion, the Falk-Tilley report establishes, “on the basis of scholarly inquiry and overwhelming evidence that Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid.” It then proposes that an international tribunal examine the report and make an assessment that will be truly authoritative. If such an authoritative assessment concurs with the finding of the report, the UN and its agencies, regional outfits and national governments should act.
→ read full articleParis: A Dastardly Act of Terror
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
Was some group sending a warning to the elite that it should not have supported Palestine’s recent failed bid to obtain an independent sovereign state? Was that group the master-mind behind 7th January? Questions of this sort strengthen the case for an independent investigation preferably by the UN.
→ read full articleProsecute the Torturers!
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Dec 2014
The US elite did the right thing by revealing the dark side of its torture programme. But we must remember that the US commands enormous global power, especially global military power. With massive power come huge responsibilities. It is in the realm of the responsibilities that it has failed miserably. And its torture program is just one of the many examples of its failure to act responsibly
→ read full articleThe Truth about the IS
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Sep 2014
Many of those who have condemned the Islamic State (IS) do not want to know how this terrorist outfit came into being in the first instance. It is a direct consequence of the Anglo-American invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003.
→ read full articleThe Gaza Massacre: The Underlying Motives
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Jul 2014
Massacre has become a habit. Every two or three years, Israel launches a massive military assault upon largely unarmed Palestinians in Gaza. Every time, Israel claims the moral high ground for its brutal, barbaric action. It blames Hamas, an important component of the Palestinian liberation movement, for the present cycle of violence.
→ read full articleThe Malaysian Link to Terror in Syria
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Jul 2014
We are told that they see themselves as “jihadis” who are fighting for an Islamic cause. A lot of Malaysian Muslims may also harbor some of the misconceptions and prejudices which impelled some of these jihadis to take the road to Damascus.
→ read full articleThe Syria Deal: Dangers and Opportunities
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2013
Commentators tell us that there is a palpable sense of relief in Damascus and in other parts of Syria in the wake of the Russia-US deal over Syria’s chemical weapons. The citizens of Damascus — the world’s oldest, continuously inhabited city — know that they will not be bombed for the time being.
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