[Oman-L] Re: Lets love Peace....

Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:02:30 +0100

Andrew, May God Bless you and all of your kind and my prayers be answered by the almighty,
abdallah
Dubai, The Arabian Gulf
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> From: andrew avelin <andrew_ave@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Fri Oct 26 13:57:55 GMT+02:00 2001
> To: <oman-l@oman.org>
> Subject: [Oman-L] Re: Lets love Peace....
> 
> 
> Hello everyone!
>        I take this opportunity to request U all that
> let us all be after Peace and love that is lacking in
> our mankind right now.....
>        Pray for everyone who're all so innocent but
> killed without any reason..
> With Love
> Andrew..   
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> >   1. RE: demonstrations
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> >   2. RE: AL-SAYIGH'S DEPORTATION AND A WARMING OF
> > SAUDI-IRANIAN RELATIONS (Moh .)
> >   3. RE: demonstrations (Irfan Ahmed)
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> > Subject: RE: [Oman-L] demonstrations
> > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:10:18 +0200
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> > Why not let us all know? I think we need to
> > understand.
> > 
> > Tommy
> > 
> > 
> > t: [Oman-L] demonstrations
> > 
> > 
> > I was surprised to see demonstrations in Oman in
> > respect of the Afghanistan
> > "war" on "western" television and would like to
> > learn more about the
> > reasons and feelings of the Omanis that took part
> > and willing to let me
> > know directly and off list.
> > 
> > I am not interested in the views or opinions of
> > expatriates.
> > 
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> > From: "Moh ." <mnur_01@hotmail.com>
> > To: oman-l@oman.org
> > Subject: RE: [Oman-L] AL-SAYIGH'S DEPORTATION AND A
> > WARMING OF SAUDI-IRANIAN RELATIONS
> > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 11:44:03 +1000
> > Reply-To: oman-l@oman.org
> > 
> > 
> > POLICYWATCH
> > Number 255 June 17, 1997
> > 
> > AL-SAYIGH'S DEPORTATION AND A WARMING OF
> > SAUDI-IRANIAN RELATIONS
> > By Joshua Teitelbaum
> > 
> > 
> > Today's announcement of the deal between U.S. law
> > enforcement officials and 
> > Hani al-Sayigh, an alleged member of the clandestine
> > Shi`i organization 
> > "Saudi Hizballah" with links to the al-Khobar Towers
> > bombing, has strategic, 
> > not just legal, implications for the investigation
> > of that terrorist act. 
> > The decision to seek al-Sayigh's deportation to the
> > United States and his 
> > cooperation in gaining information about al-Khobar
> > suggests that the United 
> > States may in fact be willing to grapple with the
> > ramifications of what 
> > al-Sayigh has to say about Iran's possible
> > complicity. Meanwhile, thousands 
> > of miles away, as Secretary of Defense Cohen
> > promotes "dual containment" 
> > with America's Gulf allies, an equally intriguing
> > development is afoot-a 
> > tentative rapprochement between a victim of
> > al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and the 
> > state many observers believe is chiefly responsible
> > for it, Iran.
> > From Conflict to Reconciliation? Generally,
> > Saudi-Iranian relations are best 
> > understood within the context of both Islamic and
> > nationalist tensions. The 
> > two countries represent competing visions of the
> > Islamic past and future and 
> > vie for domination in the Persian/Arabian Gulf (the
> > battle over this term is 
> > a case in point). One arena in which the two parties
> > have played out these 
> > tensions since the Islamic revolution in Iran has
> > been at the annual 
> > pilgrimage (the hajj). As head of the Saudi Royal
> > Family, King Fahd has 
> > declared himself since 1986 to be the "Custodian of
> > the Two Holy Shrines," a 
> > title until then reserved only for the now-defunct
> > caliphate. The Saudi 
> > family guards this role jealously, and sees an
> > obligation and a 
> > responsibility to facilitate the now close to 2
> > million strong pilgrimage. 
> > However, its approach to the hajj is very simple:
> > "Muslims, perform your 
> > duty, avoid politics and then go home."
> > 
> > For revolutionary Iran, on the other hand, the
> > pilgrimage is a magnificent, 
> > God-given vehicle for promoting and exporting the
> > Islamic Revolution. Each 
> > year, Iran's contingent to the pilgrimage attempts
> > to perform a ceremony cum 
> > political demonstration (which, as far as this
> > writer can tell, did not 
> > exist before the Revolution) called "Disavowing the
> > Infidels" (al-bara'a min 
> > al-kuffar, or al-bara'a min al-mushrikin). During
> > this event, the faithful 
> > condemn America, Israel, and other "enemies of
> > Islam" and, by implication, 
> > the Saudi government. The Saudi `ulama have branded
> > this demonstration 
> > bid`a, un-Islamic innovation, and have forbidden it
> > each year, although Iran 
> > claims that it still carries it out. In 1987, Saudi
> > attempts to prevent the 
> > ceremony resulted in the death of 275 Iranian
> > pilgrims and 85 Saudi 
> > policemen. Iran deeply resents Saudi attempts to
> > pose as the paragon of 
> > Islam while being an ally of "the Great Satan," and
> > may have assisted 
> > directly or indirectly in the al-Khobar bombing in
> > order to send a strong 
> > signal of disapproval to both Riyadh and Washington
> > and to carry on the 
> > campaign to evict the "infidels" from the Gulf.
> > 
> > In this context, recent indications of a honeymoon
> > of sorts between these 
> > longstanding regional and ideological rivals are
> > perplexing. Low-level talks 
> > aimed at improving relations began in late 1996,
> > leading one Iranian paper 
> > to talk about a "new chapter" in bilateral ties. In
> > mid-March 1997, Iranian 
> > Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati visited the
> > Kingdom in order to invite 
> > King Fahd to the December summit of the Organization
> > of the Islamic 
> > Conference, which Tehran seeks to host. Saudi Crown
> > Prince `Abdallah and 
> > Iranian President Rafsanjani met in Islamabad later
> > that month, and the two 
> > countries announced the signing of an air transport
> > protocol on March 30. 
> > Although the visit never materialized, Iranian
> > officials stated that 
> > Rafsanjani intended to make this year's April hajj.
> > Iranian officials were 
> > surprisingly mild in response to the death of over
> > 200 pilgrims during the 
> > 1997 hajj. Last month, Fahd congratulated Iranian
> > President-elect Mohammed 
> > Khatemi on his victory, and Khatemi wired back his
> > hope 
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