[Oman-L] The bottom line!

Mon, 29 Oct 2001 06:19:35 +0100

Let’s get some things sorted out, an Arab and above all a true Muslim or any other human being just doesn’t hate another without set of very valid and strong reasons, so yes, the vast majority of the people from this part of the word do really hate the government policies of the west but not the people, NOT the ordinary Americans, Israelis (Jews), and Europeans or any other nationalities for that matter. Equally that same Arab or Muslim can’t under any circumstances rejoice the suffering of others without feeling the same pains and sufferings he or she endured.
In my humble opinion, an Arab or Muslim does base his or her feelings on the following five points; in a nutshell.

1-	Lack of understanding and empathy towards our core issue namely the Israeli occupations of Palestine, South Lebanon and Golan Heights coupled with one-track minded-outright support for such despicable and evil colonization of others lands by a compound force.
2-	Self-interested and self-serving support to uphold in power some of the worst and most tyrannical and autocratic rules likes of Saddam, while disregarding the populous opinions and aspirations of the masses to be freed from such strong holds of these self appointed dictators.
3-	Double standards in dealings of all aspects political, social and national interests, in addition to a very sinister view of my ways being the right always and ours the wrong, and disfranchisement of Arab or Muslim popular demands for a true democratic aspirations that fits well with our religion and ways of life.
4-	Total disregard for meaningful and equal partnerships in economy and socio-political issues, hence, adapting to very fanatic proposition that is based on what’s good for me only works.
5-	Obnoxious and most of the times very dangerous views of Islam being Anti-Western values culture and doctrine, hence propagating some sort of imaginary enemy and putting to practice tools of engagement in order to contain this horrible forthcoming treat, so practically Islam has replaced the Reds.

I say to my American and European list member friends, if you are without due consideration intent to or bashfully attempt to understand why such tremendous amount of animosity towards you is felt in the Arab or Muslim streets and cafes. Please for the love of god and humanity just arrange Q& A session with your dutifully elected governments and then perhaps, only then you will meet us a half way.
All the best to you, for I know you have a extremely difficult task a head of you,
because your so diligently elected representatives actually and in reality don’t represent your interests or objectives and value which more or less the same as ours.

So you see, we’re all in the same fix.
Regards,
Abdallah

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> From: Tommy Erik Bäck <Laaiq@bluewin.ch>
> Sent: Wed Oct 24 21:06:32 GMT+02:00 2001
> To: <oman-l@oman.org>
> Subject: RE: [Oman-L] Bakuanys e-mail
> 
> 
> Thank you friends for interesting mail,
> 
> Being on a mail list connected to an Arab country it doesn't harm to
> understand the politics between West and Middle East/Islam/Arabs. All of us
> are in one way or another touched by the recent events in WTC, might it be
> that the shares has fallen, the new "Antiarabism" in Europe and America,
> safety on Aeroplanes etecetera. At least we should be concerned, the next
> time we ourselves might be in a shoping center blown up by terrorists.
> Culture and History is not segregated from politics, it's involved in it.
> 
> For myself, I would be interested to understand why half the Muslim world
> hates America. If I were an American I would be even more concerned what it
> is these extremists want.
> 
> If America left the Middle East, why would it return to 1100 century? The
> only country returning to 1100 did it with the help of USA, Saudi and
> Pakistan.
> We want to trade and have cultural exchanges with the Middle East. But
> pointing a gun on them will hardly develop those countries, or?
> 
> 
> We know what Bin laden wants:
> 1. America out of Saudi
> 2. Free Palestine
> 3. An united extreme Islam world.
> 
> Two of those conditions many of us can agree on. American troupes don't need
> to be in Saudi. We all want peace between Israel and Palestine. The third
> condition most of us are against (I hope) but failing the two first
> conditions makes those favoring the third grow. We can hunt them and shoot
> them, but one killed and two are born.
> 
> It wasn't long ago the Americans were terrorists themselves according to the
> English invaders, Boston tea-party for example. Or freedom fighters. What is
> the difference, and who decides that?
> 
> 1982 Israel invaded Lebanon and 17500 CIVILIANS died in three days in a
> country with a few million inhabitants. Hardly anything was written about
> this in the western papers. The bombs literaly had USA stamped on them. And
> we wonder why they hate us. When we use our aeroplanes against those who
> can't defend themselves we don't call it terror, but when two planes crash
> into WTC, then it's terror. Don't misunderstand me, I am very much against
> the one created by us - bin Laden, and the extremists USA helped to power,
> Taliban, but it would be good to find out who started the terror.
> 
> Personally I'm happy that USA is blowing the Taleban off the planet and bin
> Laden with them. There might be a future for the women of Afghanistan again.
> I doubt though that the Northern Alliance is any better. Americas suggestion
> however is redicioulus, want's Moderate Talebans in a coalition. That's like
> saying the Moderate Nazis should have been in the German post-war
> government. There are other forces amongst the Pashtus with human and
> democratic views (not all those are killed by the Taleban) that are able to
> be in a coalition under Shah for example. Taleban was created by USA,
> Pakistan and Saudi, and it's time to correct that mistake.
> 
> But blowing them away won't solve anything for us. Terrorism will continue
> to grow as long as we don't let people have their own saying in their
> political affairs. We have tried with conventional ways to stop terror ever
> since the first Aeroplane was hijacked by PLO, and it has failed, the WTC
> shows that.
> No one is born a terrorist, but if we accept that people are chased away
> from their homes to live in refugee camps without ID or passport or a
> citizenship for the rest of their lives, many of them will turn to terror as
> their only weapon. Not until we "INTELLIGENT WEST" understands that, we will
> be able to live in a world without terror.
> 
> So to segregate terror and politics from culture and history would be a
> grave mistake, in a couple of years we might not be able to travel and enjoy
> Arab culture if we continue on the same track.
> 
> Tommy
> 
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